Transcript for Keyla Monterroso Mejia on diversity in Hollywood: ‘I think there is a long way to go’
OF LIFE TO EXPERIENCE IT FOR
ONE DAY.
FOR EVERYONE WHO MISSES ON MY
BLOCK NETFLIX'S NEW SERIES,
FREE RANGE, IS COMING TO SAVE
THE DAY.
THE SPINOFF FOLLOWS FOUR
TEENAGE FRIENDS AT THE
FICTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN LOS
ANGELES WITH DEALING WITH
FAMILY ISSUES, SIBLING RIVALRY,
AND ROMANTIC TENSIONS.
THEY MUST ALSO DEAL WITH THE
DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT THE
UNLEASHED OCCURS AFTER OPENING
A MYSTERIOUS BOX THAT THEY GOT
FROM A YARD SALE WHICH BRINGS
UNFORESEEN MISFORTUNE INTO
THEIR LIVES.
AND IT UNLEASHES THEM ON A
SERIES OF UNFORGETTABLE
ADVENTURES.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> SO, WE BOUGHT THIS CURSED
BOX.
NOW WE ARE CURSED BECAUSE OF I?
>> YOU MUST BE ABLE TO GIVE US
SOMETHING.
>> I DO SENSE A DARK ENERGY
AROUND YOU.
>> THAT IS JUST --
>> NO, ALL OF YOU.
>> JOINING US NOW IS --
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
>> THANK YOU, I AM SO EXCITED
TO BE HERE.
>> WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE
YOU.
TALK TO US ABOUT FREE, WHICH IT
PICKS UP WHERE ON MY BLOCK LEFT
OFF?
>> NOT COMPLETELY, IT IS THE
SAME WORLD BUT THEY ARE
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SHOWS.
AND THERE ARE RELIEF ON EASTER
EGGS AND THERE BUT IT IS A NEW
ADVENTURE.
>> SAME NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> YES, SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK THAT THE GREAT THING
ABOUT THE SHOW, IT HAS THE SAME
ESSENCE THAT YOU GET FROM ON MY
BLOCK, IT IS THE SAME THING
THAT YOU GET FROM WATCHING FREE
REIGN.
THEY'RE BOTH FUNNY, HEARTFELT,
VERY SWEET, EASY TO WATCH.
I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
>> TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR
CHARACTER, AND WHAT IS IN STORE
FOR HER IN THIS SEASON.
>> OH MY GOSH, GLORIA GOES
THROUGH A LOT.
SHE IS A VERY STRONG,
INDEPENDENT KID, AND SHE
SHOULDERS A LOT OF THE BURDEN.
SHE IS SORT OF LIKE THE MOM IN
THE GROUP AND SHE IS IN
EVERYONE'S BUSINESS.
SO IT IS A REALLY FUN ADVENTURE
FOR HER.
>> TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE,
THE IDEA IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE
AT A YARD SALE, YOU GET THIS
MYSTERIOUS BOX, YOU OPEN IT,
AND THE CURSE COMES OUT.
>> I WILL TELL YOU, THE CURSE
CREATES PROBLEMS ON TOP OF
PROBLEMS.
THINGS THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT.
BUT IT IS REALLY FUN, I GUESS,
TO SORT OF BE AN ADVENTURE TO
WATCH.
THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE GOING
THROUGH ARE NOT THE BEST.
BUT IT CREATES A REALLY GOOD
DYNAMIC.
AND I THINK AT THE END OF IT
YOU REALLY GET TO LEARN WHO
YOUR FRIENDS ARE AND THESE
REALLY WONDERFUL LESSONS ALONG
THE WAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A PRETTY
HIGH DISTINCTION THAT YOU ARE
GIVEN FROM GQ RECENTLY.
THEY CALLED YOU A COMEDY SECRET
WEAPON.
THAT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT.
