Melissa Leo gave a blunt evaluation of her profession practically 15 years after successful her Oscar, confessing the award “has not been good” for her.
The actress, who gained the Finest Supporting Actress award for her work in “The Fighter” on the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011, mirrored on her massive win for a Q&A with The Guardian and admitted the prize wasn’t a sport changer for her profession.
“Profitable an Oscar has not been good for me or my profession,” she candidly stated. “I didn’t dream of it, I by no means wished it, and I had a significantly better profession earlier than I gained.”
She additionally bemoaned that she was solely provided “older, nasty girls” roles within the aftermath of her efficiency in “The Fighter,” through which she performed the robust and brassy Ward matriarch reverse Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale.
She added: “I don’t need to try this any extra.”
Whereas Leo didn’t elaborate additional on how the Oscar impacted her appearing profession, she did categorical remorse for swearing in her acceptance speech.
“Kirk Douglas got here out to current the most effective supporting actress award, opened the envelope and known as my title,” she recalled. “I used to be so delighted to fulfill him – that was all I used to be eager about. I turned to the home, which in most theaters, you possibly can see by trying slightly above your personal eyesight. Within the Dolby theatre, you must increase your chin such as you’re about to scale Mount Everest. Each single actor, director and producer you acknowledge, is staring you within the face. I then cursed, and I’m nonetheless sorry I cursed.”
She added: “I f–king curse on a regular basis, however you can not curse on community tv. Thank God for the 10-second delay, which was launched for f–king idiots like me.”
Leo went viral for her acceptance speech after she infamously dropped the f-bomb whereas onstage. She shortly apologized backstage for cursing, noting on the time that it was “an inappropriate place to make use of that phrase specifically.”
Within the decade-plus since successful her Oscar, Leo has starred in plenty of movies and tv collection, together with 2012’s “Flight,” 2013’s “Olympus Has Fallen,” 2013’s “Prisoners,” 2014’s “The Equalizer,” 2015’s “The Huge Quick,” 2021’s “Thunder Power,” Showtime’s “I’m Dying Up Right here,” HBO’s “Treme,” amongst different titles.
