“Emilia Pérez” star and Oscar -Nominated Karla Sofía Gascón is under attack On social media for comments, she conducted in a Brazilian interview about the movie “I’m still here” and actress Fernanda Torres, one of Gascón’s nominees in the best actress category.
Criticism by the Transgender actress on Social media Called her statements for a violation of the Academy’s campaign rules, but according to an CEO of Netflix, who released “Emilia Pérez”, the Academy has informed the company that they have looked at Gascón’s statements and established that they do not constitute a campaign violation.
The controversy is the latest surrounding “Emilia Pérez”, the assumed Oscar Frontunner with 13 nominations.
According to a translation of interview With Brazilian news socket Folha de S. Paulo, which was carried out in Spanish, Gascon said: “Personally, I think Fernanda Torres is a wonderful woman”, adding that she had not yet seen “I’m still here.” Then she said: “What I really don’t like is that there is a social media team that works around these people who try to discredit the work of others – like mine or the film’s. It leads nowhere. To highlight a person’s work, you do not have to bring others down. No one has ever seen me talk badly about Fernanda Torres or her movie. But I see many people in Fernanda Torres ‘circle who talk badly about me and’ Emilia Pérez. ‘I think it says more about them and their movie than about mine. “
“I’m still here” has no profile for social media, and exactly what Gascón referred to is unclear. In a later statement given to Thewrap, Gascón clarified his comments and put some distance between Torres and the source of negative statements:
“I am a huge fan of Fernanda Torres and it has been wonderful to get to know her in recent months,” reads the statement. “In my latest comments, I referred to toxicity and violent hatred on social media that I unfortunately continue to experience. Fernanda has been a wonderful ally, and no one who is directly associated with her has been anything other than supportive and extremely generous. “
For her part, Torres Posted A video on X on January 29 where she praised Gascón for her performance in “Emilia Pérez”, as well as the other three best actress nominated and said, “Everyone there deserves our affection. Let’s not feed hatred, do you know? And I want to say To Karla Sofía Gascón, I love you forever. “She made a heart shape with her hands.
The Academy’s campaign regulations partly specify “Public communication (including any social media posts, re -posts, shares and comments) by academy members, film companies or individuals who are directly associated with a legitimate film cannot … (E) ncourage or discourage members to vote for all films , performance or achievements. “That section of the Oscar rules aims to regulate posts on social media and do not specifically deal with comments made by nominees in interviews. (The academy reserves the right to decide that communication that is not spelled in the rules is violations.)
The academy confirmed with Thewrap that Gascón had not violated any rules.
For months, “Emilia Pérez” has been criticized on social media for taking on the transgender experience and for the fact that it was done by a French director, Jacques Audiard, was shot in Paris and largely threw with non-Mexican actors. When the movie recently premiered in Mexico, Audiard said in an interview, “If you think I was approaching it too easily, I apologize. The purpose of the cinema is not to give answers but to provoke questions. “
He added that the film is his “interpreted reality” of Mexico and that it was supposed to have an operational style rather than a realistic one.
“I spent over four years creating this story of a country that I deeply respect,” he said. “I was very careful. I did not want to insult Mexicans, to hurt anyone … If this work can lead to conversations and questions it will have achieved something meaningful. “
