Zoe Saldaña is talking out about her Emilia Pérez co-star Karla Sofía Gascón’s ongoing controversy. The actress appeared on Selection’s Awards Circuit podcast for a Q&A session; the outlet posted a preview of the session on February 5.
When requested in regards to the backlash that Gascón has been receiving over her since-deleted offensive tweets, Saldaña expressed that she felt “unhappy” in regards to the information.
The Avatar actress admitted that although she will be able to’t communicate or decide different individuals’s actions, she will be able to attest to her expertise. “By no means in one million years did I ever imagine that we might be right here,” she added.
She expressed her disappointment over the scenario, which has deeply affected her, saying she’s been carrying a way of disappointment in her chest ever because the unlucky information broke out.
When requested whether or not she’s had any contact with Gascón because the information broke out, she refused to make express feedback on the subject, claiming that she’s nonetheless processing every little thing that went down along with her co-star.
Throughout her interview with CNN en Español, Gascón claimed that her co-stars Selena Gomez and Saldaña help her “200 p.c” within the matter. When requested to touch upon the assertion, Saldaña clarified that she doesn’t help any damaging rhetoric of racism and bigotry in the direction of any particular group, a perception she firmly stands for.
The actress defined that she was raised to not be judgemental of different individuals or communities. However whereas being that particular person, she will be able to nonetheless stand by a physique of labor she’s “proud” of, doubtless referring to the Oscar-nominated musical Emilia Pérez.
Saldaña’s feedback surfaced a number of hours after the movie’s director, Jacques Audiard, condemned Gascón’s offensive tweets in an interview with Deadline. He admitted to having not spoken to the overtly trans actress because the controversy and referred to as her strategy to the matter “self-destructive.”