'West Side Story' actress Ariana DeBose opens up about her insecurities as a Latina, explaining that she didn’t feel like she could represent Latinas because she’s not a fluent Spanish speaker.
Because she wasn't a Spanish speaker, the Oscar-nominated Afro Latina actor "thought for the longest time that that made me less of what I was."March 21, 2022, 4:20 PM UTCAriana DeBose exudes confidence while performing, but the 31-year-old actor is opening up about her insecurities as a Latina.
“And I thought for the longest time that that made me less of what I was. And maybe I shouldn’t talk about my background because perhaps I didn’t represent the community well enough,” she added, noting that when the “West Side Story” opportunity came around she didn’t feel like she could take on the role. “I was like, ‘I don’t know if I’m really what you’re looking for.’”However, she was “pleasantly surprised” that the Latinx community accepted her and told her, “No, you are very much enough.
“My Afro Latinidad, my heritage, my lived experience as a Black woman can give this something new, maybe something we’ve yet to see. But I also questioned whether there was space for that,” she candidly stated, adding that she questioned if there was space for her.said “no” to auditioning “Our incredible casting director called and was like, ‘Just come in, just come in’ ,” DeBose recalled. “I’ve since learned that I apparently turned down this audition four times ... But, you know, I was also in a Broadway show. I had a show to keep alive, you guys.”
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