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Eva Longoria Doesn’t Think Hollywood Has an ‘Evil Agenda’ When It Comes to Diversity: There Aren’t ‘Studio Execs in a Tower Saying, “I Don’t Want to Hire People of Color”’
Eva Longoria doesn't think Hollywood purposefully shuts down minority creatives, but says she has struggled as a Latina working in the industry.
A champion for diversity within the American film industry, multi-hyphenate Eva Longoria said she doesn’t think there is “an evil agenda” when it comes to major studios shunning minority creatives. The Mexican-American multi-hyphenate returned to television earlier in the year on Apple TV+ series “Land of Women,” where she plays a New York socialite forced to flee to a Spanish wine town. The actor, also a producer and director, said she typically likes to do all three jobs because she “wants to control everything.” However, when she was asked to direct episodes of “Land of Women,” she turned it down so she could “focus on the language” as she was “really nervous” about the challenge.
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