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Something has to change.
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Familia, today we are here with Jenna Ortega and Abel Tesfaye
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Congratulations on Hurry up tomorrow.
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Thank you. I've loved what I've seen so far.
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Jenna and Abel, your characters share an intense and intriguing dynamic
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in the film. It's so weird.
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I feel like I know you.
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I know what you mean.
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How would each of you describe your character's relationship?
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I feel our relationship is kind of a mirror or at least
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that's my role is to kind of hold a mirror up to
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Abel's character and it's just it's very intense.
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Yeah, it isn't so black and white I think when you
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watch the film you understand that it's very subjective,
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very psychological, you know,
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we're. Essentially, you know,
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playing, playing each other in the moment.
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Jenna, you, you star in an executive produced Hurry Up
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Tomorrow. After more than a decade in the industry,
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what advice would you give to young Latinas hoping to make an
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impact in Hollywood? There's so much projection.
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So much rejection. You just,
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you gotta brush it off and it's it's gonna be a lot
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more devastating answers than it is going to be positive,
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but I think more than anything you just have to be grateful
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the experiences that you are getting and take with grace and you've
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got to let it kind of fuel your fire almost.
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Has stepping into the producing role allowed you to help shape the
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stories you're a part of telling?
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Producing is so interesting to me because it's so nice having a
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look behind the curtain and understanding what it's like constructing a production
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It's very fascinating to me.
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It depends on who you're working with.
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for example, I kind of wanted to step back a little
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bit because there were so many incredible creatives on this team.
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Trey has a very unique mind,
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just everybody brought something new and different,
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and I was incredibly inspired by that.
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And when you're working with people who are so strong,
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you want to give them as much room as possible.
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I will, I will say too that I definitely relied on
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her a lot. Her notes and what she brought to the
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film just elevated the material,
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elevated. Character, it just really felt so collaborative.
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It didn't just feel like mine or Trey's.
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It felt like all of ours,
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and I think that was really important for us.
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I love that. In April,
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a lot of fans worldwide know you as the weekend.
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Latinos love to call you Elfin.
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What do you hope audiences learn about you through your role in
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this film? I do feel like it's a little ambitious to
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play myself on that screen because,
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you know, it will be tough to separate.
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What's on screen and who I am as a person?
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I feel like I am a little vulnerable in this more vulnerable
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than I've ever been,
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so maybe people see a different different side for sure
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Thank you so much for speaking with us Failia.
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You have to watch Hurry up Tomorrow out May 16th.
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