Earlier in the evening, while accepting her Oscar, Emerald told the audience, “So, the only speech I ever wrote was when I was 10, and I had a look to see if there’d be anything useful from it, but unfortunately, it mostly thanked Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell. He was my very supportive husband.”
She continued, “Unfortunately, he hasn’t been as much a part of my life as I’d hoped, and so that speech is not that useful.”
At another point in the press room, Emerald told E! News’ Erin Lim she hopes to potentially make more films that are “glossy and feminine and poppy,” but are also “discussing some very difficult and dark subject matter.”
Prior to the ceremony, Carey Mulligan, who was nominated for Best Actress for her role in the film Promising Young Woman, told E! News exclusively that her director was “just the best person.”
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