A few months after Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez had its splashy world premiere at Cannes—where the film took home the Jury Prize and stars Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Adriana Paz all split the award for best actress—Saldaña and Gomez sat down with Vogue to talk life, work, motherhood, womanhood, and their awesomely ambitious new musical crime thriller, now streaming on Netflix.
Over the course of their conversation, the performers—who play the wife (Gomez) and lawyer (Saldaña) of a transfeminine Mexican drug kingpin (Gascón) attempting to evade the authorities and begin her life anew—touch on some of their all-time favorite movie wardrobes (Catherine Deneuve’s in Belle de Jour for Saldaña, Emma Stone’s in Poor Things for Gomez), the importance of connecting with a movie’s crew, and the hardest they’ve ever laughed on set. (Molly Shannon playing drunk on the most recent season of Only Murders in the Building nearly did Gomez in.)
They also talk about the risks they took, making Emilia Pérez—Saldaña, a former ballerina, was terrified for the movie’s big dance sequences, while Gomez was nervous to play a mom—swap a few helpful tips for managing nerves, and ponder where their careers will take them next. Watch the full conversation above.
Director: Roxy Rezvany
Director Of Photography: Rui Jiang Ong
Editor: Michael Suyeda
Producer: Rashida Josiah
Creative Production Coordinator: Motunrayo Soyannwo
Associate Producer: Lea Donenberg
Camera Operator: Rebecca Richards
Gaffer: Laurent Arnaud
Audio: Liam Pellegrini
Props Stylist: Darcy Norgan
Runner: Azeem Rajulawalla
Production Coordinator: Ava Kashar
Production Manager: Natasha Soto-Albors
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Senior Director, Production Management: Jessica Schier
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Post Production Coordinators: Holly Frew, Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Associate Director, Post Production: Nicholas Ascanio
Associate Talent Manager: Phoebe Dishner
Associate Director, Video Talent: Meredith Judkins
Director, Content Production: Rahel Gebreyes
Senior Director, Digital Video: Romy van den Broeke
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Video Programming: Thespena Guatieri
Filmed on Location: The Corinthia Hotel London
Special Thanks: Blooming Haus