Cate then clarified that she wasn’t just making a speech for Viola, but rather, auditioning to be her “co-star or supporting actress or personal assistant.”
“I make a really good little coffee and, actually, I know how she takes it,” Cate quipped. “It’s a black decaf, little bit of oat milk and a dash of cinnamon. I think I’m in.”
Cate then poured her heart out to the Widows actress.
“I want some of Viola’s emotional power. I want some of her stardust, her effortless technical mastery and her constant access to the flaws that makes her characters so painfully human,” Cate continued. “I want to look as fabulous as she looks in red on the red carpet. I want her deep-throated, sometimes joyous, but always knowing, laugh. I want some of her sass. I want some of her ass. I just want all of this to rub off on me, and I know I’m not alone.”