Following her Finest Supporting Actress win on the 2025 Oscars, Zoe Saldaña opened up about a few of the controversy and backlash surrounding Emilia Pérez.
Whereas it was nominated for 13 Oscars in complete, Emilia Pérez solely took residence two Academy Awards on Sunday night time: Finest Supporting Actress (Saldaña) and Finest Authentic Music (“El Mal” by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard).
Emilia Pérez has confirmed to be a controversial movie. Whereas actress Karla Sofía Gascón’s current tweets just about took the film out of the operating for Finest Image, there’s additionally been a lot speak about how the movie addresses transgender illustration and Mexican tradition (the director, Audiard, is a French filmmaker who beforehand indicated he didn’t research Mexcian tradition in a lot depth earlier than making the film).
What did Zoe Saldaña say about Emilia Perez after successful the Oscar?
Per Entertainment Weekly, a reporter from a Mexican outlet described Emilia Pérez as “actually hurtful for us Mexicans” to Saldaña shortly after she gained the Finest Supporting Actress Academy Award.
Saldaña responded, “To begin with, I’m very, very sorry that you just and so many Mexicans felt offended. That was by no means our intention. We spoke from a spot of affection. However I don’t share your opinion. For me, the center of this film was not Mexico.
“We weren’t making a movie a couple of nation; we had been making a movie about 4 girls. They might have been Russian, they may have been Dominican, they may have been Black, from Detroit, they may have been from Israel, they may have been from Gaza. These girls are all very common girls, attempting to outlive each day, attempting to outlive systemic oppression… So I’ll stand by that.”
Saldaña additionally stated she is prepared to “sit down with all of my Mexican brothers and sisters, with love and respect, and have a dialog about how Emilia may’ve been completed higher.”
