Jacques Audiard recently admitted that he wasn t aware of Selena Gomez s massive popularity before he cast her in his upcoming musical crime comedy Emilia Perez.
At the 2024 Cannes closing ceremony on May 25, Greta Gerwig awarded the Jury Prize to Emilia Perez, and the film s cast, including Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana, Adriana Paz, and Karla Sofia Gascon, won Best Actress awards.