For her HBO Max series GorditaChronicles, Claudia Forestieri (PlanetClaudia) needed a “mini me.” With the vibrant Olivia Goncalves, she did one better.
A family from the Dominican Republic adjusts to life in 1980s Miami in HBO Max’s charming new comedy, with a breakout turn from Olivia Goncalves.. In the early 1980s, Forestieri was an overwhelmed fourth-grader at Springfield Elementary in South Florida. Her family had recently moved to Miami from the Dominican Republic and she was swirling in insecurities about her identity and her appearance. One day, she decided to participate in her school’s essay contest.
“I wanted her to be fearless and brave,” she continues. “I felt a responsibility to show the challenges of beingbut also empowering her. It’s a hard line to walk, right, because I want to show the reality of what it was — and it was harder, in a lot of respects — but also, nobody wants to watch a show about crying in your room for an afternoon.
The comments trickled in from friends playfully suggesting their own daughters. And then came one from screenwriter Jorge A. Reyes — he knew a producer who used to work in casting, Ulysses Terrero, who might be able to help despite his skepticism of Hollywood. He sent over three videos, including one from Boston-based Goncalves, who is Dominican American. Terrero, who is now her manager, knew of Goncalves because he’s friend’s with her aunt’s boyfriend.
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