This morning the Emmy 2024the most prestigious awards on the American small screen. A gala during which Shogun beat all recordswinning 18 statuettes including that of the best drama series. But beyond the undeniable triumph of the FX Network fiction or the great disappointment of To fallThe night was marked in turn by small victories like Jodie Foster’s. The artist won the award for Best Leading Actress into a miniseries, breaking the curse that had plagued the HBO series in recent seasons.
Criticized even by the creator himself Nic Pizzolato, the truth is that True Detective: Polar Night has managed to restore the lost prestige to anthology fiction, after several years during which the Emmys did not take it into account the performance of its actors protagonists. And the awards have already paid tribute to the tremendous work of Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey in the first season, after losing both in the category of best actor in a drama series to Bryan Cranston and his Walter White break the bad. So, Jodie Foster became the first actress to be awarded in the police imagination which this time quickly took on its status as a supernatural story. But, far from emphasizing this consideration, the double Oscar winner was keen to clarify in her statements that what led the series to success is casting work and to play her part in a story that is bigger than her.
A more than deserved Emmy
In the competition, Foster faced Brie Larson (Cooking with chemistry), Temple of Juno (Fargo V), Sofia Vergara (Griselda) And Naomi Watts (Quarrel: Condom vs. The Swans). Of all, she seemed the clear favorite, even though the curse on True Detective Perhaps he was once again playing tricks on his performance at the awards ceremony. Especially since the second season failed to reach not a single nomination at the Emmys and that for the third, Mahershala Ali was beaten by Jharrel Jerome, the lead actor of This is how they see us. However, the key to this bad streak of negative considerations comes from a bad choice on the part of the network itself, which placed McConaughey and Harrelson in a position of competition. outside the miniseries category. In any case, at 61, the actress of taxi driver won one more victory in an already enormous career.
True Detective: Night polar received mixed reviewsbut its two protagonists have been highly praised by the specialized press. Despite everything, Foster wanted to involve the entire cast and the rest of the people who made this new chapter possible for the company. showrunner Issa Lopez.
“The idea of being in a team is an extraordinary feeling”he said at the press conference after receiving the award, when asked if it was relevant to have broken the bad streak of fiction. Immediately afterwards, he looks back on his career and how it would have felt to feel that sense of collaborative teamwork when he was young:
“I wish I had known this when I was 20 and all I thought about was myself. It was fun to think about yourself all the time, but in the end, you feel satisfied at 60. So Bingo! Eureka, you realize how great it is to serve the other actors and the whole story. So it feels good. “We had 19 applications and we are a crazy family who lived through the winter in the dark of the Arctic.”
What is “True Detective: Polar Night” about?
The official summary The series’ premise is as follows: “As the long winter night falls on Ennis, Alaska, eight men who run the Tsalal Arctic Research Station disappear without a trace. To solve the case, detectives Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro will have to confront their inner darkness and dig into the tormenting truths buried beneath the eternal ice.”
With 6 one-hour episodes approximately, True Detective: Polar Night Like previous seasons, it is a closed story that, in addition to being directed by López, is produced by the Oscar winner. Barry Jenkins (moonlight). Kali Reis, John Hawkes, Christopher Eccleston, Fiona Shaw, Anna Lambe, Isabella LaBlanc and Finn Bennett complete the main cast. Available in Max and with 6 Emmy Award nominationsFinally, the fourth season of the intellectual property only got the award for Foster.
