Eiza González it is in a sweet moment. At 31 he never stops working. This week was presented as an image of the new Louis Vuitton perfume in a campaign that are giving a lot to talk about and at the same time we see it in the premiere of the week, Godzilla Vs. Kong, Which hopes to become the highest grossing film in cinemas in more than a year.
The Mexican actress met us from Los Angeles to talk about the blockbuster in which he acts alongside Demián Bichir, the industry’s tendency to classify Latin actresses and how he is working in Holywood and English.
Question: Godzilla Vs. Kong was filmed before the pandemic. Does it feel like something very far away?
Eiza González: I think we filmed in 2018. I don’t even know … When you make this kind of film you know it took a while for the animation and all the technology. But now it feels a little sad that the premiere takes place in a pandemic and we can not share with fans in person, be able to go to Asia, do promotions as we would … Because this energy is contagious. But I am very happy with the result. The film is very entertaining. People are going to have fun, which I think is what we need right now.
Q .: Godzilla and King Kong have been around all their lives. Why do you think they are still here generation after generation?
FOR EXAMPLE: We’re always going to identify with monster movies because they allow us to fantasize about “what would happen” if we lived in a world with other titans. It’s going back a bit to what would have happened if we lived with the dinosaurs, who would have control. And it is also a connection with nature. We humans are curious as to whether nature has more physical force – than it has – to impose itself on us.
Q .: Your character is Maya, the daughter of Demián Bichir. You’re a bit of a “bad guy”, you’re the bad guy in the movie …
FOR EXAMPLE: Demián and I talk about it. I think we don’t observe any character as a villain or a hero, because when you see him that way you can fall into the stereotype. I think our characters ’agenda is honest. They fervently believe that technology will save humanity. But Demián’s character is also very greedy. He is a lunatic genius who wants to be in control. Instead she has a history of vindication, of proving to her father that she can get what he asks of her.
Q .: You look very comfortable making action movies and character characters.
FOR EXAMPLE: I try to do a little bit of everything. I like dynamic characters. Play with fantasy. It also has to do with the industry, that if you started in a way, it always sees you that way. Gradually I’m doing other types of projects, like “I Care, I Care For You” (“I Care a Lot,” on Netflix). But I do like movies of this genre. For me the magic of cinema was always represented by these big, explosive films. And I never got a chance to see Latin women doing these kind of characters, because they were made exclusively by white women. Now that the opportunities are opening up it is very difficult for me to pass up the opportunity to represent a Latin woman internationally in a different way that helps us get out of a stereotype or cliché. I have an affinity with these characters. Maya has nothing to do with where she is from or where she comes from. She is a woman with conviction, clear, polite, intelligent … She represents the contemporary woman. But of course, I love to diversify and look for other projects that allow me to make my way into another type of characters. Because someone like Demián Bichir is allowed quite a bit, but sometimes it’s harder as a woman.
Q .: Did you have to be classified?
FOR EXAMPLE: Latinos always classify us. Point, it’s over. And I think Latin women are categorized much more. Men are given much more permission. But Matthew McConaughey also started in romantic comedies and it took a lot of work to be taken seriously. This happens in all races in one way or another. I personally enjoy action movies, I love these kinds of projects. What guides me is the address, the booklet, the character … that’s what inspires me. A constant factor in my characters is that they are not necessarily the stereotype of a Latin woman.
Q .: You are working a lot in English. Do you already feel like your world?
FOR EXAMPLE: No, no. English will always be my second language and although it may not seem like it, it costs me a lot. It’s a complex thing. I innately think in Spanish and I have to adapt this to English. It also has to do with the cultural, because the way a Latin woman would react is very different from how an American woman would do it. Sometimes directors expect me to act more like an American actress, but they forget that I’m still Mexican, from another culture. Sometimes it’s complex to know what the best option is, but I enjoy it. I am constantly learning and growing.
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