Rachel Weisz shares stern advice for the press while collecting award for The Favourite
The British star was collecting the award on behalf of co-stars Olivia Colman and Emma Stone
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Rachel Weisz has an issue with members of the press who are intent on continually asking her what it’s like to act alongside other women.
The British actor, who was attending the 2018 Gotham Awards, used the ceremony as an opportunity to express a hope that one day she won’t be asked such questions, highlighting the double standard that male actors don’t get asked the same question about working with other men.
Accepting the Special Jury Award For Ensemble Performance for Yorgos Lanthimos film The Favourite, Weisz said: “I hope one day in the not-so-distant future we don’t get asked what it was like to share the screen with other women. Because I don’t think you ever ask men that. But I could be wrong.”
Weisz stars in the period comedy alongside Olivia Colman and Emma Stone who both couldn’t attend the ceremony. In their place, Weisz brought along two cardboard cutout masks of their faces.
The film reunited Weisz with The Lobster director Lanthimos. in it, she plays Lady Sarah whose status as the closest friend of a frail Queen Anne (Colman) is rocked upon the arrival of Stone’s character, Abigail Hill.
Upon its release in the US last week, the Fox Searchlight film has become the highest-grossing independent film of the year so far.
Colman is expected to battle in the forthcoming Oscars race in the Best Actress category alongside contenders Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born), Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) and Glenn Close (The Wife).
The Favourite is released in the UK on 1 January 2019.
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