‘Mad Max’ Costume Designer Jenny Beavan on Her Oscar Win: “I Don’t Mind in the Least If They Didn’t Clap”

One of the bigger viral videos to come out of Feb. 28’s Oscar ceremony was a Vine viewed over 37 million times (see below) that captured the audience’s response — or lack thereof — when Mad Max: Fury Road costume designer Jenny Beavan walked down the aisle of the Dolby Theatre to accept her award from presenter Cate Blanchett. Beavan has been nominated a total of 10 times and now has two wins (her first was for A Room With a View), and walked up to the Oscar podium wearing a bedazzled motorcycle jacket, striped scarf, pants and boots. The Revenant director Alejandro G. Inarritu appeared nonplussed, his arms crossed; Spotlight director Tom McCarthy did a double-take; others just weren’t clapping. (In his defense, Inarritu, who meant no harm in his delayed applause, which wasn’t captured in the Vine but did indeed happen, has gone on the record to say, “I’ve learned a lot this awards season … that I should never cross my arms when I am sitting down.”) Read More…