Archive for the 'Interviews' Category

America Ferrera moderated a panel discussion for “Barbie” on November 17th in Los Angeles. You can watch it in the video below!

America Ferrera just helped power Barbie into a billion-dollar success story, but growing up, she says, there were “no successful actresses like me.” Speaking at the Academy Women’s Luncheon, presented by Chanel, which was held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles Thursday, Ferrera, 39, recalled how remote her aspirations seemed as […]

America Ferrera was never a Barbie girl. Born to Honduran parents in LA, the actor wasn’t interested in the blue-eyed, blonde-haired doll. “I didn’t play with Barbies for a number of reasons,” she says. “We couldn’t afford them. And they just didn’t resonate with me. I didn’t see myself reflected in that world in a […]

If you’re yet to see the Barbie movie, then we won’t spoil it for you – but those who have will know that there’s a pivotal scene involving America Ferrera’s character, Gloria; one which has since spawned countless social-media tributes and online think pieces. It’s reported that Ferrera and the film’s director, Greta Gerwig, rehearsed […]

America Ferrera is spilling details on her experience making “Barbie”! Access Hollywood’s Zuri Hall spoke to the actress, before the SAG-AFTRA strike started, about her first reaction to reading the movie’s script and how she relates to the film’s themes. She also gushed over working with Margot Robbie and said she “gasped” seeing her as […]

DISCLAIMER: This interview took place prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike. America Ferrera is all dolled up. Or, well, I imagine she is. We’re on the phone together and it’s nerve-wracking, talking to someone who ostensibly shaped my childhood. Real Women Have Curves, Ugly Betty, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ferrera was a north star of […]

Barbie Land advisory: This article contains spoilers for Barbie. Ryan Gosling has seen his Barbie costar America Ferrera’s TED Talk, much to her endearing surprise. “You watched my TED Talk?” a stunned Ferrera asks during EW’s Around the Table with the cast and director Greta Gerwig (above), conducted prior to the actors’ strike. “I love […]