Anne Hathaway Cries Backstage at 2013 Oscars: "I Had a Dream...and It Came True"

Best Supporting Actress winner becomes emotional when taken back to her winning moment, acceptance speech

By Joal Ryan Feb 25, 2013 7:02 AMTags
2013 Oscars Show, Anne HathawayKevin Winter/Getty Images

By the time, Anne Hathaway arrived to do backstage press at the 85th Annual Academy Awards, some three hours had elapsed since her Best Supporting Actress win. She was composed. She was articulate. 

And then she was reduced to tears.

A reporter took the Les Misérables star back to her acceptance speech, and asked the actress to explain her very first words, "It came true."

What was "it?"

"I had a dream," Hathaway started, before faltering and choking up. "…And it came true. And it can happen. And it's wonderful."

Chalk the moment up as another Les Mis tear-jerker.

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