Lily Gladstone's dream is to host “Saturday Night Live.”
The “Killers of the Flower Moon” actress has had a hugely successful awards season, and her family hopes she caps it off by taking home the best Oscar statuette at next weekend's Oscars. The 37-year-old star's biggest ambition is to become a guest presenter on the long-running comedy sketch show.
She told People magazine: “Perhaps it was a dream that I had been harboring all by myself.
“It's like my parents – and I think that's what people say when you have a desire to act and want to encourage you as a kid – it's like, 'Oh, you is going to win an Oscar someday.'' ” So it almost becomes just a cliché.
“But if I had this moment, what I've always wanted to do is host SNL.”
Lily, who is of Siksikatsitapi and Niimiipuu descent and the first Native American actress to be nominated for an Oscar, is looking forward to attending the Academy Awards next weekend.
When asked what she's most looking forward to, she said, “I think it's just being there and absorbing the magnitude of the impact this movie has had.
“I’m so excited to share this.
“I'm going to have a family. [there]. My family is with me and they are rooting for me from home. ”
Lily recently hinted that she would wear a “museum-worthy” outfit to the Oscars that celebrates her Indigenous heritage.
She told People magazine: “I think it definitely deserves a museum.
“This will continue to prove that Indigenous design is front and center on the red carpet alongside luxury fashion. I'm excited.”
Meanwhile, Lily claimed in January that her nomination showed a “broadening of horizons” within the film industry.
She told the BBC: “Times are definitely changing and people's horizons are broadening. The academy has become more diverse in the last 10 or 20 years.”
“I think it’s also because Indigenous people and indigenous filmmakers have continued to surprise audiences with the work that we’ve been making, because people are ready.”