"I would do this movie over and over again if I could.” Selena Gomez is proud of the work in Emilia Pérez despite all the controversy surrounding her costar Karla Sofía Gascón. At the Santa Barbara International Film Festival over the weekend (via The Hollywood Reporter),

The actress’s old social media posts have threatened to derail the film’s Oscar campaign, but backlash has been building for months for other reasons.

Unfortunately, this could affect Karla's Emilia Pérez costar and Best Supporting Actress frontrunner, Zoe Saldaña. In the wake of Karla's damage control press tour, Variety changed its official Oscars prediction for the category from Zoe to Ariana Grande, suggesting that Zoe might end up being collateral damage.

Karla Sofía Gascón is a Spanish actress. She became the first transgender star to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She also became the first openly transgender actress to be nominated by the Academy for Best Actress. Gascón was born in Alcobendas, Spain, and decided to pursue an acting career at 16 years old.

Zoe Saldaña said she is 'disappointed' by her 'Emilia Pérez' costar Karla Sofía Gascón, whose past racist posts were resurfaced amid their Oscars campaign. 'Never in a million years did I ever believe that we would be here,

Zoe Saldaña isn’t letting the controversy surrounding her “Emilia Pérez” costar Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive social media comments take the joy out of her experience being recognized in the Oscar race,

Karla Sofía Gascón has addressed her withdrawal from the campaign following backlash over resurfaced social media posts.

Selena Gomez addressed at the Santa Barbara Film Festival the controversy casting a shadow over her film 'Emilia Pérez.'

Selena Gomez attends DAOU Vineyards At The Virtuosos Award - 40th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 09, 2025 in Santa Barbara, California. Presley Ann/ for DAOU Vineyards "I'm really good,