Tina Provis
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Podcast Appearances
And she has spoken very openly that she was about fifth on the list.
of actresses.
So like if they had to, a lot of people had to say no to the role and she had to go through like a lot of negotiations and auditions to get that role.
And then that kind of was her big star making turn because that movie was such a blockbuster.
She's so great in it.
And then she went on to like have all these other big movies that followed it.
It was around the time of when she was starring in Les Mis that she won her first Oscar for.
It wasn't her first Oscar nomination.
It was the first time she won.
It was during the press one for that that people started to really turn against her.
Yeah, right.
And all of a sudden, I mean, the thing is she was campaigning very hard for an Oscar, which is what you have to do to win.
No one wins at a campaigning.
Even if you step aside and let your team campaign for you, you have to have a campaign.
But she was front and center campaigning.
and she won a lot of awards leading up to the Oscar, and Les Mis won a lot of awards.
And people started to tire of her.
They were like, she's a tryhard.
She's annoying.
She has theatre kid energy.