Actress TheOlgaMerediz reflects on the parallels between her own life and her 'In the Heights' character, Abuela Claudia.
, which nabbed her a Tony nomination, she had a smattering of other Broadway appearances.Despite Merediz’s long history with the character of Abuela Claudia, she didn’t know for sure if she’d be reprising the role in an adaptation for the silver screen.
“It’s amazing for me to have this journey with this character from its inception. It’s very rare for a theater actor to have the opportunity to play their role in a movie. I’m so grateful, it’s like a miracle, a dream come true,” Merediz says. “I knew that the audition was make it or break it for me, life or death. I had to really blow it out and do the best job possible.”
Abuela Claudia is the heart and soul of the Heights, often caring for the youngsters on the block. In one touching scene with a young woman who returns home after struggling during her freshman year at Stanford University as a non-white student, theoffers sage words that stem from her own feelings and experiences of being in a new, foreign place; to find those “little details that tell the world we are not invisible.
The performer also shares how growing closer with her own mother over the years has made the connection with the character even more intimate.
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