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These was. Into the stories of black

1:02

and Latino still united. Ladino front

1:04

a cultural. Renaissance Organizing at the

1:06

forefront of the movement. I'm money,

1:08

yet you know Hossa not have.

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I am. If

1:14

there's only like one or two or three

1:16

of us speaking out, than those three people

1:18

are easier to target. If. It's.

1:21

Hundreds. Thousands speaking out.

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everywhere on every topic. From

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withdraw media N P R

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X it's like you know,

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Usa I'm again or sad

1:41

today Mexican actress Melisa. About

1:43

data from sappy telenovelas to

1:45

horror films. Melisa.

1:54

Madrid I'm has been pretty consistently

1:56

making a name for herself in

1:58

Hollywood. These years. The actress

2:01

born and raised in Monterrey,

2:03

Mexico. First made her mark in

2:05

her home country. Stories. Incidentally,

2:07

allies like. Seems to

2:10

yeah couple both and done

2:12

to. Sell

2:15

the it was. Still

2:17

would agree with this is a sin.

2:19

Businesses including. Us as. Her

2:25

breakthrough in the U S came with

2:27

the critically acclaimed series D that. Opening

2:30

the door for other major roles to

2:32

follow. In her career, she belted

2:34

songs out as Vanessa in

2:36

the film adaptation of Lehman

2:38

Will Meet and as Tony

2:40

award winning musical. In the

2:43

sights. And

2:50

she took on one of the

2:53

most iconic horror movie villains of

2:55

all time. Ghostface. In

2:57

scream Five and Six how

2:59

been revived the franchise and

3:01

becoming a new favorite. Scream

3:03

Queen for a new. Generation of

3:05

horror fans and right here

3:08

coming get me. As

3:10

her. Most.

3:13

Recently Melissa has stood out. For

3:15

her acting but because of her activism.

3:18

And. Because she's been vocal on

3:20

social media about the War on

3:23

Gaza, the story she posted on

3:25

Instagram ultimately cost her role in

3:27

the next installment of Screen Eat.

3:30

He has confirmed Melissa was fired

3:32

after causing intense backlash for social

3:34

media. Posts accusing Israel of quote.

3:37

Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing Spyglass:

3:39

The studio behind the screen

3:42

franchise alleged that Melissa comments

3:44

were anti semitic and crossed.

3:47

The line into Heat Beach. But

3:50

been dropped from Scream hasn't

3:52

kept Melissa out of the

3:54

horse seen. She starts today

3:56

in Abigail where she plays

3:58

a kidnapper. Target: A

4:01

young and deadly vampire

4:03

ballerina. The. Film is out

4:06

now in theaters nationwide. In

4:10

this episode of Less Usa many

4:12

son I talk. About her childhood

4:14

in Mexico, What propels her into

4:16

acting and how she views her

4:19

own diverse and brewing career, doing

4:21

what she calls and age of

4:23

self reflection. Here's

4:25

my conversation with Smillie seventy.

4:36

It's great to have you on that the

4:38

my us me have finally thank you I

4:40

very excited from the moment you told me.

4:43

And I'm glad we're finally doing it. So

4:45

to leverage that Melissa, your. Career has been

4:47

this thing to witness. Now

4:49

you are an absolute Hollywood presence!

4:52

And. I'm sure that a lot of people just you

4:54

know who mother's about race or yeah, yeah, yeah. And

4:57

I want to take this moment to kind of go

4:59

back to. The. Original: Melissa.

5:01

Melissa from Monterrey in

5:04

Mexico. Because. You know you

5:06

actually didn't. Move To the United States Until

5:08

you were nineteen. You. Move to

5:10

New York to study at N Y

5:12

U as an international student. Net

5:14

can. You take me back to Monterey.

5:17

What? Does Monterrey looked like and smell

5:20

like for let's say ten year old

5:22

Melissa. Oh wow. Monterrey,

5:26

Has always felt to me and

5:29

like. And obviously I'm biased, but

5:31

it was just such a beautiful place to grow

5:33

up. And. At ten

5:35

years old. I was. Out on

5:37

the streets playing with my neighbors

5:39

all day like I remember every

5:41

summer would just see I wait

5:43

as I say bye to my

5:45

mom. I have like a little

5:48

like bambee yeah with my neighborhood.

