The Golden Globes will air this Sunday on NBC, though it will look quite different, for a few reasons.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host a bi-coastal ceremony from New York and Los Angeles, with a record 18 first-time nominees this year.
All 18 of the first-timers, including Borat 2 star Maria Bakalova and Mank star Amanda Seyfriend, opened up about the awards season process in a Zoom party (via Golden Globes YouTube) and how they’ll be celebrating from home this year.
All 18: All 18 of the first-timers, including Borat 2 star Maria Bakalova and Mank star Amanda Seyfriend, opened up about the awards season process in a Zoom party (via Golden Globes YouTube) and how they’ll be celebrating from home this year
The Zoom party featured all 18 first-time nominees – Leslie Odom Jr., Andra Day, Josh O’Connor, Maria Bakalova, Amanda Seyfried, Anya Taylor- Joy, Tiara Thomas, Vanessa Kirby, Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Helena Zengel, Florian Zeller, Dernst Emile II, Jane Levy, Jon Batiste, Laura Pausini, Sam Ashworth, Niccolo Aggliardi and Tahar Rahim – with Hollywood Foreign Press’ Aniko Navai moderating.
Bakalova, a Bulgarian actress and model, was plucked from obscurity by writer-star Sacha Baron Coehn to play Borat’s daughter Tutar in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
The 24-year-old revealed she usually watches the Golden Globe nominations from Bulgaria, but when her name was called, she added, ‘I think I blacked out for a second,’ when she heard her name.
Obscurity: Bakalova, a Bulgarian actress and model, was plucked from obscurity by writer-star Sacha Baron Coehn to play Borat’s daughter Tutar in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
‘My friend was right next to me and she said, “Oh you got a nomination!” Of course it was the best day of my entire life,’ she added.
She added that her nomination helped people from her region realize that ‘dreams can come true.’
Seyfried added that she wasn’t sure how much they’d be able to be involved, ‘on the day, but this is a real sweet opportunity that you’ve given us to be here with each other. We’re all here actually here present with each other.’
Wasn’t sure: Seyfried added that she wasn’t sure how much they’d be able to be involved, ‘on the day, but this is a real sweet opportunity that you’ve given us to be here with each other. We’re all here actually here present with each other’
She added she wasn’t sure who was going to be there in person during the ceremony, with Navai adding, ‘just the presenters and the host.’
‘What an amazing way to experience this moment with everybody in my life, even my dog,’ Seyfried said.
‘It’s a once in a lifetime thing and I’m going to get to be with all of them… I’m not putting my 4-year-old to bed early that night. She can stay up as late as she wants!’ she added.
Amazing: ‘What an amazing way to experience this moment with everybody in my life, even my dog,’ Seyfried said.
Elle Fanning said that her and Nicholas Hoult will be shooting the new season of The Great, so they’ll be in London but it will ‘be like 3 AM for us’ when the awards show airs in the U.S.
‘But, we’re staying up, and the production has kindly… we only have a rehearsal the next day and we’re not filming on the Monday, so we’re gonna pull an all-nighter, right? We’re gonna try,’ Fanning said.
Vanessa Kirby, who is nominated for her role in Pieces of a Woman, said she’d be enjoying the ceremony with her sister, ‘who’s been locked down with me for a whole year, and she’s not getting away on Sunday at 3:30 AM.’
She added that she’s, ‘grateful it’s even happening, and that we’ve even had movies come out this year,’ due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
3 AM: Elle Fanning said that her and Nicholas Hoult will be shooting the new season of The Great, so they’ll be in London but it will ‘be like 3 AM for us’ when the awards show airs in the U.S
Locked down: Vanessa Kirby, who is nominated for her role in Pieces of a Woman, said she’d be enjoying the ceremony with her sister, ‘who’s been locked down with me for a whole year, and she’s not getting away on Sunday at 3:30 AM.