Being a mom in real life certainly helpedEva Longoriatap into her newest role as an onscreen mother — but the star didn’t realize how much becoming a mom impacted her ability to portraying a mother on screen.
In an interview withExtraover the weekend, the 44-year-old actress opened up about how having her own child (13-month-old sonSantiago Enrique) made her a little bit more protective of young actress and movie daughter,Isabela Moner,who plays Dora the Exporter in the upcoming new film,Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
“It changed all my instincts,” she said of having son Santi, who was with the star on set as Longoria played Moner’s mom — her first role as a mother since becoming one in real life. “My moral compass was totally bonkers.”
“I just had new eyes on the world,” Longoria explained. “There was a scene whereMichael [Peña, who plays Dora’s dad] and I were standing there and Dora runs back into the crumbling temple, and Michael and I were like, ‘No, no, no! We would never let our child run into the crumbling temple — that’s dangerous!’ ”
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Eva Longoria, Isabela Moner and Michael Peña in Paramount Pictures’Dora and the Lost City of Gold.Paramount Players
“It was against every instinct in my body to notkeep my child safe andlet her run around the jungle, but it’s Dora,” she toldExtra.
“I was still breastfeeding, so he had to be close to me at all times,” the actress shared. “When I am directing and producing, he is always with me on set.”
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Since welcoming Santi last June, Longoria has learned there’s not one secret to balancing work and motherhood. As she toldParentsmagazine in acover interview for their August issue, “You just do it and get it done.”
“He’s healthy, he’s funny, he’s sweet, he sleeps, he eats,” Longoria toldParents.
Dora and the Lost City of Goldopens nationwide on Aug. 9.
source: people.com
