Actress Regina Hall is set to host the Oscars alongside Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. Here, she talks to Sky News about taking on the presenting gig, as well as her new film, Master, in which she plays a university professor struggling to navigate an all-white institution.
For the first time since 2018, the Academy Awards is returning to an emcee format in a bid to inject some humour into proceedings - with actress Regina Hall hosting this year alongside comedy veterans Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.In it, she plays Gail Bishop, a university professor - or"master" - at an elite university, where horror and hauntings unfold against a backdrop of her struggles to navigate an all-white institution. Here's what she had to say...
It's just been very collaborative, and that process has been really fun to get to know them but also, you know, the bigger thing is we're all rooting for each other on stage. I certainly think that putting it in a genre where people may not see it coming allows people... it makes it a bit more digestible. You know, as opposed to feeling preached that they feel like they're kind of experiencing it because they're also experiencing like the discomfort of the world, you know. Like, oh my goodness, I hear the sound. Something's about to happen. So I think... it gets the palate prepared and I think it does make the subject matter a little bit more digestible.