2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
The popular musical In The Heights - created by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes, which has been so successful on Broadway - hits the big screen next year. The cast includes Anthony Ramos, Dascha Polanco, Marc Anthony, Leslie Grace, Jimmy Smits, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Melissa Barrera, among other Latino talents. The advance of the film just came out, creating great expectation. Check it out below!
Lin-Manuel Miranda himself has a character in the story, giving life to an unforgettable canoe vendor. "It was so emotional," Miranda told People en Español about seeing his musical turned into a film. "This was a party with pay, a party they paid us for." The film is directed by Jon M. Chu, the director of hits like Crazy Rich Asians.
Mexican actress Melissa Barrera told People en Espanol: “I feel like I'm floating, I feel the same happiness I felt the day Lin called me to say I kept the role, I'm reliving it. It is a very nice reminder that we are a powerful, united people, that we have big dreams and that we can achieve what we want,”she said. “It is a celebration of our culture, of our people. I think people in the movies are going to cry because [the movie] has so much heart. For so long the world has seen us down and this is a celebration of us, where we come from, what we have fought for and where we are going.”
Dascha Polanco also spoke to People en Español about her role. "It was unexpected. We work all summer in our community. Seeing the result, I am so proud to be part of this project because it is not only yours as an artist, it is a story that will elevate our community,”she said. "I do not know what will happen tomorrow but at this moment I feel very powerful, I feel that I am where I have to be, proud to be Dominican, to be an immigrant."
Polanco added that during her breaks in the recording, she started playing dominoes and is excited to record this film in her old neighborhood in Washington Heights. "They used our streets, our people," she said, and asked Latinos to buy their tickets for the movie, which comes out in the summer of 2020. "Go to the movies, have that experience, support the product that represents us. " - YOLAINE DÍAZ
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