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Selena Gomez Has Sweetest Reaction to Winning Best Actress at Cannes

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Selena Gomez She shared her sweet reaction on learning that she won the Best Actress award Cannes Film festival.

“I’m so excited!” she said into her phone on Saturday, May 25. Gomez, 31, received a call Zoe Saldanawho told them that the women there Emilia Perez Both were honored as best actress together. Gomez and Saldana, 45, shared the award Carla Sophia Gascón And adriana paz,

The “Single Soon” singer learned the news while she was in New York City. She was picnicking with friends in Central Park when she received the news. Gascon was still in France to accept the honor at the closing ceremony, where Emilia Perez Also won the prestigious Jury Award.

“thank you so much [Cannes Film Festival] And across the board,” Gomez wrote via Instagram Story on Saturday.

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barbie Director Greta Gerwig Served as Cannes 2024 jury president and explained why voters can’t choose a single star Emilia PerezThe musical film is about a drug lord (Gascon) who seeks out a lawyer (Saldana) to help him get gender confirmation surgery.

“It was a film that felt like it was about … this interplay between these sisters — who are very different, but they’re playing off each other all the time,” Gerwig said when asked about giving best actress nods to all four women. “It felt like everybody was shining and they were all a unit. Separating them felt like it diminished the magic they created together.”

Gerwig said the Cannes jury “really wanted to respect” how they worked to come together as a group. “I think each of them is an extraordinary individual, but together they are transcendental.”

Actress Lily GladstoneThe singer, who served as a jury member, reiterated this idea when presenting the award. “We decided how can you give a harmony by separating different notes? They are stronger when they resonate together, so we decided to give the award to the best actresses this year,” bloody moon flowers said during the closing ceremony.

Emilia Perezdirector Jacques AudiardIt premiered at the French Film Festival a week ago, and received a nine-minute standing ovation that left the audience emotional. Gomez and her co-stars cried,

“Thank you Cannes!” only murders in the building the star wrote via Instagram on May 18. “I am so honored to be a small part of something so special Emilia Perez — Jacques, thank you so much for believing in me. @zoesaldana @karsiagascon @edgarramirez25 and everyone involved with this movie totally blew me away. Love you guys 🤍.”

The musical also gave Gomez the opportunity to act in Spanish, which was a big change for her. “I’m going to cut myself a little bit here. It has nothing to do with the movie, I’m just honored to be a part of it. I think I’ve never been as happy with what I could do in Spanish,” she said Recruitment in AP in an interview published on May 22. “But overall, I hope it doesn’t hinder my performance and I’m really grateful for the opportunity. Maybe I could have found more time for it, but I was totally busy and I wanted to be a part of it. It was definitely a challenge for me.”

Saldana, whose mother tongue is Spanish, praised her co-star’s efforts. “She worked so hard,” Saldana said of Gomez. “You did an amazing job, and she knew her lines. And the language never got in the way of the emotion she was sharing as Jesse, so we were all very impressed.”

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