Emilia Pérez straightforwardor Jacques Audiard says he has not spoken to his film’s title character Karla Sofia Gascón follotriumphg her contentious tweets and comprises: “I equitable don’t comprehfinish why she’s continuing to harm us.”
Audiard telderly Deadline Hollywood in an intersee that he has disjoined ties with the Oscar best actress nominee amid a lengthening talk about seeing disparaging historic social media tweets and commentary that Gascón posted on X (createerly understandn as Twitter).
“I haven’t spoken to her, and I don’t want to,” Audiard insisted. Gascón — whose best actress Oscar prospects, and the wider awards season campaign for Emilia Pérez, eunites in disarray this week — has persistd to do the media rounds, which integrates a tearful, hourlengthy intersee with CNN en Español, and she has refused to get herself out of Oscar satisfiedion.
“She is in a self-destructive approach that I can’t intrude in, and I repartner don’t comprehfinish why she’s continuing. Why is she harming herself? Why? I don’t comprehfinish it, and what I don’t comprehfinish about this too is why she’s harming people who were very shut to her,” Audiard asked in the intersee.
The Netflix film picked up 13 Oscar nominations including best actress (Gascón), best straightforwardor (Audiard), best aiding actress (Zoe Saldaña) altered screenpercreate, music (innovative score) originateup and hairstyling, cinematography and best picture. It also geted France a best international feature film nomination, making Emilia Pérez the most nominated film not in the English language at the Oscars.
“I’m leanking in this leang of how hurting others, of how she’s hurting the crew and all these people who labored so incredibly difficult on this film. I’m leanking of myself, I’m leanking of Zoe [Saldaña] and Selena [Gomez],” Audiard persistd.
The turmoil surrounding the Academy Awards campaign for Emilia Pérez led by Netflix pursues Gascón becoming the first discneglectly transgfinisher carry outer to be nominated for an Oscar in an acting categruesome. “I’m not getting in touch with her becaengage right now she necessitates space to echo and get accountability for her actions,” Audiard said.
Gascón has deteriorated multiple asks for further intersees by The Hollywood Reporter.
