Sissy Spacek introduced her Texas attraction to Cannes, the place the Oscar winner regaled an intimate crowd with tales from her 50-plus- 12 months profession.
The dialog was energetic and humorous, with the actress discussing her defining position in 1976’s Carrie and practically lacking out on Lynne Ramsay’s present Cannes title, Die, My Love.
It was all a part of the fourth annual stay Cannes taping of the Awards Chatter podcast, hosted by Scott Feinberg, THR’s government editor of awards.
Spacek first met Carrie director Brian De Palma via her husband, famed manufacturing designer Jack Fisk. The night time earlier than her audition, she stayed up late, rereading the Stephen King novel it was primarily based upon, and “feeling very tortured.” She confirmed as much as the audition wanting tough, in full Carrie mode. She put Vaseline in her hair and wore a torn costume. After the display check, she was sure she’d blown her likelihood.
“I believed, ‘He hates me. He’ll by no means need me in his movie and I’m not going to get this,’ ” she recalled. Her husband was the one who broke the information that she landed the lead position, which might earn her an Oscar nomination.
The dialog occurred overlooking the Bay of Cannes on the Campari Lounge within the Palais, with the enduring purple bitter model returning for a fourth 12 months as an official associate, persevering with its position as curator of aperitivo events and celebrating the creativity and fervour of visionary filmmakers who form cinema.
Spacek was in Cannes for Die, My Love, through which she performs the mother-in-law to Jennifer Lawrence’s character, who’s going via postpartum despair. Her brokers begged her to satisfy with director Ramsay, however she declined as a result of she was babysitting her grandkids. When she lastly agreed, she couldn’t perceive the Scottish director’s accent, whereas director Ramsay had hassle understanding her Texas twang.
Stated Spacek to laughs: “Luckily, her producer, Andrea [Calderwood] would clarify. I’d look over say, ’What did she say?’ So we had an excellent factor going.”