Netflix is distancing itself from “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón following backlash over past social media posts that were deemed Islamophobic and racist. “Emilia Pérez,” a musical and crime drama about a Mexican drug trafficker seeking gender reassignment surgery,

The director of Emilia Pérez addressed the controversy surrounding the movie's star — Karla Sofía Gascón. Michael Kovac / Getty Images for Netflix, Rich Polk / Penske Media via Getty Images In an interview with Deadline, French writer-director Jacques Audiard responded to Karla's slew of resurfaced, anti-Muslim, racist, and offensive tweets.

Zoe Saldaña isn’t letting the controversy surrounding her “Emilia Pérez” costar Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive social media comments take the joy out of her experience being recognized in the Oscar race,