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Hong Chau talked to the Hollywood Reporter about getting her first Oscar nomination and working with co-star and fellow nominee Brendan Fraser on ‘The Whale’ at the Oscars 2023 red carpet.
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00:00how does it feel to be here tonight as a first-time nominee yes it's my first time i'm so excited so
00:07happy i i had i could not have imagined it would be like this this is a film where as an audience
00:17member it really sticks with you after you've watched it did you feel that way after shooting
00:21it was it hard to let go of this character and of the whale as a movie i think what i loved about
00:28the experience of shooting the whale was how focused and intense we were a lot of times film
00:35sets get really goofy and i love that we were so serious and brendan fraser is just an incredible
00:45human being and i feel so lucky to be on this journey with him i'm so so happy for him his
00:50career as we all know has had its ups and downs and i can't think of a more deserving person to
00:56be in the spotlight right now what would it mean to see him win tonight oh i'm so so rooting for
01:02him i hope i hope his name is called but you know the oscars are wild all of awards season has led to
01:11this night and of course you probably got to know some of your other nominees throughout this award
01:15season do you have an award season bff like someone you met this award season and then became friends
01:21with i love carrie condon i want to i i love her i i mean she would be like somebody i would want to
01:27hang out with in real life and i also love dolly de leon even though she's not nominated tonight she's
01:33just a really wonderful spirit and i hope we see more of her what are you going to do to decompress
01:41after this award season are you jumping into new work or do you take a vacation how do you sort of
01:46wind down i wish i were taking a vacation i actually have to start up a film right after this
01:51i'm reteaming with matt damon we're going to do a movie together it's a boston heist movie so i'm
01:57really excited doug lineman's directing it so it should be fun what made you want to work with him again
02:03i had such a great time with matt during downsizing i i don't know if i would have signed up for
02:10an action film but because matt was going to be working on it i just felt like it would be a fun
02:18experience and that he would take care of all of us since it is an action film have you had to do any
02:23training for it i have not been made aware of any physical activity that i have to do hopefully they
02:31just find somebody who looks like me to do it all for me there you go and if you win the oscar tonight
02:37where will you put it um i haven't thought about that i really haven't well maybe you'll have to
02:46i don't even have a home right now all of our stuff is in storage we've just been going from job
02:51to job to job so once i actually have a home then i'll get back to you on that but the work keeps
02:56rolling on yes it does thank you so much have a great night tonight and good luck thank you thank you
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