Lily Gladstone Reflects on Her Oscars Loss to Emma Stone & Campaigning for Best Actress Instead of Best Supporting Actress | Emma Stone, Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone, Oscars | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Lily Gladstone opened up about her Best Actress loss at the 2024 Oscars.

The 37-year-old actress was in the running for the award for her work in Killers of the Flower Moon. However, it ultimately went to Emma Stone for Poor Things.

In a new interview, Lily revealed that she and Emma spoke about the final results. She also reflected on her decision to compete for Best Actress instead of Best Supporting Actress.

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“Emma and I talked about it, and had wonderful conversations about how ridiculous it is to place art in competition,” Lily told Variety. “Awards are supposed to be giving accolades to the art no matter what. It’s like you’re awarding just by acknowledging and nominating, really, but then this competitive nature takes over. How does that work in something so subjective and personal as art?”

Since Mollie featured in under a third of the movie, some people speculated that Lily could have submitted for Best Supporting Actress instead of the top honor.

What did she think about the topic?

“I never decided I needed to improve my odds or boost my career. That was my last thought,” she told the outlet. “Campaigning Mollie as a lead wasn’t about me. If I was ultra-consumed with that, maybe it would have shaken out differently. But it doesn’t make sense to me. The heart of the whole story, the access point for the humanity, is Osage. I never saw Mollie as a supporting role. Your heart is not a supporting organ. Your soul and your conscience are not supporting voices. It’s the compass of everything.”

Lily continued, saying, “People will make what they want, but I’m glad that what other women of color have taken away from it is that we don’t always need to accept supporting positions. We’re very strong when we are supporting, but it’s also really powerful to just accept that we lead. Because that’s what we do.”

The actress has previously explained why her loss doesn’t matter.