Parallel Mothers.” Whenever the crew would come to collect the doll she was using as a stand-in for a flesh-and-blood baby, Cruz tensed up.
She became combative. It didn’t matter that it was only a toy — she refused to surrender her child.“It freaked me out,” remembers Cruz. “When the prop department would take the doll, I went psycho.
It was my baby. I felt something deep in myself that was like if you take the fucking doll from me, I’m going to hit you.”That primal instinct and protective flame would serve Cruz well when it came to putting “Parallel Mothers,” the story of two women whose children are switched at birth, on the screen.
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