Mexican actor and comedian Eugenio Derbez apologized to the singer and actress Selena Gomez after criticizing her for her performance in the movie “Emilia Perez“.
In the podcast Talking about Cinema with Gaby Meza, Eugenio Derbez supported the comment of Gaby Meza and assured that it was “indefensible” the performance of Selena Gomez.
Gomez plays Jessi del Monte, the wife of a Mexican drug lord, who after undergoing sex reassignment assumes the identity of Emilia Perez. The comedian pointed out the poor management of the Spanish from Selena.
For the criticism of cinema Gaby Meza, Gomez He had bad pronunciation and there were no nuances in his interpretationwhich made it unconvincing because it did not intonate correctly in Spanish.
“There is one thing that catches my attention, the performance of Selena Gomez. Is indefensible the performance of Selena Gomez“, he assured. And he added: “I was there with people who we turn to see every time he has a scene. We turned to see each other, how can I say? Wow! And what is that?”
This brought a rain of reactions and commentsincluding Selena’s, which ended with a sorry of the famous actor of “No returns accepted”.
While the also CEO of Rare Beauty He expressed that he “did the best he could in the time he was given” and that this did not detract from the “work and heart” he had put into the film.
The sorry of Derbez
“Dear Selena, I sincerely apologize for my comments neglected, are indefensible and go against everything I stand for,” published the actor Mexican on social networks.
- And he added: “As Latinos, we must always support each other. There is no excuse. I was wrong and I deeply admire your career and your good heart.
The film Emilia Pérez, a production by Jacques Audiard in which the Dominican Zoe Saldaña acts, has received several awards, including the Jury Prize and the best actress at the Cannes Festival.
Emilia Perez won five awards at the European Film Award, including best movie.
