"Emilia Pérez" is certainly the most talked-about Oscar contender of the year, for better and worse. The Spanish-language musical gained significant awards steam when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival last year and won the Jury Prize alongside a shared Best Actress for its three leading ladies.

This was supposed to be Netflix’s year to finally win best picture. The streaming giant won four Golden Globes and nabbed 13 Oscar nominations for “Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish-language movie musical about a transgender drug lord.

First, the movie was criticized on matters of representation. Then came the star's internet history.

The future was bright for Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez after big Golden Globe wins and 13 Oscar nominations. Then star Karla Sofía Gascón's old tweets resurfaced and its fortunes plummeted.