The promotion of Emilia Pérez He will not have Emilia Pérez. The magazine The Hollywood Reporter He assures that Netflix has taken the Madrid actress Karla Sofía Gascón, protagonist of the film, of the US Campaign of the Jacques Audiard Narcomusical that adds 13 nominations for the Oscars, whose gala is celebrated on March 2. The deliveries of awards are accumulated next weekend in California, and Gascón in some is a candidate as the best leading actress and in others I was going to represent the film. The interpreter’s environment, informs Gregorio Belinchón, He already sensed this decision of the platform, which distributes the film in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom, and that has led and financed the campaign in the awards season. He also assures that they have not been informed of their departure from the campaign.
This step occurs after the controversy for a dozen gascony tweets with racist and aggressive comments that he had never eliminated from his profile, and that last Thursday resurrected on social networks. In them, he criticized Islam (with expressions against Moroccans as “Moors fucking”), George Floyd (which he calls “Drugata”) or left controversial opinions about the world of cinema (such as the last campaign of Barbie or the Oscar of 2021). In an interview with El País, this Monday the Oscar candidate explained: “I am only responsible for what I say, not what others say that I say or what others interpret what I say. Many of those tweets were sarcastic, taken from context and as part of a thread, which finally became a book of mine. ” And stressed: “They are using me. (…) I feel alone. ” And about his future steps, he confirmed: “If not batallo for the Oscar, it means that it throws everything. I will not allow that luxury to those who hate. ”
Next Thursday was expected that Gascón, along with the rest of the cast of Emilia Pérezwent to a lunch of the AFI Awards (American Film Institute). The next day, the gala will finally be held, postponed by the fires in Los Angeles, of the Critics Choice, where the presence of the artistic team of the French film was also confirmed. On Saturday, when the galas of the directors’ guild (DGA) and producers (PGA) prizes, Gascon were going to be sent on behalf of Emilia Pérez To the producers’ ceremony, where he presented an award. And on Sunday the Madrid would receive one of the nine trophies of the Virtuoso Award, at the Santa Barbara Festival, award that Selena Gómez, his wife in Emilia Pérez, Fernanda Torres (also an Oscar candidate for I’m still here) and other Hollywood awards nominees like Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain).
That Netflix has taken it out of the promotion does not mean that Gascón, who has been invited to all those events, cannot access them. But, according to The Hollywood Reporter, “Some attending these events with the actress, such as the Santa Barbara Festival, had indicated that they could have to cancel their participation if she (Gascon) did not cancel his own, for fear that things could be very uncomfortable with her present ” And he says: “Gascon has already been eliminated from emails and advertisement readings that promote the film for awards.”
For later, the British Bafta awards, the French César, the awards of the actors in the US and, finally, the Oscars, which are delivered on March 2, and whose votes begin next Tuesday 11 of February.
Javier Etxezarreta (EFE)
If Gascón stays in Spain, he could go to the Goya Awards, which are held this Saturday in Granada. Initially, the Spanish Academy tantled it to present an award, but the coincidence of dates with the acts in California made it impossible. Now, Emilia Pérez She is a candidate for best European film and the film’s producer decides who represents the nomination (and who goes up for a possible Goya).
This Tuesday, the Union of Actors and Actresses, which groups 2,000 performers in Spain, has announced the candidacy of Karla Sofía Gascón in the best actress section in an international production. The awards will be delivered on March 10 at the Circo Price Theater, in Madrid.