Long Live La Reina with Kate Del Castillo

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One thing that I love about you is the way that you represent Latina's okay, because you've been in this game and the entertainment industry for a long time, and you've done it so well that you asked me sometimes if I would have been an actor if my dad was not a natured Right now, I say, of course I would, But to be honest, I don't know. No says you have to. Welcome to Check Eas and Chill. I'm your host Check Eas and today we have a

really great guest in store for you. I'm really excited for today's episode because I'm talking to someone I've admired for years. I think most of you will be familiar with her, so let's get into it. This is Chicks and Chill. I don't think this person needs much of an introduction, but let's give her one anyway. Today we're talking to the one and only Kate Castillo. She's been an actor for decades and he's been in everything from telenoelas two blockbuster films. Kate, I'm so excited to have

you come with us. I'm good, I'm so happy to see you. You look beautiful. Thank you so much, well likewise and so much, and you're just home and you know, doing your thing from home. That's all I mean. I'm home to What what I mean is that you have your own podcast at home. That's really really great. Thank you. It's like, honestly, this outlet has been podcast. I love it. I don't have to wear my makeup or nothing. I'm just like chilling and talking to everyone. Why am I wearing?

Because you look? Because you look? You look beautiful, Vanessa? She did? Did? She looks beautiful? Vanessa? Okay, So this is how many seasons are we on now? The third three? That's awesome. Okay, so talking about that once we we'll get for sure. But one thing that I love about you, and I've always loved about you, is the way that you represent Latinas. Okay, because you've been in this game in the entertainment industry for a long time and you've

done it so well. You've managed to stay relevant. I think it's amazing because you do English, you do everything. I'm trying to um. I just feel, you know, it's the honored to be working here, to have a name or saying among Latinos, and I think we all have so we have to definitely be responsible of what we say and special you know, like you or me that we have followers and this and that, and then to speak for many other voices that they are not heard,

you know. So it was important. When did you discover acting? How old were you when you discovered it? When you're like, this is what I want to do. I think I was seven or something like that that I know, like nine that I came with my You know, my dad is as an actor, and he's been an actress ever since I've known. And uh, he's done more than three

hundred fifty movies telenovela, like a big deal. So I grew up in this kind of thing, you know, in the industry and knowing about being famous and this and that. But he never wanted me to be an actural at least he didn't push me to be an actress. At ya. I went to the theater. He was on a play called Salome. So I was looking at all those amazing costumes and this and that and ever being MI cheated

with my sister. Yeah and uh, and I remember I opened the curtain, you know, this big beautiful and it was a it was a beautiful theater in a horseshoe shape. So and I remember I was making, you know, to see and I saw the people, you know, just getting there and the murmur of the people and getting to their chance and this and that, and I was like, oh my god, this is amazing. I want to be in this side of the curtain, you know. And I knew that I wanted to be an actor. I just

didn't say it until later on. Okay, and did your dad support you? Like right away, he supported me, but he he wasn't, you know, pushing me to do it. But he said that he didn't want me to live out of rejection. And I didn't understand that in that in the moment. And I totally agree with him. I understand him now because we actors, we live out of jetu. When you get a yes, this is yours. You know, this this role is yours, or you got the role

or whatever. It's it's rare, you know, unless you're you're well known and you know actor, you know, but it's hard. Yeah, and you know what, it's crazy. The reason I asked you is because obviously you know my mother. You and my mom were friends, and um, for me, it was people ask me that all the time, like, did my mom support me? My mom knew I wanted to sing one day, but she wasn't like, yeah, go do it is that? That's the disrespect. I'll support you, but it's

not what I want for you. And I would like why, Like, why isn't she like a hundred percent supporting me? She's supporting Now I'm like, oh, now, parents know they now I get it, you know what I mean? But yeah, I need to learn things on my own, something getting, you know. But they it's a job to warn us about about it, you know, or either you don't want to hear, or you just say you know, I don't care.

The thing is that you are cheek and right now and with the one we're done without without our parents. They asked me sometimes if I would have been an actor if my dad was not an acturer, And right now, I say, of course I would, because that's all I love and that's my passion. But to be honest, I don't know, because I learned all about the acting profession or craft or however you want to call it, about

the industry through my dad. And do you feel that it was a little harder because you were the daughter of or do you feel it was a little easier. And I'm asking these questions because I feel like we have that in common a little bit, you know what I mean. But I'd like to hear your perspective on that. Yeah,

and I think it was the poste. I think it helped me in the way just because of the of the last name, because my dad didn't help me or called anybody, hey, this is my daughter, just you know, never, I mean, he never blocked me or anything. But I think because my dad is a not only that he's a well known actor, but he's very loved. And I loved that about him because I always say that all the people that you know that follows me and the fans and all the people that he did so much