5:50

The. Neighbors and they were all boys. I was

5:53

the only girl I was a little tomboy and

5:55

love to like play in the dirt and play

5:57

sports and I would just go out and play

5:59

and. I'm not really knows

6:01

they were like the finals while deals

6:04

which has you know like these places

6:06

that have been built yet so we

6:08

were just exploring climb trees and like

6:10

played pseudo baseball basketball with whatever we

6:12

could find with like broomstick friend. And

6:15

draw with talk on the street and play by

6:17

the late san like That was it. And. Say

6:19

we my way Belichick is is so I don't know

6:22

they village if. You don't have a relate

6:24

to what is it called in English.

6:26

It's that thing where you jump. you

6:28

jump with one foot and then to

6:30

and then one and then to. Oh

6:32

hopscotch have thoughts. It's cause they they

6:34

let's. Say they They Let's say so this sounds

6:36

kind of idyllic, although I am kind of stuck

6:38

on the part that you were a tomboy and

6:40

that everybody was cool with you being a tomboy

6:42

and that you are in those. In

6:44

those by deal because I used to playing those

6:46

by the else and their friggin scary places to

6:48

be placing his the gym. And wasn't

6:50

scary at all. I grew up.

6:53

With and very like. Past.

6:56

Very masculine

6:58

dad. That.

7:00

Always wanted a son. And

7:03

he got four daughters. And.

7:05

So I was just. Pass.

7:08

Like I think a part of me was like. I.

7:10

Knew that he wanted a son so I kind

7:12

of. Was as much of

7:14

a son as I could be and I

7:17

would like ride motorcycles with hand like I

7:19

had a motorcycle. like to have a little

7:21

Yamaha from when I was four years old

7:23

you know and I wouldn't have a specific

7:25

the Senate yeah. A

7:28

four year old on a Yamaha Joe.

7:31

Yes, So

7:37

where does the part come in? Where. You're like

7:39

I think I want to sing in.

7:41

this is actually there. That

7:44

part kind of awakened any because

7:46

of one of my little plan

7:48

B Yeah, neighborhood. Boys he

7:51

got. Into this T

7:53

V show called Scalable Sama

7:55

like code same. And

8:04

it was basically like the American

8:06

Idol for Children. What? Now

8:08

the voice kid this I guess but like

8:10

way back in the day. And. So

8:12

he got on that show. And

8:14

it was huge. like it was a huge

8:16

thing and all of Mexico like everybody was

8:19

watching that show was a little like Star

8:21

Maker for children. And I

8:23

think seeing him. And knowing him.

8:26

As kind of was like oh I want

8:28

to do that too And so I started

8:30

kind of having the dreams of being a

8:32

pop star and singing and being on T

8:34

V. And I think that's how

8:36

it started. And would you give shows

8:38

to like your family or to your friends? Oh no

8:41

no no no no I was

8:43

so say. I. Was incredibly

8:45

shy like those were all light.

8:48

Switches. Was Cheetos? There were just

8:50

like unreachable dreams that I had, but

8:52

that I didn't ever really know how

8:54

I was gonna accomplish them because I

8:57

was so say. But. Eventually like

8:59

I would tell my mom like, can you take me

9:01

to this edition. And. When I would tell

9:03

her. It would be like. Take.

9:05

Me and my sisters so we would like

9:07

all go and audition. And

9:11

that's something that I continued up and so

9:13

like when I started falling in love with

9:15

musical theater in school. The first audition that

9:17

I did in school i convinced the my

9:19

whole basketball team. To. Comment on dish and

9:21

with me. I needed like. Safety.

9:24

In numbers to feel like I could sing

9:26

and fun of someone. So.

9:28

Can you tell me a little bit about your mom? She.

9:31

Is that most. Special.

9:33

Person, the my life and season incredible woman

9:35

and I wouldn't be where I am when

9:37

I wouldn't be the person that I am

9:39

without her. Our whole lives.

9:42

I just remember my mom working

9:44

full time our entire lives. She

9:46

was. Basically. Like the

9:48

primary breadwinner and my family. And.

9:51

She's one of the brightest,

9:53

smartest women you'll ever meet.

9:55

She even got a metal

9:57

from the President and college.

