Variety has taken a again seat in Hollywood, and Eva Longoria is taking discover.
In a current interview with British publication the Instances, the 50-year-old actor-director-producer spoke out concerning the lack of Latino illustration on display.
“We’re severely underrepresented in TV and film and it’s getting worse,” mentioned Longoria. “Five years ago we [made up], like, 7% of TV and film and now we’re 4%. It’s actually going in the wrong direction.”
In line with UCLA’s 2025 Hollywood Variety Report, 1% of Latino performers have been main roles in high theatrical movies, whereas 4.3% of Latino administrators and a couple of.1% of Latino writers have been concerned in final 12 months’s high movies.
The report, launched in February, discovered that the proportion of individuals of shade working in leisure roles dropped in each space from 2023 to 2024 compared with their white counterparts. Actors of shade made up 25.2% of lead roles within the high theatrical movies in 2024, which is down from 29.2% in 2023. Additionally, administrators of shade accounted for 20.2% of 2024 motion pictures, in contrast with 22.9% of movies from the prior 12 months.
This downward development has popped up as President Trump has persistently focused and referred to as to finish all range, fairness and inclusion (DEI) efforts. In consequence, a lot of Hollywood has adopted his lead. Paramount World modified its staffing targets associated to gender, race, ethnicity and intercourse; Warner Bros. Discovery restated its DEI actions as “inclusion”; and Walt Disney Co. removed its “diversity and inclusion” efficiency customary used to calculate government compensation.
“There is definitely a lot of work to be done. I’m trying to do my part,” Longoria instructed the Instances. “That’s one of the main reasons I got behind the camera, to create opportunities for women and for people from my community.”
The “Desperate Housewives” actor made her directorial debut in 2023 with “Flamin’ Hot,” a biographical comedy about Richard Montañez, who says he invented Flamin’ Sizzling Cheetos.
She’s additionally at present engaged on “The Fifth Wheel,” a Netflix comedy starring Kim Kardashian, which she is going to direct. As for appearing, her newest gig is in “Christmas Karma,” a film musical launched earlier this month, the place she performs the Ghost of Christmas Previous.
