Eiza González is featured in V Magazine this month, and the Mexican actress’ spread is beautiful. The 32-year-old had an in-depth interview with the magazine where she opened up about many things, including her struggles and success crossing over into the Western market, praising Salma Hayek, calling her a “trailblazer.”González is one of the few Latina actresses with international crossover success. “Since I was really young, no one was really crossing over besides Salma [Hayek], and she did it way before I even started working.
But I [was] always guided by passion,” she told the outlet. González began studying acting at the M&M Studio in Mexico City at 14 years old and was cast as the lead female protagonist in Lola, érase una vez, when she was 16 and had great success in the Mexican market.
She told V when she moved to the US after her last soap opera, it was “shocking.” “By the time I moved to America, I just walked in and thought ‘Oh, those are just things that people say to make a point when they have power’, but it was a very different time,” she explained.
The Ambulance star said she moved to the US in 2012 before the Me Too movement and Black Lives Matter started. “There wasn’t such an awakening of understanding [women and] minorities, so it was definitely tough throughout my career,” she said.Salma Hayek and Valentina Paloma reveal that speaking in Spanish feels like their ‘secret’Eiza González shares inspiring short film about being ‘fearless’Eiza González and Billie Eilish: two new friends at the Met GalaThe singer went on to describe the uphill battle she had when it comes to feeling confident “taking up space.” “I’m getting to a place where I feel okay saying when something doesn’t feel right in my gut, or.
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