Rachel Weiszhad a lot of fun playing the manipulative duchess of Marlborough in the Oscar-nominatedThe Favourite.“My favorite moments fromThe Favouriteare the scenes where I teach Emma Stone to shoot guns and then she becomes much better than me,” the actress, 48, revealed, referencing pointed exchanges between the two characters where Weisz is trying to establish dominance over Stone’s seemingly naive Abigail. Marlborough’s plan doesn’t pan out exactly as she thought it would.The Yorgos Lanthimos–directed film has a total of 10 nominations. Weisz, who previously won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 2005’sThe Constant Gardeneris nominated in the same category again this year, along with herFavouritecostar Stone,If Beale Street Could Talk‘s star Regina King,Vice’s Amy Adams, andRoma’s Marina de Tavira.For more of PEOPLE’s 2019 Oscar Portfolio, pick up the latest issue and—and watch more videos from this year’s amazing women atatPEOPLE.com/oscarportfolio2019.Weisz, who appears in PEOPLE’s Oscar Portfolio in the latest issue, also took the time to answer a few questions from editor-in-chief Jess Cagle.She says she always carries “a chapstick” in her purse for awards shows and that one performance she could watch over and over again is Ingrid Bergman’s in 1944’s Best Picture winnerCasablanca. One thing Weisz will be looking forward to eating afterthe Oscarsceremony is “a burger.”Watch the full video above to hear those and more fun answers to the Oscar-themed questions.The 91st Academy Awards take place on Feb. 24 and air live on ABC at 8 p.m.
Rachel Weiszhad a lot of fun playing the manipulative duchess of Marlborough in the Oscar-nominatedThe Favourite.
“My favorite moments fromThe Favouriteare the scenes where I teach Emma Stone to shoot guns and then she becomes much better than me,” the actress, 48, revealed, referencing pointed exchanges between the two characters where Weisz is trying to establish dominance over Stone’s seemingly naive Abigail. Marlborough’s plan doesn’t pan out exactly as she thought it would.
The Yorgos Lanthimos–directed film has a total of 10 nominations. Weisz, who previously won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 2005’sThe Constant Gardeneris nominated in the same category again this year, along with herFavouritecostar Stone,If Beale Street Could Talk‘s star Regina King,Vice’s Amy Adams, andRoma’s Marina de Tavira.
For more of PEOPLE’s 2019 Oscar Portfolio, pick up the latest issue and—and watch more videos from this year’s amazing women atatPEOPLE.com/oscarportfolio2019.
Weisz, who appears in PEOPLE’s Oscar Portfolio in the latest issue, also took the time to answer a few questions from editor-in-chief Jess Cagle.
She says she always carries “a chapstick” in her purse for awards shows and that one performance she could watch over and over again is Ingrid Bergman’s in 1944’s Best Picture winnerCasablanca. One thing Weisz will be looking forward to eating afterthe Oscarsceremony is “a burger.”
Watch the full video above to hear those and more fun answers to the Oscar-themed questions.
The 91st Academy Awards take place on Feb. 24 and air live on ABC at 8 p.m.
source: people.com
