Angela Bassett - 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The beloved veteran, a best supporting actress Oscar nominee 29 years after she was a best actress Oscar nominee for her portrayal of Tina Turner, reflects on her humble upbringing and Yale education, the early roles that established her as one of the top talents in the business and the ups and downs that followed over the next three decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the 477th episode of The Hollywood Reporter's
0:12.3	Awards Shatter Podcast, I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is one of the greatest
0:16.6	actresses of her generation.
0:18.8	She was nominated 29 years ago for the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Tina Turner
0:23.6	in What's Love Got to Do With It, making her the only black person nominated for the Best
0:27.7	Actress Oscar in the 1990s.
0:30.5	And she is nominated this year for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal
0:34.6	of Queen Ramanda in Black Panther Wakanda Forever, making her only the fourth black actress
0:39.6	who has received more than one acting Oscar nomination.
0:43.2	She has also won two Golden Globe Awards for the aforementioned two films and has been
0:47.5	nominated for seven prime time Emmy Awards for a variety of programs.
0:52.3	Some film critic Richard Corlis wrote in 1998, quote, some folks have it, some don't.
0:57.9	She does.
0:58.9	She animates and elevates her roles with fire, precision, and swavvy, close quote.
1:03.6	The film historian Donald Bogle said in 2002, quote, she very much reminds me of Joan
1:07.8	Crawford and Betty Davis, women who commanded your attention in a film even when their mouths
1:12.1	were closed, close quote.
1:14.0	And the Emmy winning writer actress Lena Weithel pined in 2017, quote, she is a freaking
1:19.0	legend.
1:20.0	Without her, there is no Viala Davis.
1:22.4	Without her, there is no Halle Berry.
1:24.7	She's the one who came in and did things Merrill Streep was doing as a black actress, close
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