Karla Sofia Gascón’s performance in Jacques Audiard’s one-of-a-kind Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez has created buzz since the film premiered at Cannes 2024. She won the festival’s prestigious Best Actress prize alongside co-stars Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez and is already in talks to be nominated for the Oscars next year.  

If the prediction becomes a reality, Gascón would create history by becoming the first trans actress to earn an Oscar nomination. On Sunday, September 22, the actress attended the San Sebastian Film Festival in her native Spain and shared her reaction to the possibility. 

“You can do whatever you want to win [the Oscar], if you’re not gonna win it, you’re not gonna win it,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. It turns out, the actress is a huge believer of destiny and if there’s an Oscar win or nomination meant to take place in her life, it will. Meanwhile, she can only focus on her current work and keep improving. 

Shibani Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar became the topic of discussion online when they got married in 2022 dating for three years. While they are currently in marital bliss, it wasn’t the same when they just got into matrimony. The couple even went for therapy a few days after marriage. But eventually, things fell into place, and the model-actress comfortably settled in with the Akhtar family. In an interview, she also credited Farhan’s ex-wife, Adhuna Bhabani, for raising open-minded daughters Shakya and Akira. 

While talking to Rhea Chakraborty on her podcast Chapter 2, Shibani Akhtar stated that the Akhtar family is super evolved and liberal. She added that they have a way of thinking and approaching things that never made her feel like an outsider. Talking about Farhan Akhtar and Adhuna Bhabani’s daughters Shakya and Akira, she said that they have been raised to be incredibly thoughtful. Their awareness of the dynamics within this family is so well understood and accepted that it makes this journey much easier for her. She further called them ‘extended blended family’ and mentioned that in moments when they face challenges, they often find themselves navigating a situation.

Calling herself ‘lucky’ to be part of the celebrated family, the actress also lauded Farhan Akhtar and Adhuna for raising their daughters to be ‘open-minded, understanding, and kind.’ She said in the chat, “This is also a huge credit to both their parents. They have raised them to be open-minded, understanding, kind. They aren’t the average young adult teenagers,” adding that she is dealing with two girls who have taught her a lot.

During the same interview, the Made in Heaven actress spilled the beans about her relationship with The Sky Is Pink actor. She went in time and recalled that their signing was on a Monday and their next scheduled appointment was on a Wednesday. “I remember we walked in and our therapist was like, ‘Why are you guys here? You just got married like 24 hours ago’?” she stated adding that there were times when they had nothing to talk about during therapies. But the Noor actress admitted that couple therapy left a positive impact on them dealing with arguments.