Life forGina Rodriguezis about to get a little more hectic — and she wouldn’t want it any other way!
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Rodriguez — who currently stars in Netflix’s live-action animation seriesLost Ollie— opens up about her pregnancy journey thus far and what she hopes to bring to motherhood.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Gina Rodriguez/Instagram
“I’m trusting my body and I’m trusting that I have incredible human beings around me to protect me and help me and support me,” she says of her journey thus far. “I have incredible women that have taught me so much — so many mothers that I’m learning from.”
For the mom-to-be, starring inLost Olliecould not have come at a more perfect time.
“Lost Ollieis a very nuanced animation/live action that follows a young bunny who is in search of his human friend, Billy, who had him as a little boy, since birth,” says Rodriguez, who plays Billy’s sick mother alongsideFrozen’s Jonathan Groff. “And throughout his quest of finding his buddy, he goes back and sees the life his buddy had. And the memories he shared.”
Diyah Pera/Netflix
“It is a conversation around grief and joy and imagination,” she continues. “It is about a young boy and his toy, and about a mother and son. It is about holding on to that which we believe is lost, or gone, but it’s always so near and dear to us and close. So we just use our imagination. I think it is both heartfelt, emotional, but also extremely uplifting. It really discusses change and growth and evolution in a way that speaks to children and not down to them.”
Rodriguez says this particular role gave her the opportunity to really reevaluate her own journey to motherhood and better appreciate the little things.
“I have the best time when I’m talking to my nieces and nephews like they are my age, and they just get it,” she says. “They get so much more than we give them credit for. They understand their emotions because they’re just right there, and they haven’t been shut down. And they haven’t been shamed for them, and they haven’t been guilted into feeling like they can’t feel. So it’s just so apparent. It’s just so palpable.”
SteveSands/NewYorkNewswire
At the end of the day, Rodriguez says she’s fully embracing the present — and looking forward to the future.
“I feel very lucky, very blessed that my dreams have come true from my childhood,” she shares. “And that feeling is pretty stupendous. There is nothing more stupendous than this feeling.”
“This beats out every red carpet,” she adds. “It beats out anything you can do. I love my husband, and I loved our wedding, but it beats out the wedding. It beats at all!”
Lost Ollieis available to stream on Netflix.
source: people.com
