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Thursday 21 december 2017
Laurie Metcalf gets her first

Oscars shot with ‘Lady Bird’

By LINDSEY BAHR general dissatisfaction with see out of a sliver of wind-
AP Film Writer how their lives have turned shield with the camera set-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Laurie out, is trying (sometimes up obstructing most of the
Metcalf has won three Em- poorly) to navigate this view, and also being able
mys and a Tony Award in moment of teenage self- to go through the emotion-
her nearly 40-year year ca- ishness and motivate her al trajectory necessary (i.e.
reer, but the veteran stage daughter. at this turn, the anger sets
and screen actress still feels The story is loosely based in, but by this sign you’re
uncomfortable in front of a on writer and director Gre- deciding to get back and
In this June 11, 2017 file photo, Laurie Metcalf arrives at the 71st camera. ta Gerwig’s own life grow- feeling hopeful and oh,
annual Tony Awards in New York.
Associated Press “Even after all those years ing up in Sacramento. And don’t forget to put the car
on ‘Roseanne,’ I have a much like real life, a single in park before you jump
real fear of cameras. They scene can turn on a dime. out). And it’s one that pays
make me inhibited,” Met- For a moment, Lady Bird off beautifully.
calf, 62, said on a recent and Marion are connect- The indie has earned $26.3
afternoon in Los Angeles. ing and all of a sudden million in its nearly seven
“I think ‘Why don’t I know they’re fighting again, or weeks in theaters as it con-
where to put my hands?’ vice versa. tinues to expand across
All of a sudden the spot- “They’re misinterpreting the country.
light is right on you and each other. They’re look- While Metcalf might have
every pore on your face ing for buttons to push. some impostor syndrome
in high definition and you They’re passive aggres- with her recent success in
think, ‘Oh this is all I can sive,” Metcalf said. film, her co-star Ronan is
think about.’ I can’t just “We know that Marion and only in awe. “Everything
turn it off. You’d think after Lady Bird have a strong re- she does is groundbreak-
all these years I’d be used lationship, but it’s just dys- ing. People talk about
to it!” functional at this particular her performances the
Metcalf has figured out moment that we’re watch- way they talk about Meryl
ways to work around the ing. But it hasn’t always Streep. And Laurie has al-
phobia, but this year she’s been like that and they’ll ways been attracted to
also found herself even grow out of it.” Metcalf good work. You can tell
more out of her element laughs that she still feels like she’s never done it to get
with the nominations and she hasn’t had that much more exposure, she’s nev-
awards attention being experience in film and er done it for any other
given to her work in “Lady says she relied on others reason than she wants to
Bird.” Not only is it her first to “steer” her through the do good work,” Ronan
film in a decade, but it’s movie. And yet one of her said. “She enriches every-
the first time she’s had a most memorable scenes in thing that she’s in because
serious shot at getting an the film is one where she she’s genuinely in it. I just
Oscar nomination (she’s is entirely alone, circling think she’s magic.” Metcalf
already gotten support- the Sacramento airport only met Gerwig’s mother
ing actress nods from the and having an emotional during the last two weeks
Screen Actors Guild, Gold- change of heart during the of filming — far too late
en Globes and Indepen- loop. It’s the kind of scene to inform any character
dent Spirit Awards). that looms on a production choices. But it was revela-
In the film, Metcalf plays schedule for an actor. tory in its own way. “I saw
the mother, Marion, to “Greta said she wanted her mother watching her
a 17-year-old girl, Chris- to do it in one take and daughter as the director
tine (Saoirse Ronan), who that scared me,” Metcalf of this movie happening
has begun systematically said. “I thought ‘I’ve driv- in her hometown. I saw a
rejecting everything her en around this airport and really strong relationship
mother has given her — that’s a long way. I don’t and I could imagine the
from her hair (which she know if I can be interesting parallels,” Metcalf said. “I
has died pink) to her name for that long!’” was able to see, ‘Oh that’s
(she demands that every- The execution was a com- where we’re headed. Look
one call her Lady Bird). plicated dance of both at Greta and her mom
Marion, meanwhile, under trying to physically drive standing in the parking lot.
stresses from work and a while only being able to Things will be fine.’”q