Emerald Fennell made her feature film directorial debut with Promising Young Woman, and on Monday, she earned her first Oscar nomination, becoming one of only seven women to ever earn a nomination in the directing category.
The U.K.-based writer-director also earned noms for screenplay and best picture. She hopped on the phone with THR soon after the nominations were announced to talk a little bit more about the film’s five nominations (including a best actress nomination for star Carey Mulligan) and her plans for what’s next.
What were you doing when the nominations were announced? I planned to watch it, but I didn’t know that daylight savings time had happened in America, which meant the announcements were an hour earlier than I had.
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