Paulina Chávez & Rose Portillo Board ‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Disney+ film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day has added Paulina Chávez (The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia, Fate: The Winx Saga) and Rose Portillo (Zoot Suit, The Exorcist II) to its cast, joining previously announced stars Eva Longoria, George Lopez, and Jesse Garcia.
Chávez will play Mia Garcia, the titular Alexander’s 16-year-old sister who is described as an independent-minded, intelligent, and eye-rolling teenager.
Her parents are Frank (Jesse Garcia) and Val (Longoria). Portillo plays Lidia Garcia, the family matriarch, the mother of Frank, and grandmother to Alexander, Mia, and David.
From writer Matt Lopez and director Marvin Lemus, Alexander tells the story of 11-year-old Alexander Garcia who thinks he has the worst luck in the world.
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