By Julio Cortes
May 27, 2024, 1:00 PM EDT
On May 25, the winners were announced at the Cannes Film Festivaland the Best Actress award went to the film’s protagonists “Emilia Pérez”: Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldana, Adriana Paz and Selena Gomez; The latter was not present at the ceremony, but she shared her stories of instagram the reaction she had when she found out that she was the winner.
In the clip, Gomez appears sitting in a garden, while looking at her cell phone in which Saldaña informs her that they won the award. Very smiling, the singer exclaims: “I’m very excited.”
The film directed by Jacques Audiard It also won the Jury Prize and Best Soundtrack. “Emilia Pérez” shows the adventures of Rita Moro (Saldaña), a lawyer who is hired by Juan Del Monte (Gascón), head of a Mexican cartel who wants to undergo a sex change operation. Selena Gomez she plays Jessi, a nightclub singer. In fact, she is the one who appears on the promotional poster for the film, which does not yet have a release date in the United States.
In one of the interviews they did with him in Cannes before the screening of the film Selena was very sincere when commenting on a detail that did not leave her very satisfied with her work in the film.: “I’m not so happy with what I feel I could have done in Spanish, but I hope that doesn’t hinder my performance (in the film). I’m really grateful for the opportunity. Maybe I could have had more time, but I was so excited and wanted to be a part of this so much. “It was totally a challenge for me.”
After that professional achievement now Selena Gomez gets ready to promote the new season of the series “Only Murders In The Building”who stars alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short. The premiere in the United States will be on August 27, through the platform Hulu.
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