love is because of my dad, to be honest. So that was really cool. So that's that, that's the answer. It has helped me because my dad has been such a nice person, not only for him being a big actor, but he's a great person. Yeah, now that he has seen everything that you've that you you've accomplished, that you're doing, you know that he does he ever tell you he's proud of you or he's just no he does. You know when Mexican as we are like when we say everything,

we're very close. So um. So yes, he had told me that, and that makes me really happy because he I know that I've been doing things that he would have loved to do, but he didn't have the chance, you know of actually even learning English was very poor. He came from a very poor family. He was you know. Anyways, it's it's a long story. But he always was like, leave, if you want to leave, leave, We're gonna miss you

so much. But you know, later on he pushed me to come to the United States, and that was really hard. My mom. I remember, it's like, how can you tell her to leave? And he's like, no, she needs to go and seek her own dreams. Yeah, our parents that's what they want. No that that your parents are like, I want to see my children do better, do the things that I wasn't able to do for whatever reason, you know what I mean. At least that's how my

mom was. My mom was like, I'm working really hard for you guys, for my children to leave you guys a platform to to pay is the way, and I want you guys to do better, you know. So so yeah, So you've had how many English roles? Now? Oh my god, no, I haven't. No less they just say I started with this PBS a series called American Family a long time ago with Edward James almost Raquel Welch. So it was a long time ago and that was my first English role. Wow,

I think that's pretty awesome. Believe it or not, my mom wanted me to be an actress. She's like, that's what I want you to do. Come with me and then do a come when I got to I'm in Canta. Thank you so much. I'd be freaking an honor for me to be about honor. You have your tequila, Oh no, yes I do. Let's talk about something more important element tequila. I know, teuila. Everything's really nice. So congratulations on that too, Tequila.

To be honest, you know, I wouldn't be promoting a tequila or I wouldn't own a tequila if it wasn't a good tequila. Feels something that I wouldn't drink. So I'm very proud of it. I can't promote something or tell you that I love something if I really don't. So the fact that you're really it is it is and I know I've tried so many tequilas, and when I tried yours, I was like, okay, sistan Rico, Okay, movie, I love it. I love it. And you know about tequila, yes,

I've learned. I love that was one of the things. She's like, I don't know, I want to tequila, go figure it out. And you know, I have almost I have almost going back to attacking a little bit. What do you think has been your less secret or see, you've been so successful for so long, you know you see is like you know you have the third season? What do you think has helped Kate Castillo last this long and acting and staying successful? Everything you do is

every time better better better. Huh, well, thank you so much. Um. I think hard work. There's nothing else. I mean, I'm a hard worker. I love what I do. I'm passionate about what I do. I'm a respector memente. Okay, my craft. So hard work, and I think that's very important. You need to prepare. You need to because there's a lot of people out there that would they are amazing too when they have a lot of talent and this and that.

So you have to be prepared and and and have a purpose, and you know, I really know what you want. It's like I would love to help other castes, but I have to come across with something real so people are able to listen to me and listen to the to the message I'm wanting to give out and spread out. So if you if there's nothing that it's reliable or related, sorry related to you personally, I think it's harder to

get across the message. So that's right, because I wish I could help every single costs out there, but we can't. We're not superpowered, you know, but at least something like pets that really you know menteoro, And I mean so cos I know about and I've lived in. You're passionate about no fiddle focusing exact Amne. You know all my says famis you you are an activist as well. You're not just a very famous and successful actress. You want

to help the community. You're very passionate about stopping sex trafficking and about animal rights and protecting our animals, and I love that. So I don't know if you want to tell us a little bit about that as well, well, I try, you know, I think, um, we're responsible of what we say and what we do. I think. I guess it's just trying to be congruent with who I am and what I say, what I do, and what I think, which is really hard sometimes because I'm flawed.

You know, I'm not perfect and nobody is perfect. So sometimes we do things that we shouldn't maybe or they're wrong or this and that. But the essence I think is what's say. He's there, and I think coming out and talking about the problems that one has or making fun of sometimes of the past, you know, in acting it say this'ko iuaa comedia? You know. So I love

that because that's true. You know, time heals everything. I I think we have to be able after being a victim of whatever abuse or whatever it is, to come out and once you're healed, and once you are able to talk about it loudly and talk about it, to be able to be objective and talk about it without hurting you. I mean, that's hard. Sometimes it will hurt forever, but but I think we can help a lot of people. Yeah, absolutely, I agree that where did your your passion come from?

