The director was joined by producer DeVon Franklin and stars Jesse Garcia and Annie Gonzalez while speaking to THR at SXSW.
“We don’t get these roles every day. These roles that have so much meat on the bone. To play different period pieces. To play somebody, but your interpretation,” she said. “That doesn’t come along every day.”being the first film she’s directed, the cast had nothing but kind things to say about Longoria’s work behind the camera.
Gonzalez called the director “brilliant” and “phenomenal,” adding that there was a “specificity” in the “stories she wanted to tell.” Meanwhile, Garcia said that it was easy to trust Longoria and she inspired him to direct one day. “It was like a master class for me,” he said of working with her. Franklin added that Longoria “very clearly” had a “vision” for the film before she was even hired to direct.about her plans to direct more films in the future. After explaining that she was recently sent a script that “didn’t speak” to her, she admitted that“If I don’t feel the way I feel about this particular movie when I read a new script, I don’t think I’m ever directing again,” she said with a laugh.
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