Taylor Russell Tears Up Presenting Ellen Burstyn With Liberatum Pioneer Award in Venice: ‘Everyone in This Room Knows How Incredible You Are’
variety.comMarta Balaga Taylor Russell broke down while presenting Ellen Burstyn with the Liberatum Pioneer Award in Venice. “Everyone in this room knows how incredible you are.
I’ve been so affected by your life and your characters, and no, it’s not part of my speech,” she said on Thursday, tearing up.
The “Bones and All” actor starred alongside Burstyn in Niclas Larsson’s “Mother, Couch.” “The most exciting part was knowing I would have the opportunity to work with you,” said Russell, raving about “every piece” of Burstyn’s “specialness.” “I think about your spirituality and the way you’ve connected your heart, your truth and your soul to your work.
And that makes me think: ‘I can attempt to do that too,’” she said. “This is not the woman who takes the easy route. She has never stopped searching.
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