Laura Dern will never forget when she first read Noah Baumbach’s script for “Marriage Story.”“I cried for half an hour, which Noah will tell you because he saved the voicemail…Oh my god, I literally cried so hard,” Dern says on this week’s episode of “The Big Ticket,” Variety and iHeart’s movie podcast.I actually caught up with Dern back toward the end of the summer.
It was the morning after “Marriage Story’s” U.S.
premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
In the film, Dern plays Nora, a divorce attorney representing an actress (Scarlett Johansson) who has split from her theater director husband (Adam Driver).In the months following the premiere, the Netflix’s marital drama has garnered dozens of accolades, including a Golden Globe for Dern.
She’s also a favorite to earn an Oscar nom as is Driver.
Johansson is also strong contender
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