Zoe Saldaña chats with THR's Scott Feinberg during a live recording of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. Saldaña talks her rollercoaster of a life and career and dishes on her latest film 'Emilia Pérez.'
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00:00A 30-minute interview turned into a two-hour conversation
00:04because you just can't sum up Emilia Perez in three sentences.
00:08That was my audition. That's when the pitch happened.
00:11I was like, well, I can understand how Rita would feel invisible
00:14if I were to play Rita as a darker-skinned Latina.
00:18I want to thank you for joining us here at the wonderful SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
00:24So would you please join me in welcoming Zoe Saldana.
00:31Zoe, thank you for coming to Savannah and thank you for doing this.
00:34Thank you for having me. This is such an honor.
00:37Emilia Perez. I wonder how it was described to you initially.
00:40The way that it was proposed to me by my team was like,
00:42Jack is looking for actors for his next movie.
00:45I was like, I want to meet him. I want to sit down with Jack.
00:48I don't care if this goes anywhere.
00:50I just want to hear from him what he's intending to do with this fucking story.
00:57It's so crazy.
00:59Starting from the opening number, Singing and Dancing, an amazing opening number,
01:03as well as a later song, El Mal, which is very much potentially going to be nominated for an Oscar.
01:09Would you perform that on the Oscars if it's nominated?
01:13For listeners, I just got a very severe look, but what do you think?
01:19I mean, I never say no, but it just requires weeks and weeks of rehearsal.
01:25Fine, I'll do it. Of course it'll be an honor.
01:28Glad to have that. Keep up the great work. Really appreciate it. Thank you.