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Zoe Saldaña’s ‘Emilia Perez’ Extensive Screen Time Sparks Oscars Category Debates
Zoe Saldaña has more screentime in "Emilia Perez" than Karla Sofia Gascon, fueling the lead or supporting acting debates.
Case in point: Netflix’s high-profile contender “Emilia Pérez.” The Spanish-language musical, directed by acclaimed French auteur Jacques Audiard, has already garnered enthusiastic reviews and is poised to be a significant player across multiple Oscar categories. The five-and-a-half-minute difference would be the 12th largest of all acting categories and be the fourth highest between two actresses after 1957’s “Peyton Place” (Diane Varsi over Lana Turner – 11:31), 2018’s “The Favourite” (Emma Stone over Olivia Colman – 7:32) and 2015’s “Carol” (Rooney Mara over Cate Blanchett – 5:52). Notable cases include Alicia Vikander in “The Danish Girl” (2015) and Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (2007), both of whom had screen time and narrative significance rivaling their top-billed co-stars.
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