12/24/2022 0 Comments Jackie cruz![]() ![]() Mental health problems run deep in my family and I'm personally struggling. Rejection for anyone is tough, how do you deal with that? We need to see more of that diversity, because if we don’t, that’s what the government wants: to separate us. You know, Latinos and African Americans joining hands with white people. I feel like it can connect people and that’s why we have to continue to make films showing that connection. What can heal the rift that Trump represents? ![]() More than gangsters, hookers, prisoners, your maid and the people who make your tacos. I want to see that we’re more than what you see on TV. What would you want Trump to know about you (and Dominicans, and Latinas)? ![]() It's like they think they're better than you. They saw all my tapes, though, and instead of making me feel comfortable, they made me feel uncomfortable. I auditioned for this amazing movie and it was my fifth time in the room, but this was finally with the director and all the producers and I was nervous and I didn’t do a good job. For example, they don’t know that Dominicans don’t eat Chimichangas. It’s what a white person would think of a Latina. Well, the roles are still a little white-washed, but they’re better. Maybe America’s afraid of because this is what they're going to become - a mixture of ethnicities. I got an email from a director who said ‘Jackie, we really wanted you, but it’s a Mexican family and you don’t look like anyone’. But now, it’s mostly about what you look like. ELLE UK sat down with the star to discuss further.ĭo you think you being Dominican hinders your ability to get work? Hollywood’s chronic issues with racism and sexism are well-documented at this point, but Cruz is ready to lift the lid on the specific prejudice she has experienced as a Dominican woman. A fact that has made her feel 'seen', something that has not always been the case for the Dominican star. She's also the new face of Kat von D’s mascara campaign, and is currently beaming at the crowd below, from no less than six billboards in central Hollywood. Still, she is pretty 'cute', standing at 5ft 9 with the kind of face that can expertly pull off a pixie crop hairdo. ![]()
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