10:00

I'm like the highest Cps

10:02

in all of Mexico. She

10:04

one works a metal. yeah

10:06

like that's my mom. Ah

10:08

yes. okay and so she's

10:11

always works really hard. And.

10:13

I've always had that example of a woman

10:15

that can do everything that can do it

10:18

all that can be like a full time

10:20

mom and be present with her four daughters.

10:23

And. Support them and everything.

10:25

That they wanna do. And also

10:27

work full time. she wasn't cooking though

10:29

I'm in, my mom doesn't cook and

10:31

that's why probably neither do I have

10:33

a bit of or three mexican. Women

10:36

who don't cook. I love that person that

10:38

are okay. With that people were okay

10:40

with it. Yeah, I will drink

10:42

wine with you while you prepare

10:44

for the antithesis of any. What?

10:54

Were the experiences that me jews

10:56

say they. Want

10:58

do musical theater because people may wanna act

11:00

for the me want to be a pop

11:03

star? The musical theater is of particular niche

11:05

kind of thing. Where was that? where you

11:07

were like This is the thing. I

11:10

remember. Falling in

11:13

love with musical theater as

11:15

an audience member. First. There

11:18

was something very special about how

11:21

seeing a musical made me see

11:23

us and it was a ceiling

11:25

that stayed with me. For.

11:28

Many days after I had seen. A show.

11:32

And so I was like

11:34

what is this feeling and

11:36

once I knew what it

11:38

was like a process of.

11:41

Learning music, learning choreography, and

11:43

creating this world is something

11:45

very addictive about it. There's

11:47

something very beautiful about this

11:49

idea of this world where

11:52

you just break out into

11:54

song and dance. And.

11:57

Most of the time there's a big group

11:59

number. The and where everyone

12:02

is just no means.

12:04

An ear. And

12:14

will leave the theater. With. A

12:17

smile on your face and wanting to talk

12:19

about it And. With. The song stuck

12:21

in your head? I don't know. There was

12:23

just something like deeply magical about it and

12:26

like spiritual about the experience. That.

12:28

Made me want to not just experience

12:30

it for the rest of my life.

12:32

that like be one of the people

12:34

that made others' experience that feeling for

12:36

the rest of my life. And.

12:38

I wonder if that thing that person

12:41

that you feel right is what translates

12:43

for all of us who wants you

12:45

know right? Because. Your first

12:48

breakthrough peace you're in the United States

12:50

is on the series. Be. Done

12:52

is it also complicated. Because

12:56

you make a complicated then. You're

12:58

a fool. On Agent of Chaos, you

13:00

played a young woman her name is

13:02

Lynette. None this. These are sisters who

13:05

go back to their he still a

13:07

neighborhood after their mom dies. It's a

13:09

really complex portrayal of Mexican identity in

13:11

the United States and. It

13:14

was especially. Interesting for someone like

13:16

you who had come from Mexican film

13:18

and television including dylan well as and

13:20

reality. And. And

13:23

wonder if you can talk about what that

13:25

transition was like? It

13:27

was probably the smoothest

13:29

transition that. Anyone could

13:32

have ever had moving from Mexico

13:34

to the U S. You.

13:36

Know I always had dreams of making it

13:38

in Hollywood like I don't want to generalize

13:41

the like for most people especially and like

13:43

Mexico and Latin America like Hollywood is. The.

13:46

Big ponds, the big exposure to the

13:48

world and so I had seen Salma

13:50

Hired do it from telenovelas to Hollywood

13:52

and I was like to see Did

13:54

It. I can do it. And

13:56

I had idealized what's This? Change

13:59

was gonna be. Then how about. That

14:01

was gonna feel. And. When it

14:03

finally happened for me. It. Didn't feel

14:05

like a change at all. He. Felt like

14:08

a change of scenery and language.

14:11

But. Other than that, it felt pretty

14:13

much the same, and I think in

14:15

large part it was because. Obviously.

14:18

It was a smaller so. And.

14:22

I. Was going in to work for a

14:24

show runner that was Mexican. For.

14:26

A director that was Mexican. And

14:29

for the majority of a crew that

14:31

were some sort of, let's see no.

14:34

And a lot of them spoke Spanish,

14:36

so it was almost no change at

14:38

all. Interesting. And

14:41

for me, Because. I

14:43

was expecting it to feel so different.

