2024-02-14 00:16:21
A call from the school principal is almost never for something good. In front of the man is a girl with an impassive look, as if nothing was wrong with her, as if he had not beaten her partner to death. The excuse? An insult. But the principal doesn’t punish her right away and the girl knows why, so she challenges him; him to expel her, he tells her. There’s no answer. “That’s what I thought,” responds the girl, played by Isabela Merced, whose face remains just as serious, except for her eyes: in them is the knowledge of someone who knows they have power. She leaves the way she came.
The previous scene is from “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” (2018), perhaps the film that best represents the skills of this American actress, who plays the daughter of a drug trafficker. Peruvian by descent (her mother was born here), she never fails to mention this land whenever the occasion arises. Twelve years of career for someone who is only 22 means youth and experience, the dream of every employer and which Hollywood takes advantage of every time it can. If talent is added on top of everything, we have a winning combination. This week she returns to the local billboard with “Madame Web”, a spin-off of the “Spider-Man” films set partially in Peru.
“I love Peru and it’s kind of crazy that ‘Dora’ and ‘Madame Web’ mention and take place in Peru; It is central to their stories. I feel like it’s an adorable coincidence,” said the actress in conversation with El Comercio.
The film follows Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson), a New York paramedic with the gift of clairvoyance who comes into contact with teenagers Julia Cornwall (Sydney Sweney), Mattie Franklin (Celeste O’Connor) and Anya Corazón (Isabela Merced); Together they have to face the villain Ezequiel Sims (Tahar Rahim), who has the powers of a spider. “In short, there was enough training for what we had to do in this movie,” said the Peruvian about the physical effort required in this superhero adventure. “I can’t wait to dive into potentially more training and doing more harness work. I think we all love doing that, because basically, with the harness, you’re flying. [para las escenas de acción]”, held.
Merced began her career in the theater with “The Wizard of Oz” in her native Ohio, after which she arrived on Broadway, in the musical “Evita” (2012), where the Peruvian Marco Zunino also appeared. Since then she has only grown, starring in the series “100 Things to Do Before High School” (2014), in addition to acting in blockbuster films such as “Transformers 5” (2017), “Dora and the Lost City” ( 2019), etc. He has also shared the screen with actors such as Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Momoa, etc.
In recent years, the actress has had an even greater boost, coupled with a change in her “personal brand.” She went from being Isabela Moner to Isabela Merced, this in honor of her grandmother, at the same time that she gave herself a surname more associated with her Latin American heritage. In addition to “Madame Web,” she will be the superhero Hawkgirl in “Superman: Legacy,” she will be in the new “Alien” movie and will have a recurring role in the second season of “The Last of Us,” one of the most talked about series. of recent years. On top of everything, she has a musical career that has led her to sing alongside Danna Paola.
Considering what this newspaper saw in the press function, it is expected that the criticism of “Madame Web” will be harsh. However, that does not mean that this international premiere will be another platform for an actress who has only grown professionally in recent years.
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