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Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

For Lessons in Chemistry, Brie Larson Learned How to Experiment

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Conde Nast & Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Emmy-nominated actress speaks with Rebecca Ford about playing the brilliant scientist Elizabeth Zott, and her initial worries that she might not be able to relate to her. Plus, Larson explores how she's handled sexism as a member of the Marvel universe and what working in TV at a young age taught her.

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Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the Award Season Podcast from Vanity Fair.

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I'm Rebecca Ford.

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I am delighted and proud to introduce him as Academy Award winner.

0:55.4

And the Oscar goes to the winner. It's a tie.

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And any little girl who's practicing their speech on the teller, you never know.

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Ma, I just want an Oscar. I just want an Oscar. Before Lessons of Chemistry was an Apple TV show, it was a best-selling novel by Bonnie Garbus.

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The TV adaptation also went on to become a big hit earning 10 Emmy nominations, including Best Limited Series.

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Brie Larson, who snagged a Best Actress in a Limited Series nomination, is the catalyst

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behind it all.

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Larson was an executive producer on the 1950s set show, which was created by Lee Eisenberg, and she also stars as the lead, a brilliant chemist named Elizabeth Zott.

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At the start of the series Elizabeth works at a prestigious

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research institute yet she struggles to get ahead in the male-dominated field.

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