Having done Amores Perros and now Babel, whats it like working with Alejandro?
Adriana Barraza: Working with Alejandro is like party, acting, party, because Alejandro is such a perfectionist. Such a perfectionist and Alejandro asks and asks every actress… I knew Alejandro from Amores Perros. I knew what I was getting into working with Alejandro in Babel. I spoke with Alejandro and I told him, “Well Alejandro, I know that you want to shoot scenes a lot of times… Okay. Acting is very fun for me. Fine, I’ll take your hand and we will act out every scene a 1000 times.” And we did it! Why do you think that audiences and critics have been so taken with this film? Adriana Barraza: I think every image in this film is real. The real things touch the heart of the audience. All of the real things. What was the most difficult part for you about playing the part of Amelia? Adriana Barraza: I don’t know… I don’t have a most difficult part. All the story of Amelia is so hard. It’s so hard to hold and caress a child who’s afraid in the night. It’s hard to be with children
