Netflix broke its silence in the scandal surrounding its drug cartel musical, Emilia Pereztransgender star of the film, Kara Sophia Gascon, fired fire in a previous social media post dissing Muslims, Chinese and black people. “That's a huge disappointment,” said the streaming giant executive.
“For the 100 incredibly talented people who made great movies, I think that's a real shame,” says Bela Bajaria, Chief Content Officer of Netflix. I said During Friday's episode town A podcast after being asked about Gascón's previous social media posts.
“And if you love seeing the nominations and receiving all of this awards, I think it's a shame it was a distraction,” added Netflix's chief content officer.
Bajaria went on to say: [from] This incredible film was made by Jack Audide, an incredible director. ”
“For me, that's really a shame for a lot of people. [Gascón’s co-stars] Zoe [Saldaña] And Serena [Gomez] – And at our awards the team had an incredible campaign for that film,” added the Netflix executive.
After being asked if Netflix would “a little more closely” and “vet” the talent, Bajaria responded, “though in the actor's past social media posts, “It's not really a common practice,” Netflix's “many people” are now “reevaluating” the process.
“I think it raises a question to a lot of people. [about] Please reassess the process,” she said. “I think we're all in a conversation about that.”
However, Bajaria suggests that by reevaluating Netflix's review process, it could be that she is facing some challenge, saying, “The personal social media of tens of thousands of people around the world every day is being put into practice.” Would you actually look at it? [given the] What is the amount of original films and TV we make? and license and [co-productions]? ”
“If you extrapolate it in a bigger, more practical way, I think these are people's personal social media. It raises a lot of questions to people about what the process should look like. “I will,” Baharia said.
“But I still think the hardest thing is that it really distracts me from a really special movie,” says Netflix executive, a drug road musical about a Mexican cartel boss who returns to life as a woman. A musical has been added.
Nevertheless, Bajaria said, “If you ask me today, [knowing] Everything I know would still buy movies today. ”
“Is there even the things you know about tweets there?” town Podcast host Matthew Veroni replied, “The film is incredibly creative and bold.”
“That's what you want,” she added. “You want to take those big swings. And yes, there are incredibly talented people who made that film. By the way, this year I resonated with a lot of people.”
especially, Emilia Perez He won 13 Academy Award nominations and Gascon was the first transgender actor to be nominated for an Oscar.
As reported by Breitbart News, Netflix Emilia Perez Jack's Audido has denied Gascon in past social media posts and threatened to derail the campaign of trans actors for the best actresses.
“I'm not talking [him]and I don't want to,” Audi said. I said deadline. “[He] I'm in a self-destructive approach that I can't interfere with, and I really don't understand why [he’s] continuation. ”
“Why is that so? [he] Do you hurt yourself? why? I don't understand that and why I don't understand this either [he’s] hurt people very close [him]The director added.
Alana Mastrangelo is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her Facebook and x at @armestrangeloand on Instagram.
