This is the announcement of the Flower Moon Assassins! Will Lily Gladstone win a historic Oscar?

While Warner Bros. will nominate Margot Robbie for the Best Actress Oscar for Barbie , Disney should nominate Emma Stone for Poor Creatures . variety It turns out that Lily Gladstone, who will soon star in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, may also be nominated in this category.

The first rumors declared the American actor as the best supporting actor. But after an enthusiastic response, Paramount and Apple decided to nominate Lily Gladstone for Best Actress.

The film, presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival last Saturday, May 20, received a nine-minute standing ovation that moved Martin Scorsese and his entire team to tears. Reviews have been raving, especially for Lily Gladstone’s performance.

A historic appointment

If the latter is selected, it will be a historic nomination. Born on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Blackfeet, in English) Lily Gladstone She will be the first Native American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

A nice turn for this young woman who was preparing to end her acting career before Martin Scorsese asked her to play the female lead in his film. The director noticed her in Kelly Reichardt’s films Certain Women and The First Cow and contacted her to offer her the role of Molly, the wife of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in Killers of the Flower Moon.

Adapted from David Grann’s work, which tells a tragic true story, this Western 3h27 is set in the early 20th century. Oil brought wealth to the Osages, who overnight became one of the richest in the world. The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracts the lust of unscrupulous white men, who intrigue, extort, and steal as much of the Osage money as they can before turning to murder…

Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone vs. Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons. Killers of the Flower Moon hits theaters on October 18.