Cassandra Kulukundis wins first-ever Best Casting Oscar for One Battle After Another

In her acceptance speech, she pointed out how integral her work is toward annoying the whole production. From locations (who hate her) to stunts (who hate her) to editing ([winks, fires finger guns] who hate her), everyone can blame her when things go wrong and ignore her when things go right. Well, until this evening, when the Oscars committed to highlighting their efforts. A great cast is always worth repeating, so it’s nice to see the people who put those casts together receive a little recognition. 

Best Casting is one of several new categories coming to the Academy Awards. It’s also the first new category since 2001, when the Academy added Best Animated Film, so they could get ahead of things and give Shrek an Oscar. Next year, the ceremony will add another category that hates casting: Stunts.