The fallout from Emilia Perez‘s Karla Sofía Gascón’s racist and Islamophobic social media was by no means anticipated to have any impression on the pic’s traction on the thirtieth annual Critics Choice Awards on condition that the Jan. 10 poll deadlines occurred previous to the Jan. 30. scandal.
That stated, the CCA winners of the Netflix pic duly ensured they didn’t draw any extra adverse consideration to the movie publish Gascón. The truth is, the primary brazenly trans Oscar nominee’s identify wasn’t even introduced up. As a substitute in all three of the recipients’ acceptance speeches –Zoe Saldaña for Greatest Supporting Actress, songwriters Camille and Clement Ducol for Unique Track “El Mal” and Jacques Audiard for Greatest Worldwide Movie — the group caught to the optimistic takeaways of the LGBTQ+ noir function musical.
Relatively than ship her acceptance speech to the teleprompter, Saldaña opted to learn it from a folded piece of paper in her pocket, underscoring on the finish of it, “My want for the impression of this movie on audiences and our world is that I hope we are able to all be curious and openhearted in direction of one another since you by no means know while you’ll have the chance to be a hero in another person’s story; our world is just too massive and too lovely to be every other approach. Keep curious, keep sort and keep blue (not too blue)” (the final a part of that line referring to her position within the Avatar franchise). Saldaña expressed on social and in a London Q&A her sadness over the whole Gascón scandal on Jan. 31.
When Camille acquired her award tonight, she exclaimed, “It offers us such a way of belonging” earlier than including “This awards season may be so hectic, so overwhelming” in what could possibly be interpreted as a slight nod to the most recent headlines surrounding the movie. She promptly stated after that, “I really feel like saying typically ‘Ya know I’m only a chook’” earlier than she broke out in a small tune onstage.
Gascón, who skipped out on this weekend’s busy awards ceremonies the PGAs, DGAs and Critics Selection, took to social final night time to say that she plans to be silent all through Emilia Perez‘s Oscar marketing campaign and “permit the movie to be appreciated for what it’s.”
Gascón was up for Greatest Actress however misplaced to Demi Moore who continued her publish Globes rally for her flip in Mubi’s The Substance.
Emilia Perez additionally received Unique Track, Greatest Non-English Movie, and Supporting Actress for Saldaña on the Golden Globes along with Greatest Comedy/Musical Characteristic. Tomorrow night time, Audiard is up for Greatest Characteristic Director on the DGAs whereas Emilia Perez is up for Greatest Theatrical Movement Image on the PGA Awards. PGA Awards voting closed on Jan. 30, which was the day Gascón’s tweets have been unearthed.
