How Will International Voters Respond to ‘Emilia Pérez’ Star Karla Sofía Gascón’s Controversy? ‘I Think BAFTA Tends to Look Past the Bulls—’
variety.comAlex Ritman The recently uncovered social media posts by “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón in which she attacked, among various things — Islam, George Floyd and a more diverse Oscars — have thrown an unexpected wrench into the awards race.
Within hours of the historic tweets being resurfaced and translated into English, Gascón apologized, saying she was “deeply sorry.” Things spiraled further over the weekend, when the actress did an interview with CNN en Español, booked without Netflix’s involvement, and addressed the situation (once again) in an Instagram post.
But by then, awards soothes had already started rewriting their predictions, and Netflix’s French-made Spanish-language musical about a Mexican drug kingpin who undergoes gender-affirming surgery — previously an awards frontrunner, winning multiple Golden Globes and leading the Oscar nominations with 13 — was being scrubbed from lists.
Almost all the attention since has focused on how this new scandal could impact the Oscars, where Netflix was hoping “Emilia Pérez” would be the golden ticket to its first best picture win.
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