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Kirsten Dunstdoes her best to convey her awards recognition to her son.
The actress earned a Screen Actors Guild AwardsnominationWednesday morning for her emotional supporting performance inThe Power of the Dog. Speaking with PEOPLE about the SAG Award nod, Dunst says she tried telling her older son Ennis, 3½, in a way he’d grasp: in terms of his favorite television show, Nickelodeon’sBlaze & theMonster Machines.
“He’s my biggest champion,” she says of Plemons, 33. “Of course he’s so happy for me. He loves to see my work being appreciated because he’s my No. 1 fan — besides my mom!”
Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst inThe Power of the Dog(2021).KIRSTY GRIFFIN/NETFLIX
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Dunst says witnessingThe Power of the Dogbeing “so well received” and director Jane Campion sharing in awards attention along the way has been “one of the greatest treats for me in my career.” Dunst’s cast mates Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee also got nominations, but they all haven’t been able to celebrate in person yet because of busy schedules and pandemic precautions.
“I wish!” she says of getting to rejoice with them. “Everyone’s not seeing each other right now. We have to be careful for Jesse, he’s doing a new series here [in Austin] so we have to be careful not to get him sick because then his production shuts down. It’s just been a lot of indoors with children [for us], which is a little bit crazy-making.”
The Power of the Dogis now streaming on Netflix.
The 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be broadcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
