Glenn Close and Amy Adams on playing real-life characters in ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ and their lockdown realizations

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We wouldn’t be surprised if Glenn Close and Amy Adams will once again find themselves at front and center in next year’s awards derby, this time courtesy of Ron Howard’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” which began streaming on Netflix yesterday.

After all, the 13 Oscar nominations they have racked up between them (Glenn has seven, Amy has six) are nothing to scoff at—and we’re more than willing to stick our neck out in support of their knockout performances in the real-life family drama.

While Amy’s thespic chops are as razor-sharp as they were in “Sharp Objects,” Glenn delivers another stunning vanishing act that recalls the spellbinding “screen magic” she had conjured up in projects lik…

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