No matter what size the role, Hong Chau is such a vivid presence that when she steals a scene, you end up thinking it should have been hers all along anyway. Today, she talks to VF’s David Canfield for our Little Gold Men podcast, about preparing and diving into roles past and present, including her turn in Darren Aronofsky’s new movie, The Whale, as Brendan Fraser’s pained, supportive, angry caregiver. “I love Brendan Fraser,” she says. “It’s funny, I had never actually seen one of his movies. I had never seen—what is it? The Mummy. George of the Jungle. What else am I missing here? Gods and Monsters. I don’t know where I was. I just got to meet him as he is at the present and that so rarely happens. He was just so warm and sweet and lovable and kind. The way to my heart as an actor is just to be really open and generous with your fellow cast members.” Speaking of selflessness, Chau surprised the director of another new movie by asking something unheard of: to talk less. “I actually cut some of my own lines from The Menu because I didn’t feel like I needed to say them,” she says. “Mark [Mylod] was laughing like, “You’re the only actor I know who asks to cut lines.” I’m like, Well, if you don’t need it!”
Elsewhere in Hollywood today, the Academy listens, learns, and changes: All winners will be announced live during the next Oscars broadcast. Samuel L. Jackson has some negative thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s negative thoughts about Marvel movies. We unpack why Netflix is pulling Glass Onion from theaters today after just one (very successful) week in theaters. And Alfred Molina talks about what he thinks may be the role of his career, in Three Pines.
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