What In the Heights’ Melissa Barrera Learned by Playing an Iconic Character
Latina to Latina
LWC Studios
4.8 • 618 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The first time I spoke with Melissa Berera, she was getting a lot of buzz for her role in |
| 0:17.8 | Vida. |
| 0:18.3 | And I walked away from that interview certain that Melissa's star was |
| 0:21.9 | only going to rise and that one day I'd be able to say I had interviewed a mega talent when she |
| 0:27.4 | was still sharing an apartment with a roommate and doing self-tapped auditions in a corner. Well, |
| 0:32.4 | that day has arrived sooner than I'd imagined. Melissa is now sparkling on the big screen as Vanessa and In The Heights, a role that has taken |
| 0:39.5 | Melissa back to her musical theater roots and forced her to summon the confidence that |
| 0:43.9 | is owed a legit triple threat. |
| 0:53.7 | Melissa, I am so excited to see you again. |
| 0:56.1 | Oh my gosh, you remember that corner where I used to do self-tapes? |
| 1:01.6 | Wow. |
| 1:02.6 | Wow, that is crazy. |
| 1:04.3 | It's two and a half years. |
| 1:05.3 | Two and a half years? |
| 1:06.4 | Wow. |
| 1:07.0 | Okay, okay. |
| 1:07.8 | Blink of an eye, right? |
| 1:08.7 | Blink of an eye. |
| 1:10.0 | Legit. |
| 1:10.5 | I loved in the Heights. |
| 1:12.9 | I watched it two times back to back. |
| 1:15.1 | You did. |
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