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At the Governors Ball after the Oscars on Sunday night, writer-director Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas stepped off a stage after recording their multiple Oscars and were greeted by the party’s chef, Wolfgang Puck. In honor of the night’s biggest winners, Puck served a selection of British food: roast beef with Yorkshire pudding and fish and chips were presented to the couple, who were delighted by the taste of home.
On the ceremony stage, Thomas He said he had dreamed of winning an Oscar all his life. When Nolan was asked at the party if he had had the same dream, she exclaimed, “Absolutely.”
The normally reserved Nolan said he had been emotional on that stage, even though he maintained his composure. “People who know me know when I get emotional,” he said. “Ask Emma.”
True to form, Thomas added: “If he hadn’t left right when he did, I would have started crying ugly.”
“And we’ll leave it there,” Nolan said, before he was taken away to greet more supporters.
America Ferrera was still vibing from Ryan Gosling’s performance of “I’m Just Ken” and Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell’s performance of “What Was I Made For.” Both performances “were just amazing,” she said. “I think Ryan is so brilliant and really created something unique and special with his performance.”
Simu Liu, who participated in the act, said: “It was an incredible and surreal moment to be on stage. And furthermore, all this came together extremely quickly.” When he got the call from the interlude’s choreographer, Mandy Moore, he said, he and fellow performers Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans and Kingsley Ben-Adir went on group chats “and said, ‘Oh my God, are you doing this?’ to do this.'”
That night, Liu added, “we were very nervous. Is doing any type of live television stressful and then doing it in that room? “There aren’t many rooms that are more intimidating.”
“There was a moment of euphoria when we finished,” Liu said. “I think we did it.”
Anita Hill, for example, won’t forget the movie that inspired her anytime soon. Hill stopped Greta Gerwig when Gerwig was going to pick up her husband, Noah Baumbach, to tell him how important “Barbie” was to her. Gerwig, embarrassed by her attention, said with a smile, “We’re just making movies here.”
However, Hill had more to say on the subject. “She has clearly done an exceptional job and I hope that is an indication for the industry to open more opportunities to women and people of color,” she said, also mentioning the best screenplay award for “American Fiction.” “There’s not enough yet,” she said, “but I think this is an important moment.”