14:46

That I was like, oh, This. Is

14:48

what I've been wanting. It's exactly the same

14:50

just now. I'm like acting in English and

14:52

living in L A. While. That's

14:55

like a very unique experience. Billy's ib

14:57

goes. Most people as you know, it's

14:59

really freaking. Tough and I wonder if

15:01

that. Experience of kind of it feeling

15:03

natural for you had to do with

15:05

the way in which you played the

15:07

character Lin and I remember the moment

15:09

where I was like okay I actually

15:11

do love this show and it was

15:13

a scene with your character. So.

15:16

Your character who was basically hanging out

15:18

with all the white folks? the rich

15:20

white kids in. I don't know what

15:22

part of Rich. L. A

15:24

And they all. Get.

15:26

Drunk and get sick and they're pew dean

15:28

and you're just kind of watching this thing

15:30

and then. I

15:36

feel so bad. Thing

15:38

and as soon as this is your

15:40

for. The Mexican

15:42

made. Who. Was there at

15:44

the party cleaning, serving all. Of that,

15:47

and at the end of the night. You

15:49

end up on a bus. With.

15:52

The Mexican made. Separated.

15:54

By a bunch of seats and it's

15:56

like. This. Is what it's like to

15:58

be Mexican in L A. You might end

16:01

up in a very pointy to a party but

16:03

you're gonna end up on the bus or let

16:05

me tenor. That. Particular scene. I mean

16:07

I can see it in my head and I'm

16:09

wondering it is. It was an unimportant seen for

16:11

you to do as an actor. It

16:14

was that episode was very. A

16:17

forget the word in English but it was

16:19

that us to afford to pay me. The

16:21

experience was. Something that I

16:23

will always remember. Because.

16:26

It's. Felt. Like.

16:29

This is what we're trying to say

16:31

with the show. Actually we have all

16:33

the other like shall we things and

16:35

it's entertainment. But this is

16:37

actually what we're trying to convey is

16:40

this thing. Have. No. Matter

16:42

how far you climb in this

16:44

country. If. You're not

16:46

white. People. Will still

16:48

see you as another. And.

16:51

When you're and other, you're in the

16:53

same level as everyone else. That.

16:55

Comes from your same community. That's

16:57

what Lin realizes at the end of that

17:00

episode and she chooses to go back home

17:02

and in that bus she is with. With.

17:04

The made played by the beautiful Load up at

17:06

the Law know who I adore. Who

17:08

did an incredible job? And I

17:11

mean Visa in and of itself was

17:13

a very sex positive show for letting

17:15

us and that he knows what how

17:17

important is you are. You know I'm

17:19

sex positive or do now with you

17:21

have a little bit more experience a

17:24

like got i really overexposed. How do

17:26

you understand that particular part of your

17:28

career. I don't regret

17:30

anything. I'm so happy I did

17:32

it. I think it was a a period

17:34

of growth in my life and a period

17:37

of acceptance and of. understanding.

17:40

To not be ashamed of

17:42

our bodies And to not

17:44

be ashamed of women who

17:46

likes sex and who want

17:48

to explore. Sexually I think

17:50

there's that that's a taboo subject,

17:53

especially in the Latino community because.

17:56

We're. So conservative. And. Even

17:58

though there's a stereotype of. The sec

18:00

filipino va va va voom like

18:02

curvy. It's something completely different

18:04

to see a character. Bad.

18:07

Mood. And enjoying sex in a

18:09

way that doesn't feel good to it as

18:12

that is fully. Part of the

18:14

character development sell. I'm very grateful

18:16

that I did all that I think in the

18:18

moment. I didn't know that

18:20

I was capable of. Going.

18:22

There because. I

18:24

did grow up very Catholic and had told

18:26

myself that I was never gonna do nudity.

18:29

Does. That mean that now and every single movie

18:31

that I do I'm gonna be like yell

18:33

a zoo nudity because I already did at

18:35

one know. But.

18:37

If it feels warranted, if it feels

18:40

like it's justified, For the story

18:42

and the character and that it's gonna. Be

18:45

shot tastefully. Yeah, why

18:47

not? I'm not ashamed of it anymore.

18:55

Coming up on that dinner usa continue

18:58

my conversation with release of our later.

