“I think that is something that I strive to do and in my younger years wouldn't have been so affected by that.
“I would thank her for her work, because I truly think that it's rare to encounter a performer like her who is so connected to her body and her rawness and is not concerned about perfection and allows for something tireless in her pursuit of art, but also allows it to be messy,” she said. If she ever were to hypothetically bump into her somewhere, she would probably be too starstruck to even form sentences, but she would try. Today, Rodriguez still hasn’t met Minnelli, and she doesn't really want to talk about not meeting her either. That year, she wrote about her experience for Cosmopolitan, saying, "Young, vibrant women at the apex of their potential are facing this disease, and I want to be sure they feel included in the conversation of breast health." I relate to that entirely.”Ī breast cancer survivor herself, Rodriguez has been an advocate after being diagnosed with the disease at 30 years old in 2014. She was climbing her way out of that and she did that through her art. she's been divorced multiple times and she's gone through drug addiction. There's been so much tragedy in her life. Also, her vulnerability and her survivorship. ”I get to portray a scrappy theater girl that wanted to be an actress and was striving to be the best performer that she could be, which I obviously connect with immensely. “It wasn't that I had to portray a caricature of something that somebody always knew,” Rodriguez said. (TODAY reached out to a representative for Minnelli for comment on the show and Rodriguez, and did not hear back.) This is what connected her to the role and ultimately, Minnelli herself.
Krysta Rodriquez as Liza Minnelli in episode 102 of Halston. I was just really impressed by this person who we know as this very larger than life performer that actually in her roots was a very dedicated and grounded actress.” I loved watching her strive for honesty in everything that she did and that is something that I tried to do. "So when I was starting to go back in her early days, because the show starts with her around about 20, she was so earnest and open during that time in her life. "Everyone knows Liza, but I sort of knew her in icon status where you don’t necessarily know everything about them," she shared. Because of this, she says she assumed she knew everything there was to know about Minnelli, only to learn she was wrong when preparing for this role.
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Rodriguez, 36, may be best known for her roles in “Smash,” “Trial & Error,” “Quantico” and the Netflix comedy series “Daybreak.” Her love of performing started with a passion for Broadway when she was a young child.
"The way we lean forward when we watch Liza perform is not because she's perfect. Rodriguez gets to show off her vocal chops and dancing skills during Minnelli’s musical numbers, which are joyous interruptions during this flashy series that is more style over substance. Her enthusiastic performance is a highlight in the Ryan Murphy backed project, that centers on a (miscast) Ewan McGregor as Halston. “I just kept getting little affirmations that people were seeing the same thing I was seeing, which is that this is something that I could do.”Īnd does she do it.
“I was sitting in the waiting room and a girl left her audition for another part, and she stopped walking, put her hand over her mouth and said, ‘Oh my God, please tell me you're auditioning for Liza Minnelli.’ “You can't want it because nine times out of 10, you're not going to get it.”Įven right before her audition, there were signs that it was meant to be. “The worst thing for an actor to happen is for you to want a job,” she said. The more Rodriguez researched the life of Minnelli, the more she felt a connection to her, making her only want it more. “When seeing it come across my email, it was something that I really, really wanted.” “I got an audition like any other kind of job, but it felt very different for me,” Rodriguez explained.
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