Karla Sofia Gascón Talks ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscar Buzz in San Sebastian

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofia Gascón has spoken candidly about her efficiency in Jacques Audiard’s one-of-a-kind Spanish language musical, saying that making historical past with an Oscar nomination is a chance out of her management.

The actress, a trans lady, has been the recipient of vital acclaim for the reason that movie debuted in Cannes, profitable her the most effective actress prize alongside co-stars Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez in Might. Gascón masters two roles: one, a infamous cartel chief, and the opposite, a trans lady, Emilia Pérez, who has been receiving feminine hormone remedy for 2 years and is able to full the gender-affirming course of by faking her loss of life and leaving her lifetime of crime behind.

On the San Sebastian Movie Pageant in Gascón’s native Spain on Sunday, the 52-year-old discusses the Oscar buzz she’s been choosing up after it was reported she’ll be submitted for lead actress consideration. If nominated, she could be the primary overtly trans actress to land an Academy Award nod.

Gascón spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, her phrases a translator’s rendition, on the Spanish coast about why she desires the main target positioned solely on her performing.

“You are able to do no matter you need to win [the Oscar], in case you’re not gonna win it, you’re not gonna win it,” she stated on the Lodge Maria Cristina. “I can’t do any greater than current my work. If it occurs, it will be fantastic for me as an actress — which is vital. Generally, some individuals suppose they’ve given you the prize since you are from a specific neighborhood, not on your position, which annoys me.”

She continued: “I strive to verify what is occurring has to do with my efficiency as an actress, as a result of all the pieces else is out of my management. I’m not making an attempt to have false modesty right here or something like that, however I’ve finished a task only a few individuals might have finished.”

“After all, I perceive the significance of my collective and the individuals I belong to, however the one factor that I can actually do is act. I would like the vital to be there as effectively,” she added.

Gascón spoke about desirous to “applaud France” and Audiard for making a movie in Spanish submitted for Oscar consideration. She described being amazed by how the French have opened themselves as much as her work and the world of Latin America.

“The French, they love their very own language. They’re very a lot their very own individuals,” Gascón stated. “That the French have been in a position to open themselves up and make a movie like this in Spanish, these characters from Latin America, is unimaginable. For a French director and a French crew to do a movie like this I feel is a tremendous factor.”

Gascón spoke solely to THR with Saldana and Gomez for Telluride concerning the bond they’ve created, their paths to the challenge, and the way it’s already reshaping their careers.

Emilia Pérez screens on the San Sebastian Movie Pageant operating from Sept. 20-28. Learn THR‘s assessment of the movie and the “divine” Gascón right here.