Nicolas Cage Intimidated Her at First, Then Karen Rodriguez Created Marvel's Most Unexpected Latina Heroine in Spider-Noir

Nicolas Cage Intimidated Her at First, Then Karen Rodriguez Created Marvel's Most Unexpected Latina Heroine in Spider-Noir

Karen Rodriguez opens up about stepping into Marvel's dark new universe in Spider-Noir, starring opposite Nicolas Cage. In this exclusive interview with The Latin Times, the Mexican-born actress reveals how intimidated she felt during her first scenes with Cage, why she turned Janet Ruiz into a "very Mexican" woman inspired by her mother and Dolores del Río, and why Latino characters deserve to be messy, complicated and powerful.