Little Women stars express outrage over ‘brilliant’ director Greta Gerwig’s Golden Globes snub – as Best Actress nominee Saoirse Ronan says it ‘reminds us how far we still need to go’
- Saoirse, Eliza Scanlen, and Florence Pugh promoted the film on the Today show on Tuesday
- Saoirse, 25, was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the film
- Greta, 36, who also directed her in Lady Bird, did not get a nomination for Best Director this year
- Florence, 23, said they were ‘totally shocked’
- Saoirse said they ‘wouldn’t be here without her’ and she’s the ‘mastermind’
- Added that Laura Dern said ‘something like this to happen because it reminds us of how far we still need to go’
The cast of Little Women has expressed shock that the film’s director Greta Gerwig was snubbed in this year’s Golden Globe nominations.
Saoirse Ronan, Eliza Scanlen, Florence Pugh appeared on the Today show to promote the movie this morning, and when confronted with the nominations by host Hoda Kotb, 25-year-old Saoirse implied that it was down to sexism.
‘She has made one of the best movies of the year and I think, you know, Laura [Dern, who plays matriarch Marmee March] made a really good point yesterday that in a way it’s sort of vital for something like this to happen because it reminds us of how far we still need to go.’
At the movies: Saoirse Ronan, Eliza Scanlen, and Florence Pugh promoted the film on the Today show on Tuesday
Not pleased: They expressed shock that the film’s director Greta Gerwig was snubbed in this year’s Golden Globe nominations
Florence, 23, said they ‘were all just a bit totally shocked’ when the nominations were announced.
‘She’s a really really brilliant filmmaker,’ added Saoirse, who was nominated for Best Actress.
‘We wouldn’t be here without her. And we’ve talked about how we’re all sort of inextricably linked, our performances rely so much on one another, but Greta is the one who brought us all together, and she’s the mastermind behind the whole thing.’
Saoirse shared a similar sentiment with the Los Angeles Times upon the nominations being announced.
‘I am eternally grateful to Greta Gerwig for her guidance and partnership, and for her fierce perseverance that brought this incredible cast together and created an environment for us to become a real family and tell this very special story,’ she said.
‘My performance in this film belongs to Greta as much as it does myself and I share this recognition completely with her.’
Greta was also left out of the nominations for Best Director for her 2018 film Lady Bird, though the movie did win Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and was nominated for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture.
She was, however, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 2017.
She also won Best Director that year from the National Board of Review and was nominated for the title at the Satellite Awards and by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.
But Saoirse’s — and Laura’s — implication that sexism played a part in the snub this year has been echoed in other complaints about the nominations.
The Golden Globes didn’t nominate any women for the categories of Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Motion Picture – Drama, or Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Other women with notable releases this year include Ava DuVernay (for When They See Us), Olivia Wilde (for Booksmart), Marielle Heller (for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), and Lorene Scafaria (for Hustlers).
Flashback: Greta took home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Lady Bird in 2018
Mine! Saoirse admitted that she walked up to Greta at a party and told her she intended to play Jo in the film
According to the Washington Post, the Golden Globes have only nominated five female directors ever, through its 76-year run.
The only woman to win the award was Barbra Streisand, for Yentl in 1983.
The Post points out that women are underrepresented among directors, though they’ve reached an all time high this year, directing at least 12 of the year’s top 100 films.
‘And yet, as today’s nominations show, women — and especially women of color — continue to be pushed to the sidelines by a system that holds women back, onscreen and off,’ said Rebecca Goldman, chief operating officer at the Time’s Up foundation, in response to the nominations.
‘The omission of women isn’t just a Golden Globes problem — it’s an industry-wide crisis, and it’s unacceptable.’
That’s all? The only woman to win the Golden Globe for Best Director was Barbra Streisand, for Yentl in 1983
Another snub: Ava DuVernay also wasn’t nominated, even though her When They See Us was critically acclaimed
Out: Marielle Heller, who directed Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, wasn’t nominated either
Despite opening the Today show interview with the heavy subject matter, the cast also touched on some lighter notes during the chat.
Saoirse revealed that she wanted the part of Jo so badly that she practically demanded it.
‘I just went up to Greta at a party or an award show or something that we were at for Lady Bird, and I heard that she was gonna make this film and I just tapped her on the shoulder and was like, “Greta, I know you’re making Little Women. I’m gonna be Jo. Just wanted to let you know,” she said.
Greta, for her part, responded that she’d ‘think about it.’
Florence also revealed that during one sister fight scene, she asked Saoirse to actually hit her — and she did.
Meanwhile, Eliza said she had to relearn how to play the piano for the film. Though she’d been playing it since age six, she got rusty after giving it up in high school and had to devote time to practicing.
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