Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Karla Sofia Gascón and Adriana Paz Won the collective Best Actress award for her performance in Jacques Audiard’s film emilia perez In Cannes this May. The musical has also been selected as France’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the upcoming Academy Awards, and Oscar buzz is building ahead of the project’s Nov. 1 release. But Gomez — who recently received her first acting Emmy nomination Only murders in the building – Not getting bogged down in awards debates.
“I don’t like to think about anything and I don’t like to be self-righteous,” she told hollywood reporter at the film’s red carpet premiere in Los Angeles on Monday. “I just want to say I’m glad people are taking it the way they are.”
In the film, which will be released on Netflix on November 13, Gomez plays Jesse, the wife of brutal drug cartel leader Manitas, as her husband chooses a new life for himself as a woman , she was forced to start her life over again. Jesse’s pent-up frustration comes pouring out in the musical “Beinvenida,” a scene the actress says she performed for her audition.
“I didn’t know what concept he wanted. Jacques, the director, said to me, ‘If you want to, just pretend to be drunk, throw away your shoes, do all these things and go crazy.’ “I was like, ‘Oh? OK,'” she recalled. “I did it once and he said, ‘Go a little crazier.'” I couldn’t agree more. I stood on the furniture and I passed out, but I just sang my heart out and danced like a mad woman – a drunken mad woman, I guess – and it was a pretty crazy experience, but when he When I finally decided to do it, I felt honored to come with me.
A music star in her own right, having released three solo albums, Gomez is no stranger to well-choreographed singing and performing, having started her career at the age of 10. However, while some of her co-stars are new to the genre, she insists she doesn’t need to offer any advice when it comes to helping them perform musical pieces.
“They don’t need it. First of all, did you see Zoe? That girl doesn’t need any prompting. If anything, I need a prompt,” Gomez laughed. “I think it’s true that everyone is vulnerable and we just do our best, even if it doesn’t sound perfect.”
Édgar Ramírez, who duets with Gomez as Gustavo in the film, said he found the opportunity more exciting than life-changing fear. “I didn’t know I was going to be like a miniature pop star next to Selena for a moment,” Ramirez joked. “It was so lovely and so real. It was a real pleasure to work with her. She was so open and so strong and so vulnerable and vulnerable at the same time. It was really beautiful and we all felt so safe with each other, I think. It shows the trust we have in each other in the movie. It’s a beautiful love story in such an intense atmosphere.
Saldana plays Rita, a lawyer whose life becomes intertwined with Manitas/Emilia Pérez’s, and who says that the biggest obstacle for her is “to not get in the way.” I, myself, have to put myself in Rita’s shoes and understand her journey.” “When you approach a character and put it together, you need to be disciplined and not judge it.”
Gascón’s journey with the character required her to learn how to sing on screen, a task the transgender actress admitted she had never thought of doing before. “At the end of the day, life is going to get in the way of what you need to learn. I don’t want to spend your life learning to dance or sing and then life says to you, ‘You don’t like it? Wait a minute,'” Gascón said with a laugh. “I have to work for it. But it’s amazing because at the end of our lives, we learn so much. We can’t stop [learning]”.
Although she received critical praise for her musical performance in a similar role in the film, she joked, “I don’t want to do any more musicals. Please don’t ask me to do a musical. I’m sorry.”
While Gascón wasn’t yet hooked on the music, Ramirez certainly was. “My next movie is a musical, so I’m very excited,” he revealed.
Saldanha is also open to the possibility of making more films like this. “This encompasses all the art forms I love. I’m so happy that I’m finally able to share more of what I can do, and that everything I do is by the grace of God,” she said. When asked if that meant more musical roles, Saldanha coyly replied: “If you insist.”
