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"Dora the Explorer" hits the big
screen with a large minority cast
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TV Odometer NEW YORK-Dora The Explorer is
born on the big screen with a cast from Hispanic actors who are looking at
playing in a film celebrating Inca culture and featuring words in Quechua,
not just for children, but also for adults.
Humor and action are the main themes of Dora
& the Lost City of Gold, which will open this Friday in the U. S.,
inspired by the famous "Dora The Explorer" TV cartoon series.
Isabela Moner is the American actress from
Peru who gives black bangs to this curious girl life but in her teens'
version.
Moner said in a recent interview with The
Associated Press: "I grew with Dora, so I understand her character, her
strength." "I think she is a very strong and multidimensional
character that, since she has a very full character, you forget about to say,
'oh, she is Latina.' He's just guy.
Moner, 18, is playing the Dora who has to fight to save her parents by solving the mystery of a jungle gold town. The young actress, proud of playing a Latin character, tells me that she had to learn Quechua in the film to be more convincing, and often she had to ask her aunt, who lives in Peru, for a few words to describe.
"Teacher (Quechua) doesn't live where we filmed in Australia so I had to call her," he said.
Moner is followed as an enigmatic teacher by the Mexican star Eugenio Derbez and his mum by the Mexican star Eva Longoria.
Dora 's father is the Mexican Actor Michael Peña, the Dominican Jeff Wahlberg
to his famous cousin Diego, and her grandmother to Mexico's actress Adriana
Barraza.
The English-speaking film contains also
Benicio del Toro 's involvement in the role of Swiper, the fox who steals
Dora 's mission in the animated series.
Derbez has pointed out that the film is not
faithfully based on the live version as it is aimed to all viewers and far
more complete.
The Mexican, also one of the producers of
the film said that a predominantly Hispanic cast "is something that
should be underlined."
"It's 100% Latino film, so it's
important for people to go to the movies," Derbez said.
"Not only will they have the fun, but
it will help Hollywood to know that the Latinos are continuing to watch
Latino films with Latinos because if they do not perform, they will stop
believing in the formula and stop producing it."
Longoria agreed. The actress noted that
acting in a film that favorably portrays a young Hispanic "intelligent,
compassionate and courageous and who speaks and embraced Spanish" was an
honor for her.
"It was also the highest budget movie
I've ever made, and it was awesome to see a studio invest in our
community," he said.
While many Americans might believe, Dora
isn't Mexican, but simply Hispanic without specified nationality said Moner.
The character of the film has the same optimistic outlook as Dora's animated
series, which, given the challenges that she faces, is still tiresome and
happy.
Moner said that she is grateful that when
she appeared at the Broadway show "Evita" with Ricky Martin at age
10, in her initial creative training, she was able to take her Latin heritage
on to her roles.
'Often, if they want me to be Latina, people alter the script or what my character says or does, or my name. You think the better if there's more diversity! "Moner shrugged. "Today is a
phenomenon. We must use it before it is temporary."
"Dora and the City of Gold Lost"
would reach Mexico from the middle of August to the middle of September on 13
September and the rest of Latin America.
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