For like helping people in sex trafficking talk about English role? Okay, the needle Kevin Klein called Trade and it was about human trafficking. And I didn't know anything about human trafficking. Probably I've heard about it, but you hear human trafficking and for some reason you go to the border and think that they are trafficked by, you know, or traded in. But it's actually that, but it's so many other things

around that, and I wanted to learn about it. And actually I was playing a human trafficker, so I was like, how am I gonna be able to portray? To play this character so horrible? You know, it's like like, of course, one of the first things that they teach you in

acting is that you cannot judge your character. Why. I could only understand why this woman would behave the way she did and anyways, putting just being inatos, you know, and um, so I learned about a lot about it, and I wanted to learn a lot about it because it's something that you never see. Sal trafical tics you it's something you can naturally see, but trafficata you cannot. Actually actually there's people probably next sitting right next to

you that are being trafficked and you don't know. So um, that's why it is so hard to detect, and it's so big, unfortunately in the entire world, not only in Mexico, the United States, among many other countries. Yeah, that's why. And I've seen it more than ever now, Like in the restrooms they have like little science if you are being something I'm not middle and like, I've seen it more than ever, you know what I mean, Like bus stations,

train stations, you know, airports. I love that they're doing something. You know, there's there's like clutlines that you can call. I mean, it's getting there. I think we need a lot more help there, but at least now people are a little bit more conscious. Yeah, definitely in look I said, lays like I would love to help or in any way I could support, because that's something that I seriously, I'm not gonna lie. I learned about it during the pandemic.

I think there was like a documentary and then a few movies and I was like, oh, shoot, this really happens. Like I didn't know. I had no idea, And that's when I was like, oh man, this is is a serious issue that happens way too much, and it's been happening for years. We just have to talk about it, which is I love that you talk about it and that you're an activist and that you know you're trying to help with that I think or helping must be and even call it lets it's crazy and it's going on

right now as we speak. So we need to be more alert and especially as you said, we need to stop neglecting things that we don't know about. And if we don't know about, let's go and find out, you know, to teach themselves in things that we don't know, like there's one you know, yes, inform ourselves for sure exactly. This is more of a little personal question and you don't have to answer it if you don't feel comfortable. Um, but like do you feel like because you don't have

any kids? Right? And it has that been because you've been so focused on your career. It's just a personal choice. We don't have to get into details. But I'm barely going through IVF soon. Actually, as you get Joe, I was, I feel a little selfish if you could, I guess that's the word where I'm like, I want to just live my life. I want to travel, I want to work.

No say no, And but I'm being honest, you know, and I just wanted to ask, like, is it something similar to my situation or so I never wanted kids. Never he implemented. Its implemented, and you can do whatever the funk you want. I want. Yes, it's your life and it's only one, so you have to ta yes, said look looking love mascas. So for me, I never wanted kids. You know what I sent? I see, I was doing something whatever else I me as a woman, not as an actress me Kate, I never wanted kids.

I never had the urge or something to have kids never, So why bring somebody to this world. It's a lot of responsibility. And if you say that selfish, I don't believe in selfishness. I think you have to be your favorite person always always, and be first before anybody else.

You know, it's like an airplanes fell the person you help yourself and then you help mom, and what it is, there's no way you can help other people if you don't if you're not, so no, now if you're not, if you don't know, well you can be also honest with that. And also so you don't have to celebrities.

We have to talk about everything about our lives. Right, Yeah, you're right, I'm an actor, man, Why need I say celeb you make me feel better about it because it was you know, when it came to the kids or like right now, I guess I don't know that's the truth. I'm just gonna be honest. I don't know. Yeah, eight pent of me is like I don't want to have kids.

And then there's that where I'm like, okay, maybe to see a castle, you know, you have selfish undo, but to reproduce it, no, mommy my god, no no no, no, no, no, no productive no almost ovarios almost care So okay, so no, So that's why I like, I love her. You guys, like you know you're I'm the type of person live and let live and whatever's gonna make you happy. It's the opinion. Why not say as important, non important? So as long as you're being you know, honest with yourself,

who cares? Who care? Caresfish? Okay, okay, we have negativa. You guys heard it here on Chickens and chill from you guys, do whatever the funk you want? Would they talk to me about You're done right, You're done as far as like filming samos and no viendoo and Telemundo, so be aware this this third season. To be honest, chickens,

