'Killers of the Flower Moon' star Jillian Dion tells THR that being nominated for an Oscar is "a dream." Plus, she shares her favorite memory working on Killers of the Flower Moon while at the THR X TikTok Awards Weekend Party.
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00:00 Here we are, it's Oscars week. How does it feel to be part of a nominated film?
00:04 Like a dream. Like a whimsical, monumental dream because, you know, if Killers of the
00:13 Flyer Moon cinches any of the ten nominations and Lily, for that matter, wins, she's the
00:18 first indigenous actress to win an Oscar and maybe even so more monumental if more than
00:26 one of the awards is won. It feels like a dream. It's really cool. I'm from Canada,
00:32 so I'm just here hanging out and everybody's been so lovely. It feels like a dream. Yeah,
00:38 I like went to film school ten years ago, fifteen years ago, and now it's what I wanted
00:45 to do. And now I'm here and it's like, pinch me, is this like even happening? It's so crazy.
00:52 What's your favorite memory of working on the film?
00:57 I think probably just the camaraderie between the cast, getting to know Lily and Janae and
01:05 Kara and I've always wanted to meet and work with Tantoo Cardinal, so getting to meet and
01:09 work with her was like a dream come true. And yeah, Leo and Bob and Marty, so nice,
01:15 like the nicest men.
01:18 What's been the highlight of this awards season journey for you with Killers of the Flyer
01:21 Harmon?
01:24 I would say probably the uprising of the Osage drum group. They're nominated for Best Original
01:33 Song at the Oscars, which is monumental. So I think watching, like this story comes from
01:39 the Osage people, so watching something so sacred to them be brought to the limelight
01:46 with the story that it's being told with is so important and monumental for not only like
01:51 the indigenous community, but everyone that has an interest or like, you know, was curious
01:57 about what might have happened.
01:59 And aside from your film, what's one other movie this awards season that you saw and
02:03 you loved?
02:04 Oh, that's difficult. I did really like Poor Things. Yeah, I like Poor Things. It was so
02:14 unexpected. Emma's amazing. Mark is amazing in it. And it's such a difficult, oh, also
02:22 Zone of Interest. That was amazing, too. I saw that at VIF, which is also amazing. And
02:27 like Sandra Huller and her monologue and that whole thing is so groundbreaking and so descriptive
02:34 of what women might deal with today men, you know what I mean? But yeah, those are my two,
02:41 I think.
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