“I’m still processing everything that has transpired in the last couple of days, and I’m sad,” actress Zoe Saldaña said during a Q&A in London on Friday in response to a question about the revelation of bigoted tweets by her Emilia Pérez costar Karla Sofía Gascón.
She closed, “It saddens me that we are having to face this setback right now. But I’m happy that you’re all here and that you’re all still showing up for Emilia because the message of this film has is so powerful and the change that it can bring forward to communities that are marginalized day in and day out is important. And I can attest that all of us that came together to tell this story, joined for love and for respect and curiosity, and we will continue to spread that message. That’s all we can say right now.”