Saldaña says ‘never in a million years did I believe that we would be here’ amid Oscars storm over Emilia Pérez star’s Islamophobic social media posts.
Saldaña said she hoped the film’s legacy of inclusivity and diverse storytelling would endure past the current controversy and that she was trying to retain the positive memories she had of the shoot.
Speaking to Variety, Saldaña did not comment on the claim directly, instead taking what the publication describes as “a long blink”, before reiterating comments made in London last weekend, in which she denounced bigotry and racism.
Zoe Saldaña has again responded to the controversy surrounding her Emilia Pérez co-star, Karla Sofía Gascón, who has been heavily criticised for offensive and Islamophobic social media posts.
Gascón has since deleted her X account and offered apologies, but has nonetheless been cold-shouldered by the film’s director, Jacques Audiard, who said on Wednesday that he had not spoken to her and didn’t want to, and its studio, Netflix.