19:00

We're going to talk about her for

19:02

rates into horror films and pushy chooses

19:04

to make an impact. With

19:08

us. Hey,

19:30

we're back. Really continue. Now

19:33

is my conversation with Mexican

19:35

actress and horror queen. Melissa

19:37

say that. We're. Gonna talk about

19:39

that Instagram post that caused her

19:41

one of her biggest. Roles yet.

19:46

Some man. Versus

19:48

someone who knows your

19:50

little family secret. I

19:52

was so surprised girl

19:55

when. All of a sudden. You're.

19:57

In the movie scream. The.

19:59

Reboot: Last sequel in

20:01

Twenty Twenty Two introduced New Latina

20:03

and Black Leads. You start

20:05

along with Chen or Tigger Another

20:08

let me know. Who. Plays

20:10

your sister and this was the

20:12

first time that you were offered

20:14

a role without having to audition.

20:16

So bravo for that! Yeah! By

20:18

your second screen films Scream Six,

20:20

your character Sam Carpenter becomes a

20:22

fan favorite because of her. Dark,

20:25

but. Very sensitive demeanor.

20:28

So. Take me to that moment

20:30

where you understand the significance of been

20:32

part of this legacy. Feature

20:34

which is green. Take me back to that

20:36

moment where you're like, okay, now this is

20:38

happening in my life. It

20:41

was a crazy moment in my life

20:43

because it was pandemic. Twenty Twenty. A

20:46

kind of fell into a depression because

20:48

I had so much momentum. I felt

20:50

like I was building momentum and and

20:52

the sides had been incredible. And then

20:54

after in the heights. I had

20:56

shut the third season of Be There. And.

20:59

I. Was like this is gonna be awesome.

21:02

The third season of Gonna Come Out and In

21:04

The Site is Gonna come out and like My

21:06

life is gonna change and it's finally like my

21:08

big break. I've been working my entire life for

21:10

this month. And then the

21:12

pandemic cats. Everything stops.

21:15

The. Industry kind as. Die

21:17

is. And. I was like. What's.

21:20

Gonna happen? Is in the Heights ever gonna

21:22

come out. And so I was like i

21:24

don't know if I'm going to work again or when that

21:26

will happen. When I was

21:28

in Mexico. When I get a call about

21:30

screen. And I was like

21:32

scream. Their. Make you got another

21:35

one. It had been ten eleven years since the

21:37

last one, so I was like a watch. I

21:40

didn't even know. If it

21:42

was a good thing or a bad thing to be

21:44

and scream at that point you know I was like.

21:47

Has it been too long since the

21:49

last one where? It's. Not

21:51

gonna be good. And. So I

21:53

asked for the scripts and I and I read

21:55

it. And it was great and I

21:57

fell in love with the character and I remember

21:59

here. In. That. They had like a

22:01

pool of like five actresses that they were looking

22:04

at for. An. All

22:06

different ethnicities. And I

22:08

was the only Latina that they were looking at.

22:11

And. I remember them telling me you

22:13

know there's a sister and so they're looking

22:15

at these two actresses for the sister as

22:18

well. And my thought was

22:20

like. I asked to get

22:22

this role. Because. If I

22:24

don't get it then that means that that lot

22:26

been an actress that can potentially play the sister

22:28

is also not gonna get it. I love the

22:30

fact. That you're teaching us on the roller

22:33

coaster. It became. A thing of like I

22:35

need to get sam. So. That I

22:37

can bring in another? Let the Ny into

22:39

the franchise. And then there's two of us

22:41

in a franchise where there has been none

22:43

before. And that was a

22:46

i think the first pressure that I sold.

22:48

That's when it dawned on me like how

22:50

big of a deal at was that they

22:52

were potentially looking for a lead role that

22:55

was in light and a franchise that have

22:57

been so light really. And.

22:59

Then you know, once I thought it, I

23:01

think I. Couldn't really

23:03

understand how big of a deal it

23:05

was. Because I was just

23:08

immediately mortified of like the pressure

23:10

of oh my god I'm joining

23:12

this franchise that has a fandom.

23:15

That so big and that has. Such.

23:17

Are like and ownership of the

23:20

material and up the previous movies.

