Melissa McCarthy has been drumming up Oscar buzz for her performance in the upcoming drama Can You Ever Forgive Me? [1], and it's not hard to see why. In this exclusive clip, the actress — who's known for her exceptional comedic talents — shows off her dramatic chops as Lee Israel, a real-life magazine writer [2] whose life began spiraling downward after she started forging and selling letters that she claimed had been written by late, great writers. In the footage above, she has a tense conversation with Jack Hock (played by Richard E. Grant) at a bar, which has us more excited for the twisted biopic to come out than ever. Give the scene a watch before Can You Ever Forgive Me? hits theaters on Oct. 19 [3].