In Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone lights up the screen. This is THE revelation of Martin Scorsese’s film. If you liked it, we offer you a focus on 5 powerful heroines in the filmmaker’s works.
In Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese offered a powerful female role to actress Lily Gladstone, who radiates this fresco with her talent. Furthermore, the actress almost left everything and missed the role of her life before the director called her for the casting! Fortunately, Lily was hired by the filmmaker and her performance in the Mollie costume delighted audiences and critics.
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The actress therefore plays this young Native American woman from the Osage community who is going to marry Ernest, played by DiCaprio. Mollie will have to fight for her tribe, the victim of a series of despicable murders. This role could well earn her an Oscar nomination given that Paramount and Apple have decided to nominate Lily Gladstone as Best Actress at the next ceremony.
If the artist is well selected, it would be a historic nomination. Born in Browning, Montana, Lily Gladstone has indigenous origins, including the Nimíipuu and Pikunis tribes, and lived on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. She would then be the first Native American actress nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
In the event that Lily Gladstone wins, she will add her name alongside those of great actresses who have won the precious statuette for a role with Scorsese. Contrary to popular belief, the director has created fabulous female roles throughout his career. To prove it, we offer you a focus on 5 notable women in the American maestro’s cinema.
Ellen Burstyn in Alice Is No Longer Here
In 1975, Martin Scorsese directed Alice Is No Longer Here, starring Ellen Burstyn. The story introduces us to Alice Hyatt, a young woman living in Socorro, New Mexico. Aged 35, she is unhappily married. Her husband Donald, a truck driver, is indifferent towards her and irascible with their ten-year-old son, Tommy.
When her husband dies in a road accident, Alice’s life takes a new course. She then leaves with her son towards her little girl’s dream: to become a singer in Monterrey, California. But some disappointments await him, particularly in Phoenix.
Ellen Burstyn, who wanted a “real woman” role after the grueling filming of The Exorcist, was seduced by Robert Getchell’s script. She then encouraged the Warner studio to produce the film and wanted to hire the young Martin Scorsese after having loved Mean Streets. This role of Alice, very avant-garde, earned her the Oscar for Best Actress in 1975.
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Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver
We no longer present Taxi Driver, Scorsese’s masterpiece with Robert De Niro, Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1976. If the actor radiates the screen in Travis Bickle’s costume, he is stolen the show by a 14 year old young actress, Jodie Foster.
Gifted, the actress literally explodes the film; she reveals herself to the general public thanks to the character of Iris, a prostitute under the control of Sport, a pimp played by Harvey Keitel. Jodie will be nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
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Cate Blanchett in Aviator
After Ellen Burstyn, it’s Cate Blanchett’s turn to win an Oscar for a role with Martin Scorsese. In Aviator, the actress is absolutely stunning in the role of the scathing and truculent Katharine Hepburn, companion of billionaire Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio). In 2005, Cate won the statuette for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
Aviator covers nearly twenty years of the tumultuous life of this industrialist, daredevil, pioneer of civil aviation, inventor, producer, director, studio director and insatiable seducer. This eccentric and flamboyant adventurer became a leader in the aeronautics industry as well as a legendary figure, shrouded in glamor and mystery.
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Sharon Stone in Casino
A monumental fresco around the Las Vegas underworld, Casino is often cited among the greatest films in the history of cinema. If Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci deliver a phenomenal performance, a young actress stands up to them and illuminates each of her scenes: Sharon Stone.
The actress plays the role of Ginger, wife of Ace Rothstein (De Niro), big boss of Las Vegas. Her intense and supercharged performance will be rewarded with the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. She also received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 1996. The artist was a favorite but she was pipped to the post by Susan Sarandon thanks to her role in The Last Walk.
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Margot Robbie in The Wolf of Wall Street
In 2013, the whole world discovered a diamond in the rough in The Wolf of Wall Street, Margot Robbie! With her volcanic incarnation of Naomi, the young woman explodes everything in her path, putting herself on par with superstar Leonardo DiCaprio. The latter plays Jordan Belfort, a long-toothed trader who made his fortune in finance thanks to scams.
10 years after The Wolf of Wall Street, Margot Robbie has become a global star. The Suicide Squad, Me, Tonya, Scandal, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood or Babylon, the 33-year-old actress has conquered the whole world. This year, she was a hit with Barbie by Greta Gerwig. With $1.44 billion collected, the feature film became the biggest international success of the year, ahead of Super Mario Bros.
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We could have added to this list of memorable characters other great female figures like Barbara Hershey in Boxcar Bertha or The Last Temptation of Christ, Liza Minnelli in New York, New York, Rosanna Arquette in After Hours, Michelle Pfeiffer in The Time of innocence or Lorraine Bracco in Goodfellas.