00:00I really enjoyed the film last night. Did you have fun at the premiere?
00:04Yes, I had.
00:05The energy there was so amazing.
00:07So I hope you both had fun as well.
00:09Just seeing it with a big crowd was just so amazing to witness.
00:13And the movie just has such a powerful message.
00:16I really went in not knowing at all what to really expect and then you take away so much.
00:20So I just wanted to kind of start with talking about the, you know, the themes of the film
00:25and how so many people are definitely going to resonate with that
00:28and what that meant to you and what you hope people take away from it.
00:33I mean, so many things I hope people take away.
00:37That love can conquer anything.
00:41To remain completely open and to rethink, you know, our idea of what is redemption
00:50and who is redeemable, who is worthy of redemption.
00:54And that the level of respect that we should always have for people and their choices
01:00should never waver according to whether or not you share the same ideals.
01:05That I feel like the level of respect is a birthright.
01:09So I just want people to sort of tap into that and to not think but to feel first.
01:14Sometimes it's important to just, you know, lead with your heart.
01:17Absolutely.
01:19I mean, I don't even think I could top that answer.
01:22I can tell you one thing.
01:24I learned so much about myself and about everything around me
01:29and my environment, specifically growing up in Texas.
01:32That's why I don't mean to turn this into anything,
01:35but I'm eager and excited for people to, you know, voice how they feel
01:40and they have a right to, everyone has a right to be their authentic self.
01:45And if anything, I'm so grateful that we get to celebrate that however it looks.
01:51Absolutely. I love that. It snaps.
01:54It wasn't as, I was like, no, no, no.
01:57I can't top you.
01:58You had to follow up. I'm sorry. I should ask you first.
02:00It's okay. No.
02:02I also love the performances, obviously.
02:05There's so much energy going into all of them from you rolling around on the bed
02:09and just showing so much fierceness.
02:11And then I loved El Mal, I have to say.
02:13So I really, I did want to ask you, Zoe, like what was your reaction to seeing that number
02:18and knowing you were going to do it and then seeing it on the screen afterwards?
02:22I mean, I've only seen the movie once.
02:24I tend to be really hard on myself, which is why I just don't do it.
02:30There's so many films that I've been in that I just haven't watched yet.
02:34This one in particular, I want to go back to seeing it.
02:37I'm so proud of my work.
02:39I'm also able to separate from it and just see it from the perspective of,
02:44like, Jesse and Emilia primarily, and then Epifania, but also Gustavo.
02:49Gustavo was, like, popped up for me.
02:52El Mal, to really answer your question, I am very proud of.
02:57It is a number, a moment in Rita's life where we rehearsed, we prepared, we discussed, we dissected,
03:07and then we just threw ourselves in it, you know?
03:10When I saw it, I was just like...
03:16I was like, I know you didn't ask me, but that's how shook I was.
03:20It is so hot.
03:22I know it was very powerful and the message was powerful,
03:27but I kept looking at you like, what is happening?
03:30It was so beautiful.
03:32I think there's words to say for it being able to be powerful and hot at the same time.
03:38That's how a woman should be perceived.
03:40I'll take that.
03:42Carla, I wanted to go to you, and obviously this film has such amazing representation.
03:47It's really bringing a story to the screens in people's homes that we're so excited to see.
03:52So what do you hope people take away from seeing Emilia's story?
03:56I hope they get a lot of love.
03:59I hope the film touches their souls.
04:03But what I do hope is that they learn, all the audience that is going to see it,
04:09that there are people who are different and who deserve all the respect in the world.
04:15And a very beautiful thing that happens in the film
04:20is that maybe those who see it will focus on the change of character from Magnetes to Emilia,
04:30but there is also a beautiful relationship,
04:34a wonderful LGBTQ relationship between Emilia and Epifania,
04:40which becomes more and more unnoticeable.
04:43And that's wonderful,
04:45because in the end what it's about here is love between people.
04:50Well, what I hope that people get out of this movie is lots of love,
04:54that it touches their souls.
04:56And I hope that all audiences that see this movie learn that there are people
05:00who are different among us and who deserve all the respect.
05:03And I know that a lot will focus on the movie, on the transformation from Magnetes to Emilia,
05:08but I want them also to focus on this beautiful LGBTQ relationship
05:12between Epifania and Emilia.
05:15And I hope that it goes practically unnoticed,
05:18just that it's something normal.
05:20Absolutely.
05:21And I wanted to go to you, Adriana, and talk about Epifania.
05:25And I love that she comes and she really brings this light and this story,
05:30and it's such a transformative part of both of their lives.
05:34So what was it like playing a role about finding that light in the darkness?
05:40It was great.
05:42You know, the second time that I saw the movie,
05:47the first time was in Cannes, so I was like in a shock.
05:52And this second time in New York, I was able to appreciate more aspects of the movie,
05:57and I discovered many scenes or songs or moments that I really enjoyed.
06:05And I felt this tenderness in Epifania that I think it's a strength
06:14because people think that being vulnerable is being weak, and it's not like that.
06:20I think it's way the opposite because kindness and loving and tenderness,
06:27it's a kind of strength.
06:30And we all have to reconciliate us with this part because we all have it,
06:37or, I mean, 99% of the people have it.
06:40But, I mean, we have taught that you can't show that because you can't be weak.
06:50And I will love that the people could touch and be in touch.
06:55Men could be in touch with their feminine part, which is good,
07:00and then they can be able to say, I have fear, I feel lonely, I need to talk.
07:10And women also can contact with this masculine part as well
07:13because we are like all the same, you know, but in different ways.
07:18So we have to accept that tenderness and that love.
07:21And love, it's a powerful force.
07:24And if we do things with love, the results are always going to be better.
07:32Absolutely. I love that so much.
07:34And I wanted to ask you both.
07:36I mean, there's such powerful musical numbers in this whole film.
07:40So did you have a favorite that you were a part of
07:43or that you loved to watch back when viewing the film?
07:46There's a lot.
07:48I mean, it's a whole experience, the whole movie.
07:52But if I have to choose, I love my song.
07:56I really enjoyed watching that part and singing as well.
08:01And I love the papa.
08:04Papa, I cried a lot the second time.
08:07I mean, a lot.
08:09And para.
08:11But also el mal.
08:13Yeah, there's a lot.
08:15For me, para.
08:17Para is a really strong one.
08:20If I had to choose one.
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