23:22

And I was immediately horrified. You

23:32

doing. Right now we're in sports

23:34

to of Villains Abigail, you're

23:37

joining forces again with your

23:39

former scream five and Six

23:41

Directors I think you promise

23:43

you. I'll be over soon. To

23:48

sorry if I was in a handsome t.

23:53

Enemy just watched it with. Some

23:55

of the cast. And it's such a

23:58

spawn to. It's a C,

24:00

the more mean there's a lot of blood

24:02

and gore in it. and there's a vampire

24:04

that is evil and trying to kill everybody.

24:07

But. It's actually like a very

24:09

fun. Weird. Combination

24:11

of people. A weird ensemble of

24:13

people that feel like they're bad

24:16

news bears. Just. Somehow.

24:19

Teaming up. To. Survive in

24:21

this crazy adventure! So. Tell

24:23

me about your character Joey and why.

24:26

White. Plains, Oh, you've connected so deeply

24:28

with you in this film. Joey

24:31

is. A woman that

24:33

has. Taken. A lot of

24:35

wrong turns in Laos. And.

24:37

Is trying to write them.

24:40

She is trying to. Get.

24:42

Out of this whole that she dug for

24:44

herself. And. What

24:46

I love about this movie is that it sets

24:49

you up with these. Characters.

24:51

That are all. Very

24:53

questionable people. I. Just

24:55

love. Complicated than questionable

24:57

characters, I think there's a lot

24:59

more interesting to play them like

25:02

a straightforward good enough to shoes.

25:04

Ingenue. There's. A lot

25:06

of chasing and running around and action

25:09

sequences and lots of blood so i

25:11

get to be like covered in blood

25:13

which is have become one of my

25:15

favorite thing of of of a so

25:17

yeah. Alright, So

25:19

you have another. New film

25:21

Your Monster. It's a romantic

25:23

comedy. You've done comedy in

25:25

Mexico. Not so much in

25:27

the Us and so are you feeling

25:29

the little bit more. For

25:32

are you feeling more comedic these days? Is

25:34

there one that you can love the most?

25:36

as as an actor. I've. Learned

25:38

that it's less to do with the

25:41

genre and more to do with. How.

25:43

Much you connect with the character. Because.

25:46

You're gonna have fun regardless. You're.

25:48

Monster. Was probably one of

25:50

the most fun I've had on a set.

25:53

It was such an incredible experience and and

25:55

shows me and out. Type of role that

25:57

I don't think anyone has ever seen me. and before.

26:00

I usually play like very

26:02

strong women like bowl characters.

26:05

And. Their character is not that, at least

26:07

at the beginning of the movie. I've

26:09

been telling people that it's like if I

26:11

asked for the perfect movie for me. That

26:14

includes all the things that I love. Rom

26:16

com. Horror. And.

26:18

Musical Theater. They would have

26:21

come up with your monster to sell like I

26:23

don't know how that happened and how that script

26:25

landed. On. My email. but I'm

26:27

so grateful that I got the opportunity to

26:29

do that. There

26:40

are a lot of people melisa

26:42

who have become new fans of

26:44

yours and it may have to

26:46

do with your acting, it may

26:48

have to do with your for

26:50

and comedic skills, but there's also

26:52

another thing which you become enamored

26:54

for and that is because of

26:56

your activism. Because

26:59

of a post on Instagram

27:01

where you are talking about

27:04

genocide, you are talking about

27:06

the thirty thousand Palestinians that

27:08

have been killed in Gaza

27:10

since October. And there are

27:13

many scholars. Historians.

27:15

Political scientists, philosophers including many

27:18

Israelis and many Jewish people,

27:20

and human rights organizations that

27:23

have flat out called what

27:25

is happening now in Gaza

27:28

a genocide and. This

27:30

cost to. It

27:33

costs you work, You are fired.

27:35

From. Your Screen Franchise. I mean,

27:37

this is your job. It's not

27:40

something that you love, It's your

27:42

work and. You didn't back down.

27:44

You are just. Like just this is who I

27:46

am. This is what I stand

27:48

for and I'm wondering, why Is it important

27:50

for you? Not just as an actor in

27:52

Hollywood and as an artist, but as a

27:55

human being? Why was it important for you

27:57

to save? This is what I'm feeling in

27:59

this. Particular moment he. Better

28:02

get an no mic guy You, I'm

28:04

not going be carried. He.

