Controversial actress Emilia Perez also dropped from the BAFTA ceremony

According to centercinemapress , citing Variety, Carla Sofia Gascon is not expected to attend the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony on Sunday night, as was thought
Actress Emilia Perez, who became the first trans actress to be nominated for a BAFTA award last month, has been absent from the Critics’ Choice Awards, Producers Guild of America Awards and Goya Awards in her native Spain since racist social media posts were revealed. According to BAFTA, she is not on the list of attendees for those awards either
While Gascon is nominated for Best Actress at the BAFTAs, Emilia Pérez’s co-stars Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana will attend the ceremony, which will be held at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The pair, who are nominated for Best Supporting Actress, are also scheduled to be on stage to present the award
Other award presenters include Adam Scott, Anna Kendrick, Camila Cabello, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colman Domingo, Isabella Rossellini, James McAvoy, James Norton, Jesse Eisenberg, Letitia Wright, Leo Woodall, Lupita Nyong’o, Marquis Abilene, Mari Abilene, Ralph Fiennes, Simon Pegg, Thomasin McKenzie, Vanessa Kirby, Will Poulter and Will Sharp
This year, the 78th BAFTA Awards ceremony will be held while “The Council of Cardinals” by Edward Berger is leading with 12 nominations, and “Emilia Perez” by Jacques Audiard is the hopeful film of this period with another 11 nominations