Actor Karla Sofia Gascon appeared to step again Friday from the Oscar marketing campaign for her hit Netflix narco-musical “Emilia Perez” after her offensive previous social media posts hit its probabilities of glory.
Gascon, the primary transgender lady nominated for greatest actress, performs a Mexican cartel boss within the film, which gained a file variety of Oscar nominations for a foreign-language movie.
The 52-year-old stated she hoped “my silence will allow the film to be appreciated for what it is, a beautiful ode to love and difference.”
Last week’s unearthing of outdated posts by the Spanish star denigrating Islam and African American George Floyd has unleashed a scandal that has harmed her status and the movie.
Gascon stated she made the choice after the film’s French director Jacques Audiard this week known as the posts “inexcusable” and “absolutely hateful”.
“I decided, for the film, for Jacques, for the cast, for the incredible crew who deserves it, for the beautiful adventure we all had together, to let the work talk for itself,” Gascon wrote on Instagram.
“I sincerely apologize to everyone who has been hurt along the way,” added the Spaniard, who was writing in English.
Gascon stars as a drug cartel boss who transitions to life as a lady and turns her again on crime within the extremely uncommon musical thriller.
The principally Spanish-language film filmed in France and set in Mexico was nominated for 13 Oscars, 11 BAFTAs — Britain’s equal to the Oscars — and 12 Cesars in France.
It picked up 4 Golden Globes in January, together with for greatest comedy or musical, and gained a number of prizes ultimately 12 months’s Cannes Film Festival.
Before the scandal broke, Gascon was thought of a frontrunner for greatest actress on the Oscars and pundits seen the movie as a robust contender for the perfect image award.
Hollywood commerce shops had reported that distributor Netflix, which was banking on “Emilia Perez” for its first greatest image Oscar, had dropped her from its marketing campaign and distanced itself from the perfect actress nominee.
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