I'm so proud. I always been proud about Lorena because I think it's just an amazing character and an amazing series, But this certain one just goes beyond my expectations the spectators I had before doing I knew it was going to be great and this and that, and we got the Emmy season two and that was amazing. So but this one, I was like, yeah, this is gonna be much better than the second one. Actually, when you're shooting you can see way better for so many reasons, especially

the production values. But then when I saw it, I watched the only the first seven episodes, and then I was like, oh my god, this is better than I thought, much better than and that doesn't happen to me a lot. To be honest, I'm so excited and so happy for all of us Latinos, so you can see that we are at the same level of any other show, mainstream show or English speaking show. So I am proud to say that. I am so happy, and I want to invite everybody because if you watch this third season only

this third season, that's okay. And I'm pretty sure that it's going to bring a lot of new audience to Yes, Oh my gosh, that's exciting. And for those of I don't know who would it know, But maybe there's a one person that doesn't know about Can you tell us a little bit about your character? What he drew you to this character? Oh my god, and so many things, and it's to my own person. I first when I first heard about it because I read the novel written

by this amazing author from Spain. So I was like, oh my god, this is so amazing, what a novel, what a story. You know, I was in love with a character, but I was in love with the character as well as one hundred other actresses that wanted to play Teresa. And it was original movie and then well everything happened. Long story short, Uh, they turned it into the series and came to the hands of this person

who was the show runner back then in Telemundo. But Telemundo was, you know, it wasn't that big as it is today. So I was like, oh my god, and they called me, out of anybody, to be Mendoza. I was like, oh my god, it was meant to be. I couldn't believe it. And then I said, okay, let's do this, and you know, and when we finished doing that, rain Now, because this is a character, there's an anti heroin. Um.

You know, she's flawed in so many ways. Um, she loves tequila, she loves mass but she's always making the wrong decisions. She's a drug trafficker. She has like all the wrong things. But some people loves her because she's a victim. Only she doesn't victimize herself. That's why she's this strong woman. And she didn't have any options in life. She only had one option, either die or become the best, you know. So that's all the things that I love about.

There is a mendoza and she's that spoken, but she's wrong and she's straightforward. You know. She has this loyalty for you know, and and for her that's the most important thing, loyalty. And she's a loyal person and and all her people that surrounds her, they're very loyal to her because she chets and she still loves as a woman. She loves so much and she doesn't even know how

to share that and everything that she loves dice. So it's it's a very tragic character, but but still it's treatedly try pre mention not I don't even know how to say that. Anything you know that has everything from that is such a passionate about this character. No, so I'm happy to play her once again in this third season. Plus she's been having an arc so beautiful and so what ras and the Alto is always behind us. So that's cool, that's awesome, you guys. October eighteen, Antelemondo. Don't

miss it. I freaking catches a badass. I'm really happy. I'm happy for you. When I heard there was gonna be a thirties and I was like, that's looking awesome, that's amazing. It's they they what else is is coming for you? Like? What do you? What plans do you have? Well? Did you watch? You know now that you have nothing else to do because you don't work and you don't do the amazing you don't have all the time all

over the place. Anyways, when you have a little time, just watch on HBO Max or peek the new series in English until Jail Duals Parks. It's really cool. It's in Spanish, well Spanish, and it's a it's a drama. It's well, it's actually dark humor and I think it's really really cool. It's a very different role that I'm playing there. She's a fragile, very feminine woman, you know, space minded, but it's in dark comedy. It's really fun.

Oh nice, okay, And I want to for you to share share your social media so that people, I mean I follow you, but like do anyone else you guys, so they follow you. What's your social media or anywhere else you can find you, of course, especially quality Kate the Castillo. Yes, just me, Instagram, in Twitter? You went also book Twitter. Don't say on Twitter? Yeah, okay, I'm doing it right now. Actually, it's just so hard to keep up with all the things, you know. Yeah, oh

my god, I remember it was only an email. I would have snapchati TikTok. I know you. Yeah, you have to do Oh my god, you have to live for that. If you don't know, Yeah, it's it's a job in itself, driving itself. Yeah, you know, honestly, Kay, thank you so much, thank you for your time. You look beautiful that we don't like threes took in the podcast, So thank you so much. And everyone listening you already heard it from Kate.

She said, live your life, be selfish watch and you guys know, after every Chickens and Chill episode or to end it, we end with a quote. So the quote for today is success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. So that is the quote you guys for today. Quality. I love it and I admire so much. And then you do so much also for us and all latinas can we struggled the entire time. It doesn't matter who you are.

I think we all struggled just for being women and Latina. So congress for everything you've done. And you know you love your mom and dearly and I love you and your family. Oh thank you, I love you and and thank you. Thank you guys for listening. So you're swing you guys here on Chickens and Chill. Do you need advice on love, relationships, health, emas. I'm so excited to share with you that my Cheeks and Chill podcast will have an extra episode drop each week. I'll be answering

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