Angela Bassett got her second Oscar nod, for 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,' 29 years after her first. Now she's ready to explain her ineffable 'regal' quality.
. Like Queen Ramonda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the role that earned Bassett her second Oscar nomination 29 years after her first, the actress possesses an unassailable majesty that commands attention whether she’s on a throne or headed to her home gym.
But there’s a negative side, too. Or, at the very least, a downside. Regal, queenly and majestic can sometimes register as standoffish or — gasp — going all Hollywood. “When you’re in the public space and people appreciate what you do, they want pieces of you, so it really is a matter of protecting your instrument, your heart, your mental state, so that you have more of that goodWhen people are pulling and pulling and asking and wanting, and you can’t give it all away.
Instead of giving in to the chaos, she just stood there quietly, waiting for the energy to come down to her level for the split second it could. “I’ll take the picture, and then when I’m finished, I’ll say thank you. It’s just my little way of recognizing each other’s humanity here, you know? We’re all here for this particular reason. We can all get what we want without yelling at each other and being disrespectful or ugly,” she said, offering up a free queen lesson.
Much has been made about the passage of time between Bassett’s first Oscar nomination, in 1994 for “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” and her second, for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Nearly three decades, almost her entire career in Hollywood, have gone by.
“I still remember that. I’ve always been here, just steadily trying to apply myself, whether it was a big project, small project, supporting project, girlfriend of, wife of, whatever, making the most out of it.”
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