Netflix REMOVES transgender actress Karla Sofia Gascón from new Emilia Perez poster amid controversy

Social media was buzzing connected Monday implicit Netflix's purported removal of transgender histrion Karla Sofia Gascón from promotional materials for its Oscar-nominated movie Emilia Pérez, a period up of the 97th Academy Awards.

A fig of users crossed platforms specified arsenic X/Twitter and Reddit said that it was wide the streamer was looking to minimize the beingness of Gascón successful their Oscar campaigning for the movie.

The alteration successful absorption came amid resurfaced societal media posts from the histrion that garnered contention amid allegations of racism, homophobia and assemblage shaming, among different unpleasantries. 

Gascón, 52, received a Best Actress information for her portrayal of the film's titular character, making past as the archetypal openly-transgender histrion nominated successful the category.

Promotional materials for 'For Your Awards Consideration' (FYC) appeared focused connected Best Supporting Actress nominee Zoe Saldaña, 46, arsenic she was the centerpiece of some the poster circulating online; and an Netflix FYC page, which showcased a adjacent up of the star's face.

Saldaña received her archetypal vocation Oscar motion played the relation of Rita successful the Spanish connection film, and appears the dense favourite to seizure the prize.

On X, a fig of salient film-related accounts commented connected Gascón being absent from a promotional posted the streamer purportedly released touting the movie's 13 nominations, but omitting Gascón's sanction and image.

'Karla Sofía Gascón has been wholly erased from the latest Oscars 'For Your Consideration' advertisement for Emilia Pérez. I wonderment why!??' a tweet from @jasonosia read, linking to the poster.

The relationship tally by Sam Herbst astatine the grip @smhrbst posted a nexus to the poster, adding, 'New Netflix FYC poster for Emilia Perez without Karla connected it ohio it’s OVER lmaooo.'

A fig of commenters took the streaming work to task implicit omitting Gascón successful spite of her caller controversies.

'Emilia Perez is astir a pistillate but don’t interest astir her,' Herbst commented.

Film professional Guy Lodge noted of the caller promotional materials: 'The irony of this run virtually erasing its trans lead.'

Another idiosyncratic noted however the streaming work adjacent near Gascón's information retired of the poster, alternatively promoting Best Original Song nominee El Mal alternatively of Gascón's historical honor: 'I assumed this was simply astir omitting her from the photos, but they’ve adjacent near the pb acting information unmentioned up here! Oh my.'

A Reddit user noted, 'They’re advertizing archetypal opus connected the apical implicit her.' 

Said different idiosyncratic of the poster: 'It doesn't adjacent see the rubric of the movie lmfao.' 

Another X/Twitter idiosyncratic referenced Gascón's societal media controversy, saying of Netflix's tack: 'Clearly they don't privation her messiness to impact the film, her pic connected the poster would bring up connected everyone's representation each disgusting station she made.'

The movie tract World of Reel noted that the streamer was 'attempting to steer its $30M+ Oscar run for Emilia Perez successful the close direction, and this means, rather wisely, ignoring that its arguable prima Karla Sofia Gascón was adjacent successful the movie.'

The tract said that 'Netflix has fundamentally thrown successful the towel' successful pushing Gascón arsenic a viable Oscar contender.

One idiosyncratic said Netflix's handling of the Gascón contented could jeopardize Saldaña's quest for Oscar gold.

'I was initially reasoning that the ungraded would not descend Zoe Saldaña's chances astatine supporting actress... but the campaign's caller space is conscionable truthful not effectual that I could spot her losing the Oscar arsenic well,' the idiosyncratic said.

Other users were much supportive of Netflix's strategical determination to beforehand Saldaña implicit Gascón, saying that Saldaña's workload successful the movie amounted to that of a pb actress, careless of the film's title.

'Finally recognising the pb of the film,' 1 idiosyncratic said, portion different said, 'Arguably Zoe is the pb of this wretched movie anyhow …'

Said 1 user: 'So, the expected rubric quality has been wholly (and understandably) scrubbed from promotional for the expected supporting quality who’s the existent pb successful the film. 

'Saldana should’ve been submitted successful the pb histrion class successful the archetypal spot due to the fact that she’s the lead.'

In the Best Actress category, Gascon is nominated against The Substance's Demi Moore; Anora's Mikey Madison; I’m Still Here's Fernanda Torres; and Wicked's Cynthia Erivo.

In the Best Supporting Actress category, Saldaña appears the dense favourite to seizure the honors implicit chap nominees including Wicked's Ariana Grande; The Brutalist's Felicity Jones; Conclave's Isabella Rossellini; and A Complete Unknown's Monica Barbaro.

Emilia Perez, directed by Jacques Audiard, led the mode with 13 nominations for this year's Oscars were announced successful Beverly Hills connected January 23.

Other cardinal nominations the movie received included Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Achievement successful Directing for Audiard.