The award season is shifting into high gear, seamlessly syncing with the year-ending hustle that wraps up every A-lister’s checklist. With the entire lineup of Golden Globe nominations now out, January has a lot to bring to the plate for stars and viewers alike. While the dawn of the New Year and a fresh batch of nominees usher a new constellation of stars, Zoë Saldaña was found reminiscing about past missteps, revisiting an infamous Golden Globes snafu.

Despite earning the Golden Globe nod this year, Saldaña could not help but reflect nursing to a lingering heartache from a previous award season.

Zoë Saldaña recently became a part of history with her first golden ticket for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Motion Picture for Emilia Pérez, the most-nominated musical at the Golden Globes. As she sat down for an interview with Variety, the actor likened the nod to a prayer answered. But looking back at her disqualification for Avatar because of the Globes’ golden rule of exempting CGI motion-capture performances, Saldaña lamented the popular lack of understanding of the concept.

The Golden Globes nominees have either resorted to endorsement or celebration, but Saldaña did not find herself in the same boat as others. Instead, she tried to elaborate on “performance capture” as a form of art that is neither cloned nor imitated since the one putting all their efforts is the actor. She wanted to dismiss the misunderstanding of CGI-motion capture performances, highlighting the actor or a stunt actor’s role in getting the entirety done.

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Although she hopes the academies and organizations acknowledge these sacrifices in time to come, Saldaña embraced her own Golden Globe nod with open arms.

Since Emilia Pérez stole the spotlight from tabloids to red carpets, the movie has been a frontrunner for the award-season glory. While it may have bypassed the usual chatter straight to the Oscars, it is hard to imagine other ceremonies were not also eyeing this musical phenomenon. In her recent conversation with Variety, Zoë Saldaña talked about the record-breaking nominations for the musical, and her very first nod, calling it a “great” feeling to join the ranks.

Saldaña feels actors have an “innate need to connect with other people” because of the hard work they put into their projects. Thus, to finally land that recognition means the art they sacrificed for no longer needs to be closeted. Being an artist means connecting with people through her art, creating an “instant connection” even if it is short-lived. So, while the Golden Globe nomination has her hoping for more, she is content that Emilia Pérez at least took her halfway to that.

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