Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón: ‘This film can change humanity’

Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez (Image: Netflix)

Get to know this face, because Karla Sofía Gascón could well make history next year.

Indeed, the 51-year-old Spanish actress is widely tipped to become the first trans woman to receive an Oscar nomination for her new Netflix film, Emilia Pérez.

In the movie, Karla plays a drug lord named Juan who gives up a life of crime after transitioning gender and becoming Emilia.

Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz in Emilia Pérez (Image: Netflix)

Pop star Selena Gomez plays the main character’s ex-wife, Jessi, while Adriana Paz plays Emilia’s new girlfriend, Epifanía. Avatar‘s Zoe Saldana plays the lawyer who supports Emilia through her transition.

Here, Attitude chats to Karla and Adriana about the film’s extraordinary impact, its lesbian subplot, and one of the movie’s

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