Building.

Building the character, 'cause the character has built in the first season.

But yes, to build the, you know, the arc of Maria in this, in this, uh, second season.

That is amazing, and I love it so much, and it's so similar to my really, to my life.

So, um, it's been, yeah, really good.

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But what's coming up for you as a musician?

Thank you so much.

Congratulations on the second season, guys.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

You would agree Barbara?

Yes, completely.

And also the first season it's like.

knowing the characters, knowing the world, knowing the society, knowing what is happening.

And then this season is going deeper into that knowing that we already exist there.

Así, ¿cómo las policías mujeres se han acercado a ustedes y dicen me gusta o no me gusta? ¿Cómo ha sido la reacción? Esta pregunta para ambas.

Sí, bueno, yo, yo pienso que desde el principio de la primera temporada que nos acercamos a ellas, que incluso yo entrevisté a varias para interpretar a María.

Y no solamente eso, sino también nos vinieron a visitar, como diez de ellas nos vinieron a visitar al set en la primera temporada y estaban muy agradecidas de poder estar contando su historia, porque nadie en México sabía de la historia de las-- primer cuerpo policiaco femenil que hubo en la Ciudad de México y todo lo que estas mujeres abrieron los caminos para las mujeres que hoy son granaderas y para, para todo lo que ha pasado con la mujer hoy en día.

Siento que hicieron una gran labor, arriesgaron mucho y reconocerlas y poder contar su historia es una, es un honor para nosotras y yo creo que el, el poder contar historias que, que, que hagan la diferencia en el mundo, ¿no? Y que aporten algo, eh, es, es lo que a mí me encanta hacer.

Entonces, pues sí, feliz de, de interpretar sus historias.

Y, y creo que definitivamente es una, una energía y una situación que está todo el tiempo dentro de, de la serie, como el, eh, todo lo que, lo que está debajo de, eh, de la alfombra, ¿no? Todo, todo como el, pues sí, toda la, la corrupción que hay dentro del sistema y, y, pues los secretos y los misterios y, eh, y los culpables, ¿no? Que creo que eso es algo muy interesante de esta temporada.

Sí, la temporada arranca un día después del Halconazo, que es esta masacre dolorosa, de las masacres más dolorosas que ha vivido la, la historia reciente de México, cuando el grupo paramilitar llamado Los Halcones entra a una marcha pacífica en, en México y mata a más de ciento cincuenta personas.

Entonces, este, es, es, es algo que está en, en la memoria de nuestra historia y que, como no se resolvió en el pasado, eh, esa memoria sigue estando muy presente y sigue afectando.

So talk to me about maybe a micro example in season two of either that really kind of stuck with you, that you couldn't unsee, that really kind of got in your head of like, wow, this was real.

For me, I think it would be the constant underestimating of women and their capacities.

And these women obviously gained, rightfully so, their place in the police force.

And still season two, you see them having to struggle with that and having to convince men that they're valuable to the police force and they're valuable to the case.

And I think one of the most important themes also for each of the characters is sort of them navigating this new place that they are living and that they're embodying, that they gained in season one, and still... having to come to terms with who they are now and what they want and getting what they want, which is definitely challenging in this season.

Is there a specific example of said corruption that your brain was like, how could this even go on?

Well, just, you know, I mean, I don't want to spoil at all for this season, but I think that it's a reality that a lot of our countries live.

I think this, what's going to be interesting for people all around the world to see is that, you know, this was something that actually really happened and that was happening in many Latin American countries before.