28:08

I find myself I found myself.

28:10

I still am. At a

28:12

point in my life where I am.

28:15

Reflecting. On lot on like. Why?

28:19

I am here. Why I

28:21

got put on this earth and what I want.

28:24

To. Do. To.

28:26

Give my life true meaning. And.

28:28

To feel like. I

28:31

came to help to make the world

28:33

a better place. On

28:35

us that sounds to like wishy

28:38

washy or like dreamy. But.

28:40

That's what I feel. At. This

28:42

point in my life and I don't know

28:44

if it's because I'm thirty three years old.

28:46

I've heard thirty three as an age of

28:48

a lot of reflects an energetic leave for

28:50

a lot of people. But. At that's

28:52

what I've been feeling And so I

28:55

found myself in this place of learning

28:57

in this place of. Looking.

28:59

At the World. Also.

29:01

Because I had a lot of time to do

29:03

that because we were all in a straight and

29:06

so. I wasn't shooting and I

29:08

had time to do research. And.

29:10

To read and. To listen

29:12

to experts and so. It

29:15

became very clear to me. That.

29:18

There. Was a lot of injustice happening? And

29:20

if I. Have a

29:22

platform and I don't use it to

29:24

call it out. And to

29:27

help. Spread. Some.

29:30

Kind of. Seeds.

29:33

Of waking up to seeing certain truths that have

29:35

been hidden from us because I know that I

29:38

had to search for them. So that means that

29:40

if I didn't know that there's a lot of

29:42

people out there that didn't know or that don't

29:44

know. And. So I was like I just

29:46

got I use my platform to speak out on

29:48

it. I knew that it

29:51

was dangerous. I knew that there was gonna

29:53

be consequences because I'm not an idiot, Because

29:55

I knew I could see that no one

29:57

was saying anything about it. I. Could

29:59

tell. That there was something like.

30:02

That. People were scared to talk about

30:04

it. Almost. No one in

30:06

the industry was saying anything. I

30:08

was like. This. Is weird. And.

30:11

This Is Not right. And. I

30:14

just don't. Want to be a part of that?

30:17

That. That silence And that shows

30:19

ignorance. And that pretending like

30:22

nothing is happening and I also

30:24

like want to. Laira

30:27

say that. I. Technically

30:29

wasn't fired because I hadn't

30:31

signed my contract. Him.

30:34

Because of the strike. So. My

30:36

contract was done, but. I hadn't

30:38

signed it because I couldn't because we

30:40

were on strike. So technically they didn't

30:42

fire me, they just dropped me. They

30:44

were just like oh clutch of by.

30:47

And. Yeah. I think

30:49

it's I think. definitely. I believe in

30:51

Collective Sixty. So I

30:53

believe that if we all

30:55

just thoughts. As

30:58

a collective instead of as individuals.

31:02

We would look out for each other

31:04

more as there's only like one or

31:06

two or three of us speaking out

31:08

than those three people are easier to

31:10

target. Is it's. Hundreds,

31:12

thousands speaking out and the

31:15

cat target. Than. That

31:17

goes for every industry everywhere and

31:19

every topic. So

31:22

that's something that I wish

31:25

that people in positions of

31:27

power with big platforms understood

31:29

more and believes morning selective

31:32

safety. As

31:38

you know, starring roles for

31:41

that the Us in that

31:43

you know, so so small

31:45

so suits your thoughts on

31:48

representation in Hollywood. Now are

31:50

you feeling like the glass

31:52

is definitely half empty? Or

31:55

is it says school today.

31:59

I don't know. About I need the last

32:01

you know? like I don't wanna think about it as

32:03

lead. Either. Good or bad, I

32:06

know that. There had

32:08

been steps in the direction of

32:11

more representation made. But.

32:13

It's not nearly enough. We.

32:15

Haven't been able to crack the code. Of

32:19

why. When we get

32:21

our stuff made. It

32:24

doesn't feel like it's being. Supported.

32:27

In mainstream and so then it ends

32:29

up being cancelled or it ends up

32:32

flopping and then therefore that becomes a

32:34

precedent of like things would latino don't

32:36

really work. so let's not. Do

32:39

these things that we were planning on doing?

