She’s a TV and movie star, a director and a producer.
But despite all her Hollywood success, Jane The Virgin star Gina Rodriguez, 33, still fought hard for Latinos in the industry on the Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet on Sunday.
‘I have another action [film] called Miss Bala… and it comes out this summer with Kevin Misher and Sony. Ya, yay Sony for putting a Latino as the lead because barely [any] people do that’.
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Speaking to E! on the red carpet of the event at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Rodriguez put Hollywood studios on notice for overlooking Latino talent.
‘I mean, [Latino audiences] do make 55 million plus [dollars] in the country. No big deal,’ she said sarcastically.
‘You should throw us in a movie or two. It would make sense.’
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‘We do buy one in every four tickets, every single weekend, and make sure that your movies do well. So, it would do you service. Not only of service, it would be, I don’t know…integrity,’ said the Deepwater Horizon star.
‘So, thank you Paramount and Sony because you two are doing it, you’re opening up the doors.’
The actress, whose sci-fi thriller Annihilation is in theaters February 23, wore a brightly colored floral print dress for the evening.
Her raven tresses were parted down the center and held back in a low pony tail.
The proudly displayed a Times Up badge, in support of the legal fund which provides subsidized legal support to those who have experienced sexual harassment, assault, or abuse in the workplace.
