We were lucky to catch up with Mariana Flores recently and have shared our conversation below.
Mariana, appreciate you joining us today. Are you happier as a creative? Do you sometimes think about what it would be like to just have a regular job? Can you talk to us about how you think through these emotions?
Yes I am, very much, I enjoy playing different characters that allow me to understand what a regular job would be, there needs to be a study and an understanding of the role I am playing, in order to do my job. I believe I’ve grown so much since I’ve started doing this, and I am not the same person as before, acting humanizes you even more, you are able to understand others and connect with your emotions even more in a way you grow more compassionate and patient with other, and of course all of this wisdom can be applied to your daily life, your relationships with other and your regular experiences.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
I was born and raised in Mexico, Los Cabos, at the age of nineteen I moved to Los Angeles, CA. to pursue an acting career and enrolled at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting, even though my training began in theater I found film being more entertaining, through the course of time I also became interested in directing, writing and producing and had my first short film called “Gabriel” being accepted at the short film corner in Cannes where I also plays the led roll.
I’ve appeared on the TV-show called “Chance” where I worked with Hugh Laurie, Ginger Gonzaga and Ethan Suplee, worked on a feature film called “Eleven Hundred to Lubbock”, where I play the role of “Elena” the film had won Best Movie and Best Director at the Broad Humor 2018, the Stubbornly Independent Award at the Tallgrass Film Festival 2018 and got accepted at the Dallas International Film Festival 2018, San Antonio Film Festival 2018, Long Beach Indie International Film Festival 2018. I’ve done several short films, “The Dishwasher” where I play “Filipita” the short was aired on HBO and selected for the official selection in the San Diego Film Festival 2018, Bend Film Festival 2018, Mammoth Film Festival 2019, Festival Sayulita 2019 and “Carmen” where I bring to life the role of Carmen a Mexican Hairstyle that is struggling to get money to support herself and her family, this short was also selected for the Long beach Indie International Film Festival 2017.
But my most recent project is “The bad Girl” airing on VIX+ where I share the screen with Macarena Achaga and Juan Pablo DiPace, directed by Alejandro Bazzano (Money Heist) and Pavel Vazquez (El Dragon:Return of a warrior).
I play the roll of Ana, a Peruvian revolutionary woman that strongly beliefs that communism will safe her country, and travels all the way from Peru to France and finally stay in Cuba to be train and be part of the revolution, the project takes place in 1953 and is based on the book “Travesuras de la niña mala” by Mario Vargas Llosa.
I have to say this was such a fascinating experience because I got the chance to visit Paris, and other parts of Mexico, where the shooting took place, we also had to learn how make a Peruvian accent, it was quite a challenge but an amazing experience.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
I get to see how creative I can get, and how my creativity impacts the audience, I learn a lot from both, for instance, in “The Bad Girl” being able to bring to life “Ana” by adding the Peruvian accent for me was such a challenge because I had to learn very specific tones Peruvians do, what letters they do not pronounce in order to be able to sound like them, I had to constantly listen to myself and practice so many times in order to sound how I wanted to, and being ankle to see how people reacted to my performance and how something so simple like the accent make my performance even bigger and better.
Looking back, are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?
Sometimes I wonder where would I be, if my parents would’ve let me study acting at a young age, I was involved in school plays when I was a little girl, but never really took clases until I move to LA, and I know everything comes at it’s proper time and place, for your benefit and progress, but I can’t help wonder where would I be, or how much knowledge, confidence I would had, if I would’ve started at younger age.
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