Can you tell us anything about what we can expect from the Carmen Sandiego reboot?

Carmen Sandiego probably had trains involved somehow, but my parents wanted to see a nice big picture of a train on the cover of a game before they’d buy it for us.ģ. Railroad Tycoon, 3D Ultra Lionel Traintown, Microsoft Train Simulator, Sensible Train Spotting, Hornby Virtual Railway-I could kick your ass in any one of those, but I never played any of the Carmen Sandiego games. My parents had a firm “no train, no game” philosophy, and they didn’t allow us to play any video games that weren’t railroad-related. You’ve been cast in the lead role for the upcoming Carmen Sandiego series on Netflix. You’re my favorite actress ever, but please be careful when you say that kind of thing on TV.” It took a long time to get used to those types of messages, but now I take my role more seriously than ever. Strangers in the hallway are handing me sandwich after sandwich, and I’m not even hungry-turkey, peanut butter and jelly, BLT, everything. If I say something on screen like, “I want a sandwich right now,” the next day I’ll wake up to an inbox flooded with emails from young Latina girls saying, “Everyone at school thinks I want a sandwich right now. It’s a great feeling to be able to represent the Latina community, but it’s also a huge responsibility.

You portray one of the few Latina protagonists on television in Jane The Virgin. We sat down with Gina to ask about her work in TV, film, and everything in between. The actor’s incredible résumé includes playing the titular Jane on The CW’s hit drama ‘Jane The Virgin,’ taking on sci-fi alongside Natalie Portman in ‘Annihilation,’ and getting cast as the lead role in Netflix’s upcoming ‘Carmen Sandiego’ series. To call Gina Rodriguez a rising star would be an understatement.

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