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The Associated Press review praised Watts for her "vivid, deeply committed performance" and she has been nominated for a Golden Globe award. Website Gold Derby, which surveys multiple awards observers, lists her among the top five Oscar contenders in the best actress race. Her bedridden character barely moves her body through the majority of the film and croaks out words painfully. Watts said Bayona often went through scenes with the dialogue in the script, then reshot the same scene without words, using the latter in the final edit. Teen dancer-turned-actor Tom Holland, who stars as the eldest son, said that was probably for the best. In character, "she had this voice, and it was really, really genuinely terrifying," Holland said. "The first time I heard it, I was like
'Wow, there's something not quite right here. What's going on?'"
McGregor, whose character is not injured as badly, says he was similarly impressed by his co-star. "For 85 percent of the movie, she's really badly injured, fearful for her life and the safety of her husband and her other two sons, anticipating the fact that she might be dying," he said. "There's never a sense of that being on one note. I've talked to her about it. I said, it's an extraordinary achievement that you managed to weave such variety into it and take us on this huge journey."
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