SO, YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF A
NUMBER OF VERY SUCCESSFUL SHOW,
INCLUDING LARRY DAVIDS CURB
YOUR ENTHUSIASM, WHERE YOU
ACTUALLY PLAY AN ACTRESS WHO IS
NOT A VERY TALENTED ACTRESS.
WE WANT TO TAKE A CLIP, A LOOK
AT THAT.
>> I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THAT DAVID BOY.
>> LARRY.
>> YEAH, THAT IS HIS NAME,
LARRY DAVID.
>> WHAT ABOUT HIM?
>> I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING
SEDUCTIVE RIGHT NOW.
YOU ARE TALKING TO YOUR MOTHER.
>> ARE WE NOT CLOSE?
>> IN REAL LIFE, DO YOU EVER
TALKED YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT?
>> NO, I DON'T SEDUCE MY MOM,
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
>> THE TRICK, WHEN YOU ARE A
GREAT ACTRESS, HOW DO YOU PLAY
A TERRIBLE ONE?
>> I WAS NOT THINKING THAT I
WAS BAD.
I DIDN'T GO IN THERE THINKING I
WILL BE A BAD ACTRESS.
I THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOOD.
I THOUGHT THAT I WAS THE BEST.
AND THE WAY THAT I APPROACHED
IT I WAS LIKE, I'M THE BEST,
AND NOBODY COULD GIVE ME ANY
DIRECTION.
NOBODY COULD DO IT BETTER THAN
I CAN.
AND I THINK THAT THE THINGS
THAT I DID WEAR A BIT EXTREME.
BUT IT WORKED.
AND THE BIG NOTE OVERALL WAS
OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO GO BIGGER, GO
FIGURE, YOU CAN'T GO TO BIG,
AND I THINK THAT I REALLY GOT
TO LET LOOSE, AND GO AS BIG AS
I COULD.
>> IF YOU WERE ABLE TO CREATE
YOUR OWN PERFECT ROLE, WHAT
WOULD THAT BE?
>> SOMETHING WHERE LIKE, WHERE
I'M A CHEF, OR TRY DIFFERENT
JOBS, I WOULD LOVE A SHOW WHERE
I COULD MAYBE TRY SOME EXTREME
JOBS.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO CLEAN
WINDOWS, THERE IS LIKE 30 FEET,
I WOULD LOVE TO DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY
COOL.
>> DO YOU SING?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> BECAUSE YOU STARTED GETTING
INTO A LITTLE FALSETTO.
>> I WISH.
I WISH.
I COULDN'T.
IT IS NOT IN THE CARDS FOR ME.
>> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE ARE, THE
FIRST DAY OF BLACK HISTORY
MONTH, INTENDED TO CELEBRATE
BLACK CULTURE.
I AM CURIOUS, AS AN ACTRESS,
WHERE YOU THINK THAT THE
CULTURE IS AS FAR AS LATINO
REPRESENTATION?
>> I THINK THAT WE HAVE
DEFINITELY MADE SOME STRIDES
BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS A
LONG WAY TO GO AND JUST THE
REASON THAT I AM HERE TODAY IS
BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
WORKED REALLY HARD TO OPEN
THESE DOORS.
.
I HAVE A REGULAR FACE AND >> A
BEAUTIFUL FACE.
>> AND I AM FIVE FEET, IT'S
JUST, I AM WHO I AM.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE
WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET MORE
A PRESENTATION TO FIGHT TO OPEN
THESE DOORS ARE THE REASON THAT
I AM HERE.
I FEEL VERY GRATEFUL TO BE A
PART OF MAYBE PUSHING THAT
NARRATIVE FORWARD AND GETTING
SOMEWHERE INCLUSION.
SO I THINK THAT WE ARE IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT DEFINITELY
HAVE MORE TO GO.
>> SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU ARE
DOING AND WE DECIDED TO KEEP
WATCHING YOUR STAR ARISE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING.
WE WANT TO LET HER
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