Eiza Gonzalez feels a responsibility to "speak up" about social injustice.
The 36-year-old actress had a long Zoom meeting with Boots Riley, the director of her new movie I Love Boosters, before landing her role, and Eiza has now shared details of that conversation, admitting that it caused her to look at things in a slightly different light.
Eiza - who was born and raised in Mexico City, before making a name for herself in the American film industry - told The Hollywood Reporter: "I remember hanging up and being like, ‘I need to be a better citizen'.
"As a Mexican woman, if I’m driving in my car or something, there are privileges that I don’t have, and I have to be hypervigilant — but I also have what most people don’t, which is the ability to speak up about it."
Eiza stars alongside the likes of Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Will Poulter, Don Cheadle, and Demi Moore in I Love Boosters, and she's described the Atlanta production as a "sisterhood" as it features numerous women of colour.
The actress explained: "It was like looking in a mirror.
"It was so interesting to see how everyone relates to the more difficult parts of this business differently."
Meanwhile, Eiza previously revealed that she's actually feeling better about herself than she did in her 20s.
The movie star suggested that she's become more comfortable in her own skin in recent years.
The brunette beauty - who has also released two albums, Contracorriente and Te Acordarás de Mí, in 2009 and 2012, respectively - told InStyle: "Shockingly, I like myself so much more physically right now than I did in my twenties. And a part of it, obviously, is maturing and accepting yourself and doing all the hard work, but I also think I look better.
"I actually think I'm ageing into my looks in a way that I personally like."
