In a fresh interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show, actress Emily Gladstone shared her honest opinions about attending awards shows.
“The Globes was a little bit like Squid Game,” the Killers of The Flower Moon star commented. “I mean the reality is, you’re in shapewear, you need to pee, you have commercial breaks but that’s the only time that you’re able to do it.”
Gladstone, however, added some consolation to the situation. “The meeting people is the fun part of it,” she also said. “So, it’s just a mad scramble and that’s the time when you get to like jam in meeting idols like, you know, Meryl Streep. Of course, that part is not bad.”
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Gladstone is slated to star alongside Isabel Deroy-Olson on the upcoming film Fancy Dance which revolves around the story of a Native American aunt-niece pair searching for their missing relative on Oklahoma’s Seneca-Cayuga reservation. The film is helmed by native American director Erica Tremblay, who was previously known for documentary films such as In The Turn.
The actress made the rounds at the awards by winning acclaim for her performance as Mollie Kyle in Martin Scorcese’s Killers of The Flower Moon. Gladstone – of Siksikaitsitapi and Nimíipuu heritage – became the first Native American actress to win Best Female Actor at the Golden Globes.
She dedicated her acceptance speech to “every little rez kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream who is seeing themselves represented, and our stories told by ourselves, in our own words with tremendous allies and tremendous trust.” She was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
Earlier in February, Gladstone called out the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs for their “misrepresentation” of Native Americans. Last year, the actress also criticised the neo-Western drama Yellowstone’s portrayal of the American West “delusional” and “deplorable.”
In other news, Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae revealed in a Business Insider interview that the hit series’ second season “would be released in December”. Its second season officially began production last July, while Netflix released a trailer for the sequel earlier this February.