Lily Gladstone recently created history as she became the first Native American to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her impeccable portrayal of Mollie Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon. Talking about it, Lily said her costar Leonardo DiCaprio was one of the first people to text her after the nomination.
“He was just so proud, and then I told him that I was watching with my parents and, ‘We’re celebrating me, but we’re also, like, collectively very pissed off for you,’ ” Gladstone told Extra.
Many fans bashed the Oscars for snubbing Leonardo from the Best Actor nomination.
“He did such an incredible job in this, and, like, just, he made an impossible character just so vivid, and it made my job so much easier, so I really want to share this, this moment with him, but you know, he told me right before the Globes, ‘No matter the outcome, I think you’re amazing and I’m proud of you,’” the actress told the website, adding that DiCaprio is “the greatest actor.”
The Revenant star also shared a sweet note for Lily on Instagram, which read, “Congratulations to my dear friend @LilyGladstone for making Oscars history, as the first Native American woman to be nominated for Best Actress in Killers of the Flower Moon, and the fourth Indigenous actress to ever earn a nomination in the category. And to this powerful film’s nine other nominations – telling this story with all of you has been an honor.”
For the unversed, Killers of the Flower Moon is directed by Martin Scorsese and also features Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow and Brendan Fraser in prominent roles.
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