Keeping it real
Oscar-winning actor Patricia Arquette talks to DQ about portraying real people in Escape at Dannemora and The Act, transforming herself for roles and her directing ambitions. Five years ago, Patricia Arquette blew away the awards competition with her performance in Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age movie Boyhood, winning a Bafta, an Oscar and several other accolades. This year, the actor has been swept up in the awards chatter once again – but this time it’s her small-screen work that’s earning plaudits. Her role as Joyce ‘Tilly’ Mitchell in Showtime’s 2018 limited series Escape at Dannemora has already earned her best actress prizes at the Golden Globes, the Critics’ Choice Awards, the Monte Carlo TV Festival and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. That role has also seen her nominated for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie at next month’s Emmys, where she is also in the running for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie for her part as Dee Dee Blanchard in Hulu original drama The Act. That both shows are based on true stories is just a coincidence, according to the star, who has previously appeared in TV series including CSI: Cyber, Boardwalk Empire and Medium. Arquette’s movie credits include True Romance and Stigmata, having made her screen debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors in 1987. “It’s just the way these things happen,” Arquette tells DQ in Monte Carlo ahead of the Golden Nymph Awards ceremony where she would subsequently triumph. “These … Continue reading Keeping it real
