When she heard her name, Emma Stone had to stop for a second to make sure she understood it correctly. The hugs from the Poor Creatures team have made it clear to her: she has won the Oscar for best actress for giving life to Bella Baxter, the protagonist of the latest film by Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos.
Overwhelmed and visibly emotional, Stone went on stage to collect her second golden statuette while pointing to the zipper of her Louis Vuitton suit. "My dress has torn. I think it happened during the performance of I'm just Ken," she joked, referring to the show starring Ryan Gosling minutes before.
"My voice has also gone a little," she apologized without hiding her nerves, while sharing her award with the rest of the nominees (Lily Gladstone, for The Moon Killers; Sandra Hüller, for Anatomy of a Fall; Carey Mulligan , by Maestro; and Annette Bening, by Nyad). "I admire you and it has been a real honor to do this together."
The actress, who has confessed that she hoped the award would go to Gladstone, explained that, "the other day I panicked, something that happens to me very often, and Yorgos asked me to focus." She has tried to do it on stage, and has thanked both the director and the team for the trust given. "It is an honor to share this award with each and every cast member. And Yorgos, thank you for giving me the gift of a lifetime, Bella Baxter."
Based on the book by Alasdair Gray, the film Poor Creatures, which won the Golden Lion in Venice and is one of the ten best films of the year, will arrive on February 14 exclusively on the video-on-demand platform Disney. elata the story of a woman, Bella, who, Frankenstein-style, is resurrected after having the brain of her fetus transplanted into her.
