Eva Longoria isn’t one to shrink back from a problem.
Charting her return to tv, Longoria determined it was time to do one thing new: sort out a twin English-Spanish position.
“‘If I’m going to return to TV, I want it to be different, and I want to be challenged, and I want people to see me in a different way,’” Longoria mentioned about why she wished to star within the Apple TV+ sequence “Land of Women.”
Longoria’s first bilingual tv half included one other problem: interchangeably appearing in English and Castilian Spanish, a dialect spoken in northern and central Spain.
“I was like, ‘I’ve never acted in Spanish. I’d like to do that,’” mentioned Longoria. “If I’m going to go back on TV, I want it to be with something special and so it was worth all the effort of learning Castilian Spanish.”
The Mexican American actor mentioned she didn’t develop up talking Spanish however is aware of Mexican Spanish because of her husband and the time they’ve spent dwelling in Mexico City. Taking on Castilian Spanish was one other problem for the actor.
“I was just like my brain hurt at the end of the days. But it was a joy. I love exploring new characters through language or through accents,” she mentioned.
“Land of Women” relies on Sandra Barneda’s novel “La Tierra de las Mujeres.” The tv dramedy follows Longoria as Gala, an upper-class New York socialite whose whole world is turned the other way up when her husband fails to repay his debt to a gaggle of sleazy characters. To shield her mom and solely daughter, Gala whisks them away on a visit to her mom’s Spanish hometown.
“Land of Women” marks her return to the tv display as a comedic sequence lead since her breakthrough position as Gabrielle Solis on “Desperate Housewives.”
It was on that set that Longoria instructed a director about her need to direct. “I was like, ‘I think I’m going to direct.’ And he goes, ‘You’d be good at it.’”
That affirmation gave Longoria the boldness to pursue the craft and develop her expertise.
“What gave me confidence was doing. You only learn by doing,” mentioned the multihyphenate artistic and businesswoman. “I’ve been directing for the past 12 years. I never stopped.”
She lately took her function directorial debut, “Flamin’ Hot,” to the Oscars, the place it was nominated for greatest unique track with songwriter Diane Warren and recording artist Becky G.
In addition to “Land of Women,” Longoria might be again on TV screens with a recurring position within the upcoming season of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building.”
Before embarking on “Land of Women,” Longoria knew she wished her subsequent mission set in Spain, however she wasn’t anticipating to share the display with Spanish icon Carmen Maura.
“I was so excited when they told me Carmen Maura was going to be my mother. I was like, ‘Wahh!’ Because she’s such a legend,” mentioned the actor and producer.
Longoria says she was nervous about embarking on the problem of appearing in Spanish and doing comedy within the Spanish dialect reverse Maura.
“It was all very stressful. But then I met her,” mentioned Longoria. “She was amazing. And she helped me along. And she is just a delight and obviously super talented. But in this character of Julia, she’s spectacular.”
The sequence, which additionally options newcomer Victoria Bazua, is now streaming on Apple TV+.
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