Six years in the past, his stage identify was Juan Carlos Gascón.
At this time she calls herself Karla Sofia Gascón, the transgender actress who arrived on the Cannes Movie Pageant starring within the movie “Emilia Perez,” by French director Jacques Audiard, which additionally stars Zoe Saldaña, Edgar Ramirez and Selena Gomez, amongst others.
It’s the story of a strong drug trafficker, who decides to vary his intercourse and his life. Gascon performs each characters.
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The actress was born in Madrid, Spain however she says she feels Mexican by adoption since she has lived and labored for a few years in that nation in movies and novelas.
Our assembly with Gascon was on the rooftop of the Palais on the Cannes Pageant, the place all day she has been giving interviews to media from world wide after the premiere of the movie, attaining enthusiastic applause.
The emotion she felt that night time was so nice that tears appeared.
“It’s loopy, that is insanity within the competition. Now it appears to be very peaceable however the days I’ve been right here, I haven’t stopped. It has been very thrilling, many moments that I now not knew the place to place myself, crying, laughing. It’s a place that I’ll bear in mind for a lifetime, a spot that has given me the chance to have my work seen everywhere in the world,” Gascon mentioned.
How did you get the chance to star within the movie?
“I used to be in Mexico and the Mexican staff (producers) contacted me, who’re great, and so they instructed me that there was a French director who needed to fulfill me and so they instructed me ‘Let’s see in case you can be taught these 18 songs for tomorrow’ and I instructed them ‘sure.’ I set to work and so they introduced me to Paris and I met Jacques and we began speaking; it was a mutual love.
“At first we have been going to movie in Mexico however then it was modified to Paris. We filmed it there, and (Mexico-based) manufacturing firm Pimienta is concerned, which additionally labored on the movie ‘Roma.’
“Essentially the most spectacular factor for me was the primary day I entered the discussion board and noticed a whole Mexican tianguis (market), I couldn’t consider it; it was spectacular, it was as if we have been in Mexico.”
In Mexico, Gascon had labored in a number of productions akin to “Nosotros los Nobles” and a few cleaning soap operas however beneath the identify Juan Carlos Gascón.
“I like Mexico, I’ve many pals there by way of Mexican residence and look, the primary time I arrived, it was with Julián Pastor, a director from the golden age of Mexican cinema. The very first thing I did was with Televisa, the manufacturing ‘Corazón Salvaje,’ an exquisite character alongside Angelique Boyer and Sebastián Zurita. That has been one of the crucial stunning issues in my profession.
“Then I made the novelas ‘Hasta el Fin del Mundo’ and ‘Llena de Amor’ till ‘Nosotros los Nobles’ arrived, which, as you already know, is without doubt one of the largest successes of Mexican cinema and from then on I mentioned ‘I’m going to (change) every part’ — and I completely modified my life and right here we’re.
“My spouse requested me a really good query after I determined to do that she instructed me ‘and now what are you going to do? What are you going to do? What will turn into of us?’ I responded, ‘Have you learnt what I’m going to do? It’s about surpassing every part I did earlier than’ and look the place we’re.”
When did you turn into Karla Gascon and why do you determine to take action?
“I made this choice whereas I used to be in Mexico on the age of 46, a short while in the past, and it was as a result of I already wanted it, I used to be decided and that’s the solely parallel I’ve with the character within the movie. I mentioned ‘I do it now or I by no means do it.’ I’ve all the time identified what I used to be and what I needed to do however there was no alternative to do it as a result of I had developed differently and I’ve additionally had plenty of enjoyable on the opposite facet, I’ve carried out great issues in my life and I don’t remorse something.
“I made a decision that it was the one second I had or it was that or by no means, I made a decision to make a watershed in my life and I did it extra as a result of it was the time since there was a gender id unit in Spain that supported me splendidly as a result of if not, I wouldn’t have carried out that.”
Did it make you afraid, unsure?
“Worry of struggling, anguish, I’ve gone by way of a complete sequence of horrible issues that I don’t want on anybody, particularly due to insults, wishing me loss of life merely for present is one thing that individuals assume is a joke nevertheless it was a tough time,” Gascon commented.
And what was it like appearing with Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Edgar Ramirez?
“It’s unbelievable to behave with these folks. Additionally within the movie is a Mexican one that has gained the Ariel 3 times, Adriana Paz, who is a superb actress and we have now carried out some unbelievable sequences together with, for me, one of the crucial vital musical numbers.
“At first you get a little bit dizzy working with these Hollywood stars and also you say ‘Ugh, what’s going to occur, how is that this going to occur? What am I going to do?’ They’re great folks with a need to work, with a love, a ardour just like the one which we have now, Jacques and I, for the cinema and for what we’re doing; they’ve given their most.
“Be aware that Zoe was the one individual in Paris who was at my home on my birthday. She was alone and he or she instructed me ‘I’m coming to your own home.’ She was the one one who celebrated it with me.”
“Selena is such a fairly woman, so good with so many issues inside to provide. And Edgar Ramirez, he is an excellent actor; it’s a nice solid.”
In your personal phrases, how do you describe the movie ‘Emilia Perez’?
“It’s concerning the battle between darkness and lightweight and the way folks, regardless of how unhealthy they’re, they’ll get forward and above all from female energy, from the ability of ladies,” she famous.
Do you assume that by taking part within the Pageant as a transgender actress you’ll assist extra folks be inspired to reside their life and attempt to fulfill a dream, like you’ve carried out?
“Look, to begin with, one thing that I want to be an instance of is that the actors, actresses who’ve been working laborious all our lives… to work, allow them to give their finest with love. I’m a part of these actresses. I wish to be an instance for individuals who sees that sure, you are able to do it…
“I wish to be an instance for anybody that whether it is attainable, that’s the major factor. And however, what corresponds to me as an individual from the LGBT group, in fact, is that I wish to be an instance of normalization in direction of transgender folks as a result of on the finish of the day, in spite of everything, we’re individuals who have the power to do what we would like.
“Being trans didn’t make me dumber or smarter. I’m the identical one that is aware of tips on how to act the identical manner and even higher as a result of I’ve extra freedom now to work than earlier than.
“What I do ask of oldsters who’ve people who find themselves totally different or who produce other considerations is that they help them, that they provide them love.”