Oscars 2023: Brendan Fraser, Ana de Armas, Michelle Yeoh and more stars react to their nominations

The Oscar nominations to be held in mid-March have revolutionized the whole world, but above all the stars, who share The Wrap How does it feel when you find out you’ve been nominated for the most prestigious award in the photography industry?.

The film leading the list of the gala is ‘All at once everywhere’. The team ensures that they are still processing the eleven applications. “Also, being a small part of Michelle’s legacy [Yeoh] becoming the first Asian woman [después de la actriz india Merle Oberon en 1938] Being nominated for Best Actress is an honor we will cherish for the rest of our lives.”. For her part, Michelle Yeoh says yes “overwhelmed and overflowing with happiness”. “Playing Evelyn Wang has been one of the great privileges of my forty-year career. It really is the role of a lifetime.” Up-and-coming actress Stephanie Hsu, who plays her daughter in the film, reveals she found out she’d been nominated for Best Supporting Actress when she had just landed in Los Angeles from Sydney. “I woke up just before it happened. And then I put the phone on the tray next to the coffee and it started going thud, thud, thud!”. At first, she the actress believed she was hallucinating.

‘All at once everywhere’ also marks the return of fellow candidate Ke Huy Quan, who began his career when he was just a child playing Stopper in ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’ under the direction of Steven Spielberg. Quan is one of the actors who exuded the most enthusiasm during the ‘Everything at once everywhere’ tour, captivating the audience with his enthusiasm and his charisma. “I can’t even describe what a wonderful feeling it is to be nominated for an Oscar! Not even in my wildest dreams would I have imagined this moment. It doesn’t look real!”says the actor before congratulating the entire feature film team, which heads the list of nominees. Spielberg will also be at the gala, nominating Best Director for ‘The Fabelmans’, his most personal film. “It was an experience that can only be had once in a lifetime”says the manager. “The only thing my restless heart lacks is being able to have my parents in the living room, because they would freak out so much”.

‘The Whale’ is one of the most loved films by the public, although it has not yet reached our billboard. The return of brendan fraser on the screen has brought us countless, with long waves of applause and reaping awards; now, even a chance to win the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The actor thanks the institution for the enormous recognition that comes from seeing his name on the list. He ensures that the character of Charlie in which he plays ‘The whale’ is “a gift that I would never have seen coming, but that profoundly changed my life”. In the same category is one of the big surprises: Paul Mescal, the actor in the debut of Charlotte Wells, where he plays what is probably the most complex father ever seen on the screen. The Irishman points out that he is “a very special moment for everyone involved in ‘Aftersun'” Y dedicates his appointment to “My two friends, Charlotte [Wells] and Frankie [Corio, que interpreta a su hija en la película”]which I love very much”.

Ana de Armas is over the moon

Some stars have yet to reveal their reaction to the media, but others have shared it on social media. This is the case of Ana de Armas, who turns to her Instagram to say that it is a dream come true. “Wow! I’m over the moon”write and declare that your “the heart has never been so full”.

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We look forward to hearing how other notable nominees, such as Cate Blanchett, despite her criticism at awards galas, or Austin Butler, whose portrayal of Elvis will not be easily forgotten, have responded to this huge honour. And even more eager to see the final verdict on the night of March 12, where emotions will be even more on the surface.