Ana de la Reguera performs Inocencia in "Leopard Pores and skin."
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Ana de la Reguera stated her new present, “Leopard Pores and skin,” allowed her to play a personality who felt new.
“I’ve by no means performed anybody like her, somebody who has quite a lot of creativeness,” de la Reguera, 45, informed The Publish. “She lives her life by means of telenovela, and he or she’s form of naïve. All this stuff that character had have been very enticing for me.”
Now streaming on Peacock, “Leopard Pores and skin” is a thriller set in a distant beachside property in Mexico, the place former documentarian Alba Fontana (Carla Gugino, “The Haunting of Hill Home”) lives.
When a prison gang that features Fausto Malone (Gentry White) flees a botched heist, they take shelter on the property. Whereas Alba is having a cocktail party with TV producer Max (Philip Winchester) and his flighty girlfriend Maru (Amelia Eve), the gang takes everybody hostage — and issues spiral uncontrolled.
Alba’s kleptomaniac former housekeeper, Inocencia (de la Reguera), stops by on the flawed time and will get in on the motion too.
“It’s a thriller, however the best way it was written – I’ve by no means completed this sort of tone,” stated de la Reguera, who’s additionally recognized for “Narcos,” “Eastbound & Down,” “Goliath” and the 2021 Zack Snyder zombie film “Military of the Lifeless.”
“I simply really feel like she’s this one that you may belief. She’s a type of individuals who actually are there for you it doesn't matter what. She’s candy, and he or she’s enjoyable, and he or she cares about everybody and desires you to be glad.
“What I like is that she would get into the scenes, drop a bomb and depart. She offers items of data which are necessary to the story, then disappears. I don’t need to say she’s the comedian aid, however each time she’s there, the tone is slightly lighter.”
Although the present is ready in Mexico, it was filmed within the Dominican Republic.
“It was some of the attractive locations I had ever shot in,” stated de la Reguera. “It was in the midst of the pandemic, and it was onerous as a result of we have been solely 25 folks together with crew, forged members, make-up, wardrobe, producers…We couldn’t see anybody or depart the resort.”
“We have been simply there and did all of it ourselves. I’m pleased with that. We did this in numerous circumstances…that was the one method it could be launched this yr,” she added.
De la Reguera, who's Mexican, is predicated in Los Angeles. She has labored English- and Spanish-language tasks all through her profession.
“I like doing each sorts of jobs,” she stated. “Generally when it’s been a very long time simply doing issues in English, I get used to the language, and once I change to Spanish tasks, it’s form of humorous as a result of the primary few days, I really feel bizarre.”
“I do choose myself extra once I act in Spanish as a result of i understand how I sound. And in English, I don’t. So [English] is tougher as a result of it’s not my first language, however I don’t choose myself as a lot. It’s an fascinating course of,” she concluded.
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