Carey Mulliganis competing for Best Actressandbest dressed tonight.
Mulligan walked arm-in-arm with husband Marcus Mumford, who kept it classic in a black Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo and bow tie. The night marked a rare red carpet appearance for the couple, who were married in 2012 but don’t often step out together in public. (One notable exception:he crashed herSaturday Night Monologuein early April,joking that he was hoping she could get him in as the night’s musical act.)
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Promising Young Womanis up for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing, while Emerald Fennell (TheCrown,Killing Eve)is nominated for Best Director.
Before the show, Mulligan’s makeup artistGeorgie Eisdellposted a behind-the-scenes video and photo of the actress getting glam with the caption, “Making magic 💫 "
Jenny Cho shares her inspiration for the look, noting “Carey’s gold Valentino dress was a symbol of classic glamour with a modern twist, which inspired me to do an up-do that felt fresh, current and playful.” Please find the full get-the-look breakdown from Jenny Cho below.
Theprovocative #MeToo-era revenge thrillerrevolves around Cassie (Mulligan), a med school dropout who experiences a personal tragedy that moves her to exact vengeance against rapists, misogynist men and those who protect them.
“It’s not about a sort of goodie and baddie situation,” the British actress, 35, toldPEOPLEin December 2020. “I like the fact that the film makes us kind of reexamine, ‘How have weallbeen complicit in this?’ There’s so much to unpack about the way people talk about consent.”
Mulligan admitted to being scared of the role initially — and said her reaction was a sign she had to take it on.
“I like to play parts where on the page, I can’t quite figure them out,” she shared. “There are elements of it that are very serious and need to be handled delicately, but for the rest of it, it’s a comedy.”
Promising Young Womanalso features a supporting cast of very familiar faces including: Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Adam Brody, most of whom play opposite the types of characters they’re known for.
Mulligan said she’s looking forward to the day her two children, daughter Evelyn Grace, 5 and son Wilfred, 3, with hermusician husband Mumford, 33, are old enough to see it.
“I want them to see this film or something like it,” she said. “Ideally they won’t grow up with the same kind of influences that we did that normalizes this kind of behavior. I think the world has moved on, to a degree, or is in the process of moving on.”
The 93rd Academy Awards are airing live on Sunday, April 25 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.
source: people.com
