‘Emilia Pérez’ Sets Oscar Campaigns for Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez

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Oscars: Karla Sofía Gascón Will Be Campaigned as Lead Actress — First Trans Acting Nominee? — World of Reel

Variety’s Clayton Davis is reporting that Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Perez”) will officially be campaigned as Lead Actress for the Oscars. Gascón’s co-stars, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana, will be pushed in the Supporting Actress category. All three shared the Best Actress prize at Cannes. It’s quite obvious what Netflix is doing here; they’re using the juicy narrative of Gascón as the potential first trans acting nominee, even though this could…