Saldaña says ‘never in a million years did I believe that we would be here’ amid Oscars storm over Emilia Pérez star’s Islamophobic social media posts

Zoe Saldaña has again responded to the controversy surrounding her Emilia Pérez co-star, Karla Sofía Gascón, who has been heavily criticised for offensive and Islamophobic social media posts.

The unearthing of these last week led to a considerable backlash for the star. Gascón has since deleted her X account and offered apologies, but has nonetheless been cold-shouldered by the film’s director, Jacques Audiard, who said on Wednesday that he had not spoken to her and didn’t want to, and its studio, Netflix.