Oscar-nominated Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón will attend the Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2) and Display screen has realized Netflix will cowl her prices, as is customary with all its awards contenders who journey into Los Angeles for ceremonies.
Gascón is nominated within the lead actress class and has maintained a low profile in america since bigoted outdated social media posts resurfaced final month.
The Spanish actress, the primary overtly trans lady to be nominated for an Oscar, subsequently deactivated her X account and issued an apology. Nevertheless, shortly after that she gave an unauthorised interview to CNN en Español and continued to publish on social media.
It’s understood Netflix had not been involved with the actress since early February. The streamer pivoted away from her as the main focus of its FYC campaigns within the two markets the place it acquired the movie – the US and UK – apart from present billboards and prior commitments that have been in progress.
Gascón didn’t attend US awards season occasions like AFI Awards luncheon, Critics’ Selection Awards, PGA and DGA awards, and Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Emilia Pérez director and co-writer Jacques Audiard and Zoe Saldana have distanced themselves from Gascón in public feedback.
As the percentages of Gascón successful the Oscar have plummeted from frontrunner to outsider within the wake of the controversy, there was ongoing hypothesis over the impression her implosion would have on the Oscar prospects for the movie, which earned 13 nominations.
Nevertheless the musical gained greatest movie not within the English language award on the Baftas, the place Saldana gained greatest supporting actress. Her standing as a frontrunner in that class seems to be unshaken and he or she gained the SAG Award over the weekend.
It remained unclear at time of writing whether or not or not Gascón will stroll the pink carpet, give interviews, or sit along with her Emilia Pérez solid members and creatives inside Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Display screen has requested a remark from Netflix.