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The Guardian - UK
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Tim Lewis

DARK SECRETS: And the academy award for most bashful oscar contender goes to | Rare Historical Photos

Mikey Madison smiling and holding her Oscar statuette.
Mikey Madison, winner of the Academy award for best actress in a leading role, for Anora. Photograph: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

The awards season for films ended last Sunday with the Oscars. Though I make absolutely zero claim on having any Mystic Meg capabilities, this time around it turned out that I had interviewed both Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison, respective winners of this year’s best actor and actress, for the Observer.

Asked whether they believed they were in with a chance they answered the only way an actor can in their situation: by not really answering the question at all. Madison noted that her film Anora wasn’t even out yet, so it was weird talking about awards. Brody, star of The Brutalist, mumbled: “If that day comes…”.

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