Raquel Laguna/ SUCOPRESS. Arianna Rivas and Noemi González talk in this interview about their movie A Working Man, directed by David Ayer. Both actresses explain how they prepared emotionally to play Jenni and Carla in a movie that explores themes of family, survival, and justice. Arianna also talks about her action scenes alongside actor Jason Statham. In A Working Man, Levon Cade has given up his high-risk profession as a former Royal Guard soldier to work construction and focus on being a good father. But when a daughter of his employer and dear family friend, Jenny, vanishes in a human trafficking kidnapping, he must tap into his skills from that former life to find her and bring her home. We follow as Levon poses as a drug dealer, to infiltrate the Chicago underworld, the Russian mob and criminal enterprises both seedy and superior to return Jenny to her family. Jason Flemyng, Merab Ninidze, Maximilian Osinski, Cokey Falkow, Michael Peña and David Harbour also star in this action-packed thriller. A Working Man, on theaters March 28.
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00:00Sariyana, Working Money is an intense and action-packed movie.
00:06How was working with Jason and with the rest of the cast on those intense scenes?
00:13Good question.
00:15I learned a lot from watching Jason in those moments.
00:20Seeing the way that he carries himself on set, off of set, seeing his focus,
00:26I think was the most educational moment for me as an actor, learning how to do action for the first time.
00:33To watch him own the space and kick butt in the way that he does so well,
00:38it was very inspiring and enlightening for me.
00:42It was phenomenal.
00:44Noemi, how did you prepare to play Carla emotionally, this mother who is looking for her missing child?
00:54It was not light work, to say the least.
00:58Ultimately, I thought of my mom.
01:00I thought of other women in my family that have gone through some things
01:04and all the strength that they had while going through it.
01:07But ultimately, what I really did, I was really following the story of Vanessa Guillén,
01:13who went missing in the States in an army base.
01:16I then watched the documentary in preparation for that.
01:21There's a reason there, because there's definitely a dynamic there that served.
01:25I wanted to honor those families that go through this, specifically the mothers.
01:31That was something.
01:32Then I had to also take care of myself, the actress, and Carla when I was in the shoot,
01:38to make sure that I could hold it, keep together, to then give it on camera.
01:43Arianna, what was the most challenging part playing Jenny?
01:49How do you relate, if you relate to your character in any way?
01:54I would say the most challenging part for Arianna, stepping into Jenny's shoes,
02:02was understanding her level of organization.
02:07Jenny is very type A. She's very on top of everything.
02:10She schedules, she plans.
02:12She's very much that way of thinking.
02:15For me, it was kind of bridging that gap because I'm very go with the flow.
02:18Figure it out. We're going to go and see.
02:21To bring that very dialed, very organized energy to Jenny,
02:26it was a fun experience.
02:29It taught me that I do have that within me.
02:32The action was just an absolute blast.
02:35It's something that I've always wanted to do.
02:38I felt at home in it. It was really fun.
02:42The movie talks, of course, about family, about justice, about human trafficking.
02:49What do you hope the audience takes away from this film?
02:54I hope the audience takes away the importance of family.
02:58Sometimes family is chosen, or sometimes the family chooses you.
03:03We have a working man that works with this Latino family.
03:08Whether he likes it or not, he's family.
03:11He's going to get chicken tinga on the way home.
03:14I guess there's always support if you go looking for it.
03:17You can find help.
03:20Some people are willing to do the help, like Jason stated.
03:23Some people are going to help themselves, like our girl here.