After her victory as the best supporting actress at the Oscars On Sunday evening, Zoe Saldaña replied to the statement of a Mexican reporter, Emilia Pérez Be “really hurtful for us Mexicans”.
In conversation with journalists in the press room of the Oscars, Saldaña defended den controversial film. She admitted: “That was never our intention. We spoke and acted out of love. And I stand by that. I don’t share your opinion. “
“We didn’t make a film about a country”
She continued: “For me, the heart of this film is not Mexico. We didn’t make a film about a country. We made a film about women. And these women could have been Russians, Dominicans, Blacks from Detroit, from Israel, from Gaza. These women are still very universal women. Who fight every day. For example, with the attempt to survive systemic oppression. And they try to find the most authentic voices, so I will stand by it. “
Saldaña added that she is “always open to put together with all my Mexican brothers and sisters. With love and respect to have a great conversation about how Emilia could have been done better. ” “I have no problem with it,” she noticed. “I’m greeting it.”
None of the winners mentioned Mexico or Transpers in their acceptance speeches
Emilia Pérez won two prizes at the Oscar ceremony. Saldaña as the best supporting actress and Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard for the best original song for “El Mal”. None of the winners mentioned Mexico or Transpers in their acceptance speeches. Audiard, the director of the film, was given the opportunity to comment on the attack on the trans-community behind the stage. However, he declined.
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In the press room asked Rolling Stone Audiard: “We are in an era of political attacks against transpersons and this evening the trans community was not mentioned. Would you like to say something at this point? “
“Since I did not win the best film or best director in the categories, I had no opportunity to speak,” Audiard replied about an interpreter. “But if I had this opportunity, I would have spoken out.”
The French filmmaker Audiard wrote the script and directed Emilia Pérezthat received 13 nominations for the Academy Awards. Audiard made the film mainly in a studio in France instead of traveling to Mexico to shoot the story playing in Mexico. The film has been controversial in the months since its publication by Netflix. Among other things because of the representation of Mexico, the Mexican accentor of the main actress Selena Gomez and the Nomination for the best actress from Karla Sofía Gascón and theirs Hasser-filled social media contributions.
The moderator of the Oscar ceremony, Conan O’Brien, started the grain during his monologue. “Small fact for you. Anora Use the F-word 479 times, ”he joked. “That is three more than the record of Karla Sofía Gascón’s press spokeswoman. ‘She tweeted something?’ “
Despite the turmoil for their rescued social media contributions, Gascón took the First transgender woman who for The best leading actress at the Oscars was nominated – part of the awarding on Sunday. She did not run over the red carpet and did not answer any questions from the press.