Trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who stars as a transitioning drug lord in the musical, says her biggest challenge was convincing director Jacques Audiard she could play the “before” character better than any cis-male.

The multi-hyphenate star performs the role almost entirely in Spanish, which she learned while working on "Selena & Chef."

Emilia Pérez' was adapted from an opera that was loosely based on a book The plot of Emilia Pérez is so grand that even the cast had a hard time pinning it down. “You have an action movie that’s not an action movie,