Zoe Saldaña talks to The Hollywood Reporter at the 'Emilia Pérez' carpet and opens up about the biggest challenges of her role. Plus, she reveals how she hopes to get more complex roles involving singing, acting and dancing.
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00:00This is such a beautiful film and I feel like it asked so much of you as an actress, a dancer, a singer.
00:05What was most challenging for you?
00:07Not getting in my own way.
00:10And sort of just being in Rita's skin and understanding her journey.
00:15You know, it takes discipline to not sort of like judge a character as you're approaching it and you're putting it together.
00:22You kind of go, well, I wouldn't do what she did.
00:24And it's like, well, there's no, it's not a she, it's an I, it's a me.
00:28And I, where am I?
00:30I'm desperate right now.
00:32I need a way out.
00:33I'm overworked.
00:34I'm burnt out.
00:35I'm, you know, I'm talking as Rita.
00:38And I needed to be sort of like in that headspace.
00:40And once you're in there, then all of a sudden this whole story takes a brand new life.
00:46You know, Emilia Perez is Emilia.
00:48Jesse is Jesse.
00:49You know, Epifania is Epifania.
00:52And so it became a wonderful, wonderful experience.
00:56How did you feel like a role like this would come along for you as an actress?
00:58I wanted it.
00:59I wished it.
01:01I always thought like I'm going to have to make it for myself.
01:04And when is that going to, you know, when am I going to be able to do that?
01:07Juggling all the things that I'm juggling.
01:09You know, it just proves that the power of manifestation means that unconsciously you wake up every day with a purpose.
01:17And you make it happen.
01:19Because the universe is listening.
01:21This is something that is all encompassing of all the art forms that I love, you know.
01:26And I'm just happy that I'm finally getting to share more of what I can do and I will be doing by the grace of God.
01:37More musical, Ros?
01:39Okay, if you insist.
01:41Okay, we do.