The actor notorious for playing sardonic oddballs on loving Danny DeVito, keeping up with her Parks and Rec co-stars and why she’s nowhere as kooky in real life
Bad habit … Plaza, as the sadistic nun Sister Fernanda, and Dave Franco as Massetto, in The Little Hours, 2017.“We’re so used to accepting male characters who are unlikable and flawed and we just watch them do their thing. But with female characters, we’re conditioned to analyse them and want them to be likable. I think it’s cool to normalise the female antihero because women do questionable things, and you still like them.
Plaza grew up in Delaware, the daughter of an Irish-Catholic mother and a Puerto Rican father. “I was definitely the only Puerto Rican doing competitive Irish dancing,” she says. She was born when her parents were 19 and she remembers them going to night school to get their professional qualifications .
“I have no idea what I did in that meeting to weird them out so badly. But I think I just didn’t realise what a big opportunity this was for me. I had never been to Hollywood before. I was a huge fan of The Office and this meeting was on the set of The Office, and I was so distracted by all the famous people walking around, like, ‘Oh my God, it’s BJ Novak! And Mindy Kaling!’ I think maybe they were more used to normal actors who seem like they are actually trying to get the job.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Ricciardo exposes brutal Formula 1 failingsDaniel Ricciardo says Formula 1 needs to make a massive change after the shambolic Japanese Grand Prix. F1
Read more »
Aussie loss raises more World Cup 'question marks'Australia has suffered a series defeat, adding to the uncertainty surrounding its T20 World Cup title defence. 🤔 An England quick was crucial to the visitors' win in Canberra. 👏 9WWOS AUSvENG
Read more »
CBA covered bond a litmus test for big four rivalsMore tough times? Think covered bonds.
Read more »
The club view: Who came out on top in the AFL trade periodThe winners, the losers, and the ones who didn’t do much - there’s always a mix in club fortunes at the end of the AFL trade period, and this year was particularly frenetic.
Read more »
‘It simply didn’t happen': Bruce Lehrmann rejects Parliament House rape allegationThe Supreme Court in Canberra has heard evidence from the man accused of sexually assaulting former Parliament House staffer Brittany Higgins.
Read more »
The woman who ‘didn’t know’ she owned an Everest runnerChristine Cook went from a fan to collecting trophies when she found out she co-owned Everest contender Lost And Running | ChrisRoots1 SMHsport
Read more »