Word: latinas
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...there's also a thematic relevance to Alba's looks. With her wavy black hair and dulce de leche skin, she's as enigmatic racially as Max is genetically: she could be Latina, Filipina, light-skinned black or dark-skinned white. Alba, the daughter of Latino and European-American parents, says, "Max is mixed up [ethnically] just like most people in the U.S. There's no purely one race, especially here...
...knock Michelle Rodriguez out of the ring. The would-be actress was living with her mom in Jersey City, N.J., and laboring as an extra in movies like Summer of Sam; the thankless, anonymous work was wearing her out. Then she saw an ad in Back Stage for a Latina actress to portray a boxer in a new film. Rodriguez didn't box and had never auditioned for a speaking role in a movie before, but the ad intrigued her. "I thought, If I'm going to quit, I might as well give it a shot before I quit," Rodriguez...
...Seeing an ad for a "female Latina boxing chick," she showed up for the "Girlfight" open call. Despite the fact she arrived late and did nothing more than say her name and where she was from, she was one of three women called back. Indeed, pitted against nearly 350 other actresses and feeling out of place at the call, Rodriguez became pessimistic and upset during the "Girlfight" audition, her dark, mesmerizing eyes turning fiery with frustration...
...conservative style but made it big without exploiting themselves." Post- "Girlfight," Rodriguez is also gaining more respect, starring in the Spike Lee- produced "3 A.M." with Danny Glover and Pam Grier, as well as the race-car drama "Redline" starring Vin Diesel. She's aware of the tag "Latina actress" and hopes to break free of that label by getting more physical in future films...
Feeling incredibly groggy from the early morning humidity of the Peruvian jungle, the last thing I expected in the midst of a tiny airport filled with otherwise non-English speaking travelers was an attack by a Latina woman fluent in English and insults. Earlier in the morning, as she talked vehemently in French to a rather sallow-looking artiste, her extreme poise had pleasantly invaded my stupor. Placing her immaculately dressed self to my left, she leaned over the arm of my chair, swept her eyes vertically down my mud splattered clothing and inspected my face solemnly. Finally, I attested...