Trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who stars as a transitioning drug lord in the musical, says her biggest challenge was convincing director Jacques Audiard she could play the “before” character better than any cis-male.

The multi-hyphenate star performs the role almost entirely in Spanish, which she learned while working on "Selena & Chef."

Merging pop opera with the world of narcos and gender identity, Emilia Pérez is set to be unlike anything you've seen before