Angela Bassett Shares Why She Held Austin Butler's Hand During His Oscars Category
etonline.comAngela Bassett opened up this week about her connection with Austin Butler's awards season experience, writing in an essay for TIME that she «understood intimately what he felt» in the moments just before Oscars announcers revealed the Best Actor winner.
Bassett wrote an essay about her friendship with the star in TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2023 series, published Thursday.
In the piece, she recalled the moment that she held hands with Butler at this year's Academy Awards just before the presentation for Best Actor. «I understood intimately what he felt when it was time to learn if he would climb those stairs to the stage,» Bassett wrote«So, I took his hand and held it softly as the winner was announced.»Butler lost the Best Actor race, and Brendan Fraser ultimately took home the trophy, for his performance in.
Bassett, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in, also lost. Her category went to Jamie Lee Curtis in . «The first time I met Austin Butler, we were both starting to find our grooves in what promised to be a busy awards season,» Bassett wrote of her friendship with Butler. «We connected in a fleeting moment, one of many when we would share a hug and warm words.
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