Karla Sofia Gascon of Emilia Perez Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch

NEWS x MUSE Nicole Alicia Xavier talks with Karla Sofia Gascon of the movie Emilia Perez as she was chosen one of Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch.

In Mexico, a lawyer receives an unexpected offer to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he’s always dreamed of being.

Newport Beach Film Festival honorees include Nicolas Cage (Icon Award), Joan Chen (Career Achievement Award), Colman Domingo (Maverick Award), Marianna Jean-Baptise (Artist of Distinction), George McShane (Spotlight Award) June Squibb (Lifetime Achievement Award), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Artist of Distinction Award), and Diane Warren (Lifetime Achievement in Music Award).

Expected to attend from Variety’s ‘10 Actors to Watch’ are Monica Barbaro (“A Complete Unknown”), Zoë Chao (“Nightbitch”), Ryan Destiny (“The Fire Inside”), Karla Sofia Gascon (“Emilia Perez”), Fred Hechinger (“Gladiator II”), Ella Hunt (“Saturday Night”), David Jonsson (“Alien: Romulus”), Josh Rivera (“American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez”), Drew Starkey (“Queer”), and Toby Wallace (“Eden”).