'Roma' Star Marina de Tavira On Learning About Alfonso Cuarón's Mother: "He Told Me Everything About Her" | Meet Your Nominee - video Dailymotion

The 'Roma' star received her first Academy Award nomination in the best supporting actress category for her role in the Cuarón film.

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00:00In joining Romo, what were your initial conversations with Alfonso like?

00:03I know there wasn't a script attached, but what drew you to this project and what do you guys think?

00:07Well, it was a long auditioning process and I didn't know who the director was going to be until the end of the process.

00:15And then I met Alfonso for the last audition and then one more time with Yalitza and me together.

00:23And then I had a very long conversation with Alfonso about his mother.

00:28He told me everything about her, like when the children were born, how was their relationship with his father,

00:38when the Lebo, the real Cleo, entered their lives and what that meant to the family,

00:43that they actually went and lived with Sofia's mother, well, Cristina's mother.

00:48That's the house where the story takes place. It's the grandma's house.

00:52So he told me all the story and then he stopped just at the moment where we were going to start filming.

00:59And we did this in chronological order.

01:01So he didn't say any more. He just stopped there.

01:04And he told me, you're having trouble with your husband.

01:08You know that he may leave.

01:11You know what's been happening.

01:13And that's where it started.

01:14So that first scene where Sofia enters the house just to have lunch with the kids,

01:19she already knows what's going to happen.