"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 Minelli, 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 Minelli’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 Minelli.’ “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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