32:41

Let's council those projects. There's a

32:43

part of me the things that we have to. Stop.

32:46

Talking about it. So.

32:48

That. It just becomes.

32:51

An unspoken thing, which is kind of

32:53

what happened with screen. They

32:55

didn't ask me. And people

32:58

were like. The next it can

33:00

lead us scream like that. didn't happen.

33:02

And so. It didn't become a

33:05

huge thing. But. It was representation

33:07

and Jenna and I were there. And

33:09

so where is Jasmine and

33:12

Mason representing as black people?

33:14

In a franchise that for the first sign

33:16

had like four lead that were all people

33:19

of color. Which. Was awesome.

33:21

But it wasn't the headline have any

33:23

screen things. Sometimes I think that that's

33:26

what our community needs. But.

33:28

Then there's also a part of me that says

33:30

like it's important to keep calling them out for

33:32

the lack of representation. So we gotta keep saying

33:34

like all these studies that come out of like.

33:37

The. Percentage of slow leads of color in

33:39

the movies of the year and all

33:41

of that and like it's always very

33:43

depressing. Information: So. I appreciate

33:45

the people that are doing those studies. Of.

33:47

There's a part of me. As a

33:49

Mexican that kind of know the Mexican psyche

33:51

and like what were attracted to and what

33:53

we reject. That. Feels like we just

33:55

kind of have to stop making a big deal out

33:58

of it when it happens and just do it. The

34:00

and to do as. And. What what

34:02

it's saying to me is that.

34:04

You're. Not letting up. You. Know that

34:06

it's all about the words. You are a Mexican.

34:09

Like. Me. Which means we never say

34:11

no to work. You know each other jobs.

34:13

Nesser will take that up. Which leads me

34:15

to my final question for you. So.

34:18

Com of the stuff we don't know. How are

34:20

you practicing some self care of these days? Well

34:23

first of all, you'll be happy to

34:25

know that my husband just moved to

34:27

Austin. Officially. So.

34:29

Now we're together for the first

34:31

time in. for the

34:33

first time in. Like I don't know, like

34:36

seven years that we haven't lived together.

34:38

So yeah, it's very exciting. He just

34:40

moved to Austin. He's starting his

34:42

butcher business year. You heard right he's a

34:44

butcher and a singer. He's a butter and

34:46

a singer. Against the end, That and so

34:48

he's starting a business here and now we're

34:50

together with his really nice is really nice

34:52

to like, go to bed with him and

34:55

wake up with him every day if you'll

34:57

like a real marriage and feels like you

34:59

know like oh wow I've been married for

35:01

five years. That. For. The first time

35:03

were like living like a married couple

35:05

which is really nice. All that's a

35:08

big part of like what keeps me

35:10

grounded and same him. Having

35:12

him to talk to to unload were

35:14

to event where he is my biggest

35:17

cheerleader and so. She's. Always

35:19

like. Giving. Me pep talks

35:21

and making me feel better. And.

35:24

And I've been doing therapy. Obviously it's

35:26

so important. I feel

35:28

like as a Latina woman. Investing

35:31

in yourself is kind of like on no

35:33

no you feel guilty when you spend on

35:35

yourself or when you're investing in yourself. You

35:37

kind of is like Save Save Save. Spent.

35:40

On others. But. Never on

35:42

you. So. I decided that this

35:44

year was going to be the year to invest

35:47

in myself. And. So. I've

35:49

been doing a lot of like. Cryo

35:51

Therapy and and do a Lot

35:53

of training. I know that you

35:55

train a lot to. Being

35:57

active in my body and says the goals.

36:00

We helped me every day. And.

36:02

Just being connected to my family.

36:05

It's and like the darkest moments when

36:07

you realize who was there for you.

36:10

And who isn't? Because you always know

36:12

that your family is your family. but

36:15

when they really show up for you

36:17

in unexpected ways, just put everything in

36:19

perspective and I just kind of realize

36:22

like I've really just how to spend

36:24

more time taking care of those relationships.

36:28

I love that was noticeably see that is

36:30

for everything and continue on the word and

36:32

we really appreciated And you do have a

36:34

voice and. People. Listen, thank you so much

36:36

sister So nice! I really really appreciate it.

36:39

And they it was so nice seeing your

36:41

face again. Who to good as and anything.

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