Gina Rodriguez hopes 'Miss Bala' paves the way for more Latino-led films

[The Patriot]

Gina Rodriguez hopes 'Miss Bala' paves the way for more Latino-led films

01-31-2019 12:52 PM

It was around this time seven years ago that Gina Rodriguez was deemed the "It" girl out of the Sundance Film Festival with her role as a struggling East L.A. rapper in the hip-hop drama "Filly Brown." Maybe it was naivete, but she had hoped the attention would bring the same sort of career boost it had brought other young ingenues, such as Carey Mulligan or Jennifer Lawrence.


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