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Wizards of Waverly Pod

Ep 23: Maria Canals-Barrera on Playing Disney's First Latin American Mom

Wizards of Waverly Pod

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Tv & Film

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week, Jennifer & David are reunited with the only and only Maria Canals-Barrera! Maria is best known for her role as the beloved “Theresa Russo” in Wizards of Waverly Place. Jennifer, David, and Maria reminisce on their Wizards days and share some of their favorite memories and the funniest outtakes. Maria also talks about Latin American representation in Hollywood, and what it was like playing Disney Channel’s first Latin American mom. What pilot did Maria originally film with Selena Gomez? Which famous singer can Maria perfectly impersonate? Tune in to find out! Follow @WizardsPod on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube! Want access to weekly bonus videos, exclusive behind-the-scenes content and more? Join our Patreon now at patreon.com/WizardsPod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome everybody to Wizards and we're really pod with Berea. Can I ask Barara?

0:40.8

Hi everyone. Hi David, hi Jen. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you so much for being here.

0:46.3

You know, the fans are going crazy. They love hearing all the behind the scenes and everything and

0:51.2

so they're getting that information from us. And we had many that were like,

0:55.3

are you going to have Teresa on? You got to have Teresa on? We're like of course.

0:58.3

And then we're like, her name's Berea. Yeah. It's interesting because when we're talking about

1:02.6

the show, I'll say Selena or Alex or Jake or Day. You know what I mean? So it kind of is interchangeable.

1:08.8

So we say all of their names. I'm cool with it. Yeah. I'm called the mom. The mom. I'm called

1:14.2

Mrs. Russo. Mama Russo. What do you prefer? I love the mom. You're like, I'll take care of it.

1:19.2

Honestly, having been part of our show is still is such a wonderful thing because it meant so much

1:26.6

to so many people last night at the restaurant. I mean, every day there is someone that is like,

1:33.5

oh my gosh, I love the show. I love you were my childhood. They get so emotional and it's an

1:40.2

amazing thing and not every actor has that blessing to be part of something so loved and that has

1:45.6

such longevity. Okay. So right into it. I'm very grateful for it. Yes. Yes. Me too. Me too.

1:51.7

I'm and every almost every day someone's like, oh my gosh. It blows my mind after all these

1:56.7

years. It still happens as often as it does. It helps. It's playing a Disney Plus. It does.

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