Gina Rodriguez recently sat down for an interview with Latina Magazine, where she talked about her upcoming movie Deepwater Horizon, co-starring Mark Wahlberg. Here's what she had to say:
On shooting Deepwater Horizon:
"Peter Berg is a genius. Mark Wahlberg is a badass. John Malkovich, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson—I learned so much from these people, from this cast, from this family. A lot of movies were offered to me after the Golden Globes—Jane opened so many doors—and when the Deepwater Horizon script came across my iPad, I was like, this is the movie I’m going to fight for. This is the one I want to do."
On Mark Wahlberg:
"We never had a conversation about color, ethnicity, or culture, but we had the conversation about struggle. One thing that I find extremely empowering about Mark is that he doesn’t want to do it alone. He wants to help everyone around him, uplift everyone around him. Mark understands that he got to where he was because of all the people that helped him get there, including himself. He got me. He got the idea that shit was hard and I pushed through. It wasn’t just hard as a Latina, it wasn’t just hard as a curvy leading lady, but it was hard as a woman. It was hard as somebody that came from the ’hood. He gets struggle, and he could see it in someone else. He definitely was super supportive of me. He knows how to run his industry, his empire, and yet preserve himself. He wakes up and he prays and he gives thanks. He’s grateful and appreciative, and he’s giving. The man is where he’s at not only because of his fight but also because of his heart. You could tell, because ’hood knows ’hood, ’hood recognizes ’hood."
On shaving her head for an upcoming role:
"I think it all plays into the idea of being your own hero and not feeling like you have to live up to other people’s expectations. I am not my beauty. Who I am is not my fucking hair, and to be an actor is to transform. To represent a community is to commit, to give my entire all. So if I’m going to represent Latinos in the industry and in art, if I’m going to represent my little cousins in Chicago, they’re going to know that I went full out. Who are we afraid of? What are we afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is we die. Anything else you can handle."
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