Netflix's 'Train Dreams' is a 'happy cry movie.' Let star Joel Edgerton explain

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In the last episode of The Envelope video podcast before the 2026 Oscar nominations, Joel Edgerton describes the transformative experience of making “Train Dreams.” Plus, our hosts share the names they’d like to hear called on nominations morning.Kelvin Washington: Hello and welcome to another episode of The Envelope.Kelvin Washington, Yvonne Villarreal, Mark Olsen, and it’s great to have you both here as usual and especially when this is our last episode before Oscar nominations.

So I’ll start with you, Yvonne.It could be a movie, a director, or some rising star or just anything that you hope once they read those nominations that morning, you’re gonna hear.Yvonne Villarreal: I’m not going to say the usual suspects because that’s covered.

I really want to see Chase Infiniti get nominated for her role in “One Battle After Another.” I just think she’s been such a revelation for me as somebody who watched “Presumed Innocent.” Seeing her in this role — and I don’t want to spoil anything, but she really finds herself in a hairy situation in this film and the way she sort of rises to the occasion and really has a moment of triumph for herself, I think it was just striking to watch.And she’ll be in “The Handmaid’s Tale” spin-off “The Testaments.” I’m really looking forward to see what she does there.

But also I’ll say, as somebody who got thrown into the bandwagon of “KPop Demon Hunters” because of my 6-year-old niece, I wanna see that get some love in the animated category.Mark Olsen: And in the music categories.Best song.

Washington: It better! Do you know how much I have to hear that song in my house with three daughters, 9, 7 and 4 [years old]? Like, I’m going to be “Golden.” Villarreal: Are they memorized?Washington: That’s an understatement.It’s to the point I got concerned.

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