Star-in-the-making Ariana DeBose is ready to redefine what it means to be Latino, or how she identifies as Afro-Latina.
“You cannot just boil down what it is to be Latino in one thing,” she says. “Observing the industry…Rita Moreno, my Queen, she’s been the standard and it’s a very specific look, which hasn’t necessarily allowed for what this is — to be considered Puerto Rican.”
DeBose, starring in Netflix’s “The Prom,” talked to Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast about the film, identity and much more. Listen to the latest episode below:
Imagine this: your first three film roles are the stage filming of the Tony-winning “Hamilton,” an all-star adaptation of “The Prom” by Emmy-winner Ryan Murphy, and playing the role that won Rita Moreno an Oscar, now in an upcoming remake of “West Side Story” from Steven Spielberg. DeBose still has a hard time believing it all came true.
“You cannot just boil down what it is to be Latino in one thing,” she says. “Observing the industry…Rita Moreno, my Queen, she’s been the standard and it’s a very specific look, which hasn’t necessarily allowed for what this is — to be considered Puerto Rican.”
DeBose, starring in Netflix’s “The Prom,” talked to Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast about the film, identity and much more. Listen to the latest episode below:
Imagine this: your first three film roles are the stage filming of the Tony-winning “Hamilton,” an all-star adaptation of “The Prom” by Emmy-winner Ryan Murphy, and playing the role that won Rita Moreno an Oscar, now in an upcoming remake of “West Side Story” from Steven Spielberg. DeBose still has a hard time believing it all came true.
- 12/4/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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