Chloë Sevigny didn’t cry when she misplaced the Oscar to Angelina Jolie in 2000, however she does nonetheless have just a few alternative phrases concerning the Academy’s choice to have Jolie compete within the Greatest Supporting Actress class on the time.
Sevigny was nominated for indie true story “Boys Don’t Cry,” whereas Jolie received for novel adaptation “Woman, Interrupted.” Based on Sevigny, although, Jolie had extra of a lead position.
“I went [to the 2000 Oscars] with my boyfriend on the time, Concord Korine, and I misplaced. Angelina Jolie received for ‘Woman, Interrupted,’ which was not a supporting half, I might say. Not that I’m bitter!” Sevigny advised Selection. “But it surely was a really aggressive class that 12 months. Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Toni Collette and me — it was simply nice actresses.”
Sevigny mirrored on the unanticipated success of “Boys Don’t Cry,” which landed Hillary Swank her first Academy Award too.
“We had been actually stunned that the film ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ had gotten as a lot consideration,” Sevigny stated. “We filmed in Texas for 2 {dollars}, however I used to be obsessive about Brandon Teena, who the film is about. And I really like the half that I performed, Lana. Then the film simply caught on, and this complete awards marketing campaign enterprise began, and I used to be like, ‘What’s all this enterprise?’ As a result of truly once I had began appearing, I used to be like, ‘The second I seem in Individuals journal, I’m going to give up appearing.’ After which ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ got here out, and all the things modified.”
Sevigny grew to become a ’90s icon and was deemed an “It” woman, coupled along with her look in Korine’s “Youngsters.”
“In fact, that is pre-internet. This can be a 100 years in the past, ’99. Individuals began getting very fascinated by my sense of fashion and my style. It was one thing they may grasp onto,” Sevigny stated.
She added of her profession at present, “My need was to be extra of a personality actress, which I’m hoping folks acknowledge in me extra now than perhaps they’d prior to now. However perhaps a number one girl; I wouldn’t refuse.”
Sevigny beforehand advised IndieWire that she requested then-partner Korine concerning the Oscar possibilities for 1999 movie “Boys Don’t Cry.”
“I bear in mind just like the 12 months earlier than Concord and I watching and being like, ‘Wouldn’t it’s humorous if we might like nuke the Oscars and like simply wipe away all the established order?,’” she stated.
But even then, Sevigny knew Jolie was poised to win: “She was like probably the most subversive of all of us as a result of she was doing it within the mainstream,” Sevigny stated.