Carol Kanewas “still collecting unemployment” when she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for 1975’sHester Streetat just 24 years old.
In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, she describes the period as “very overwhelming,” explaining, “I wasn’t prepared for it.”
“When you get nominated, suddenly you become extremely popular,” she recalls.
Kane lost the award toOne Flew Over a Cuckoo’sNest’s Louise Fletcher — and the next morning, she found herself alone in her hotel room.
“I was picking up the phone to make sure there’s a dial tone, because it was so quiet,” she remembers.
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When her friend and formerThe Last Detail(1973) costar Jack Nicholson, who had won Best Actor forCuckoo’s Nest, called, it moved Kane deeply.
“Jack knows what it’s like to win—and not to win,” she says. “He knows what the next day’s like.”
Nicholson invited Kane to lunch and drove to pick her up.
“It makes me want to cry because it was so kind,” Kane remembers, tearing up.
Huntersdebuts on Amazon Prime on Feb. 21.
source: people.com
