Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were waiting in the wings backstage at the Oscars, and Dunaway seemed nervous.
She noticed a camera snapping photos in her direction and became distressed. Even though the photographer said he was not taking her pictures, she shooed him away.
"Can you walk away? I don't want cameras. I don't want anyone near me. What can we do about all these cameras?"
She paced in the wings while she read her lines. This year, there would be no Oscar snafu.
She paused to watch the actress reel and exclaimed excitedly when Laurie Metcalf popped up on screen.
"I love her. She was amazing in 'Doll's House, Part 2,'" she said, referencing Metcalf's Tony-winning performance on Broadway.
Once Beatty and Dunaway took the stage and began their presentation, one of the PwC accountants who replaced last year's wrong-envelope accountants watched the monitor closely as "Shape of Water" was announced, shaking her head in the affirmative.
"Awesome, awesome show," the stage manager said, embracing her as she let out a huge sigh of relief.
