The Spanish Karla Sofía Gascón arrived at the Oscar gala, but the protagonist of ‘Emilia Pérez’ and nominated for best actress, did not go through the red carpet of the 97 edition of these awards held in Los Angeles.
The actress arrived directly inside the Dolby Theater, from where the ceremony is transmitted, dressed in black with silver flashes.
This is the second awards gala in which the actress appears from the controversy that kept her absent in most of the awards season.
The actress was wrapped in a controversy that damaged her nomination of the Hollywood Academy after they resurfaced past tweets of racist and xenophobic dyes, which made Netflix eliminated her from the film promotion campaign in the last section of the Oscar race.
This week it was announced that the actress would be present at the gala with the support of the ‘streaming’ platform, but that details were still being finalized, as if she would be close to her companions or if she would give interviews on the red carpet.
Tonight their cast companions are also present at the gala. Zoe Saldaña, nominated for Best Actress of Delivery and Principal Favorite in this list, told EFE in an event prior to the Academy Awards that he considered important that “the entire cast” of the film could end “as a team” the entire journey.
Selena Gomez also paraded for the red carpet moments before with a dress inspired by Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe.
In a combined suspense, comedy and drama, the film is protected by musical numbers to address issues with social dye, such as trans activism, femicides, drug trafficking, corruption and the disappeared in Mexico.
‘Emilia Pérez’ has been the most English -speaking movie in the history of the awards, rising with the recognition of the Golden Globes, the Bafta and the Goya Awards.
‘Emilia Pérez’ leads nominations with thirteen, followed by ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Wicked’ that have ten each; While ‘Conclave’ and ‘A Complete Unknown’ aspire to eight statuettes and ‘Anora’ to six.
Conan O’Brien jokes about Karla Sofía Gascón
Conan O’Brien joked during the start of the 97th edition of the Oscar this Sunday about the Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, present in the act and nominated for the best female performer for the drug trafficking ‘Emilia Pérez’.
The American comedian began to introduce some of the nominees of the gala until it reached ‘Anora’, where he commented that the film says 700 times the word “fuck” (chinggar, in English), “the same as the publicist of Karla.”
When referring to the actress, who is present at the gala. O’Brien said: “Karla Sofia is here”, to which he was followed by the public.
“If you are going to tweet today, you know that my name is Jimmy Kimmel,” who was presenter of the gala in the previous edition, the comedian joked.
The 97th edition of the Oscar Awards is held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, with ‘Emilia Pérez’ leading the delivery with 13 nominations, followed by the postwar drama ‘The Brutalist’ and the musical ‘Wicked’, with 10 candidates each.
Gascon nominated for best actress, is among the gala attendees, in one of her first appearances after the controversial messages of racist and xenophobic dyes in her X account that forced her to depart from the awards season to avoid splashing the cast of ‘Emilia Pérez’, but not before denouncing to be subject to a “hate campaign.”
With EFE information
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