Next Big Thing: Leslie Grace on Debut ‘In the Heights’ Role and Her Emotional Dance Scene With Corey Hawkins

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Batgirl and InTheHeights star lesliegrace opened up to THR about being a first-generation American, the Afro-Latino experience and the moment of the musical adaptation that made her cry

Chu calls Grace’s part as Nina Rosario — the first person in her family to go to college — “a huge, huge role” because “so many people have such relatable feelings to Nina … [s]he’s the most accessible character, in a way.” Though he says he knew Grace had it in her, he wasn’t sure if she was ready when he initially cast her. But when she tried out the second time, “she came in and something changed in her. She had this depth, this gravitas, that I hadn’t seen before. She was Nina.

“We don’t have enough internal education about being first-generation. In a way, it’s an erasure,” says Grace, who recalls feeling guilty for being “too American” at times but also feeling “not Latino enough” to hang with her family because she didn’t speak Spanish as well. “You almost can’t connect as much, but at the same time, you’re not being accepted for who you are.”

 

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