Gina Rodriguez is no stranger to a fight.
Inside the boxing ring, shes trained in muay Thai.
And thats not even like a Woe is me.
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Thats just a reality, and thats okay.
That has been a reality of mine for many, many, many years.
Its just really great to live in these spaces that for so long I didnt have the opportunity to.
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There, shes forced to work for a crime boss after witnessing a murder.
And to make matters worse, the crime boss also kidnaps Glorias best friend.
Its a reconceptualizing of the original film, and its more modern, Rodriguez says.
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[Gloria is] someone thats actively trying to save herself and her family.
Theres no woman I know in my life that just sits back.
Women arent necessarily always portrayed as proactively trying to save ourselves in action films.
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Its very empowering to see those stories because I know thats what the women in my life do.
Its a very realistic protecting of herself, Rodriguez says of Gloria.
She uses her smarts, she uses her savvy.
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She uses many tools, and I feel like that is so what women do.
We have so many different tools.
We use it all the illogical and the logical, the emotional and the rational.
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And its really incredible that we are capable of that.
The opportunity to make this with my fellow Latinos and Latinas was next-level, she says.
Im like, Theyre going to let us do this?!
This is what Im talking about.
Watch the full trailer forMiss Bala, which hits theaters Feb. 1, above.
And check out the films poster below.
