Zoe Saldaña has responded to the ongoing fallout of "Emilia Pérez" co-star Karla Sofía Gascón's resurfaced past tweets that have dominated entertainment news since Thursday. Gascón's past remarks on X - ranging from glib comments about Hitler to disses against George Floyd and diversity at the Academy Awards themselves - have put the trans actress and potential Oscar history-maker's campaign in jeopardy.

The title character of "Emilia Pérez" is not a good person. Her lawyer, Rita (Zoe Saldaña), thinks she can become one, agreeing to facilitate a notorious cartel leader's gender transition in part because "Changing the body changes the soul / Changing the soul changes society / Changing society changes everything.

The fallout from Emilia Pérez actor Karla Sofía Gascón’s past racist and Islamophobic tweets is ongoing, and Friday evening, one of her co-stars, Zoe Saldaña, coyly addressed the scandal for the first time during a Q&A session in London.