Why ‘CODA’ Kept a Flub by Star Emilia Jones in the Finished Film | Wrap Video
thewrap.comScreen Actors Guild nomination for Best Ensemble Cast – a precursor for the Best Picture Oscar category, where “CODA” is favored to be one of the ten nominees.
And Kotsur, Durant and Matlin were all present for the filming of Jones’s most difficult and moving scene. In the movie, Ruby is accompanied by her family to Boston, where she has an appointment to audition for a prestigious performing arts school.
Her audition piece is Joni Mitchell’s iconic “Both Sides Now.” Ruby, spotting her family watching from the balcony during her audition, sings with her voice and via American Sign Language.
For Jones, one of the challenges was that Ruby should not appear as if she’s performing. If the rendition was too smooth or confident, it would not seem convincing for the character.So the day before filming the scene, Jones rehearsed the song with the movie’s two sign language directors. “Then I stayed up until 4 a.m.
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