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Karla Sofía Gascón On Her Journey To The Role Of A Lifetime In ‘Emilia Pérez’: “It’s Love’s Triumph”
Karla Sofía Gascón discusses her ‘Emilia Pérez’ role opposite Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz: “It’s love’s triumph.”
I’m wrapping up a group interview in front of a live audience for Jacques Audiard ’s film Emilia Pérez, and as the director, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz all file off into the wings to boisterous applause, I notice that Gascón, the titular actress, has stopped. Six French LGBTQ+ groups stood behind her — Adheos, Families LGBT, Fédération LBGTI +, Mousse, Stop Homophobie and Quazar —a nd filed an official complaint against Maréchal with the Paris Public Prosecutor over “insult due to gender identity.” Gascón says, “I needed to clarify what Manitas’ main motive was to go through the transition and become Emilia, because I felt that any wrong decision could end up making this film a joke, just a comedy where people would watch it, they would have a good laugh, and it wouldn’t really go anywhere.
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