If you watched the Golden Globes and were curious if Rose Byrne and her partner Bobby Cannavale ended up finding a bearded dragon, we have an update for you.
“He’s doing well!” Byrne told The Hollywood Reporter following her Oscar nomination for her performance in A24’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. “It’s for the kids. The kids are
very happy.”
During Byrne’s acceptance speech at the Globes, she said Cannavale was not at the ceremony with her because he was in the process of finding a new, cold-blooded member of the family. “We’re getting a bearded dragon, and he went to a reptile expo in New Jersey,” she said to laughter from crowd. (Byrne referred to Cannavale as “my husband” but has noted in previous interviews that the pair, who have been together for over a decade, are not legally married.)
Will Cannavale join her at the Oscars ceremony in March? “Absolutely! It’s the middle of the night in Australia, and he called me. So cute.”
Byrne was nominated in the best lead actress category alongside Kate Hudson (Song Song Blue), Emma Stone (Bugonia), Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) and Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value). “I can’t believe it. I feel like I’ve snuck into the back of the bus. I can’t believe we got in this extraordinary group of women,” she says. “And, you know, this movie’s so small, it’s so surreal, and means so much. This movie’s so incredible and special and a true artistic expression, it’s just wild.”
Apart from the Globes win earlier this month, Byrne has been sweeping the awards circuit for her performance. She was nominated at the Critics Choice Awards, Independent Spirit and the Gotham Awards, for example, but won the National Board of Review Award for best actress, among others. She is also currently nominated for an Actor Award (formerly SAG Awards).
With all of her accolades thus far, the Oscar nomination carries a unique weight.
“The thought of the legacy and the pageantry and the scale of it, it’s impossible to not have that value,” she says. “All of these sort of experiences we’ve had, and acknowledgements and recognition that we’ve had, it definitely feels like a monumental moment to have this acknowledgement. Of course, that huge kind of legacy and tradition of this ceremony is just undeniable, so to be a small part of that is unbelievable. I love the Oscars. [When I was a] little girl from Sydney, Australia, I used to watch [the show]. The pageantry of it is so fun and theatrical.”
You can see the full list of Oscar nominations here.
