America Ferrera opened up about her "very first audition" — during which she was told to "sound more Latina." Ferrera, 36, shared her story during a pre-recorded segment of the 72nd Emmy Awards on Sunday, revealing that she was just 16 years old at the time of the audition. "I was this little, brown, chubby, valley girl, who spoke like a valley girl," Ferrera explained. "I walked in, did my audition [and] the casting director looked at me and she was like: 'That's great.
Can you do that again, but this time sound more Latina?'" Confused, Ferrera said she asked the casting director: "Um, so do you want me to do this in Spanish?" "And she was like, 'No no no ...
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