Angela Bassett is opening up about dropping an Oscar.
Final 12 months, the 65-year-old was nominated for Finest Supporting Actress for her function as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally… She was on hearth within the awards race main as much as the Oscars, so it appeared like she had a fairly good probability of snagging it. Nonetheless, the award finally went to Jamie Lee Curtis for her function in Every little thing In all places All at As soon as. And he or she seemed MAJORLY disenchanted. However a 12 months has handed now, and he or she’s prepared to speak about it.
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Whereas sitting down for a dialog with Oprah Winfrey final week, the Marvel star mirrored on her viral response:
“I believed I dealt with it very nicely … And that was my intention, was to deal with it very nicely.”
She continued:
“It was, after all, a supreme disappointment, and disappointment is human. So I believed, sure, I used to be disenchanted and I dealt with it like a human being.”
So nicely stated! We imply, we are able to solely think about how disappointing it could be to lose out on one of the vital prestigious awards in Hollywood once you’re THAT shut!
Oprah famous that she “didn’t get the entire ‘Angela Bassett face’” ordeal, including that the Malcolm X star was “nonetheless as gracious as a queen could be.” Angela responded:
“Completely. For myself and for my kids, who have been there with me, sure. I do know a pastor who says ‘know-how is completely different — persons are the identical.’ There are going to be these moments of disappointment that they’re going to expertise. However how do you deal with your self within the midst of them? We’re going to smile, we’re going to be gracious, we’re going to be sort — we bought a celebration, anyway.”
We love that!! Hopefully one 12 months, Angela WILL have the ability to take dwelling an Oscar.
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