“Y’all!! You broke our email account with the flood of submissions, and it’s an amazing embarrassment of riches!” Ferrera wrote. i am not your perfect mexican daughter by Erika L. Sánchez’s bestselling novel of the same name and adapted by screenwriter Linda Yvette Chávez (TV’s Gentefied ).Ī couple of days after Ferrera’s initial casting call, she released another message letting fans know that her team had to create a new email account because of the massive number of entries they received in such a short amount of time. The novel also contains Spanish words which are used. Her debut young adult novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, published in October 2017 by Knopf Books for Young Readers, was a New York Times bestseller and a National Book Awards. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is based on Erika L. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter tackles mature themes of death, suicide, abortion, and rape. The role Ferrera is looking to fill is for the lead character Julia Reyes, a determined teenager with traditional Mexican immigrant parents who wish she were more like her sister Olga, their “perfect Mexican daughter.” “We’re officially on the hunt to find our Julia in the movie #IAmNotYourPerfectMexicanDaughter.” Discover the English Audiobook at Audible. A post shared by America Ferrera call!!!! This is your director speaking!! It’s finally happening, all you gorgeous and relentless peeps sliding into my DM’s asking how to audition!!” Ferrera wrote on Instagram along with a video detailing the casting process. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter as its meant to be heard, narrated by Kyla Garcia.

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