Regina King is attending the Cannes Film Festival, where she spoke at the Kering Women in Motion Talk. During the conversation, the actor-director discussed her role at the 2021 Academy Awards, where she dramatically opened the show.
Opening the Oscars, however, was something she didn’t learn she’d be doing until 24 hours before the show started. Speaking with Variety executive editor Ramin Setoodeh, King explained how it all went down. “I literally found out about that being the case the day before,” she said. “You didn’t know you were opening the Oscars?” asked Setoodeh. “I knew I was presenting and I knew the category I was presenting,” she replied.
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