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From Southwest Detroit to Hollywood and Wakanda

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November 23, 2022
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EL CENTRAL caught up with actress and Southwest Detroit native Ivy Haralson at the private Michigan screening of her latest film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Q: How does it feel to be part of one of the biggest movies of the year?

A: “Surreal! Exciting! It’s such a huge movie and I guess I wasn’t prepared for how many people it was going to reach and affect.”

Q: What was your role/roles in the film?

A: “So I was cast as a Dora Milaje, and I was given the chance to double a lot of the main characters such as Danai Gurira as the Midnight Angel and Angela Bassett in a lot of her swimming scenes, a few others, but those were the main roles.”

Q: How much did you have to train for the movie?
“The training was about two months before we started filming, and the actual filming was nine months. So it was pretty intense, outside in Atlanta heat for the summertime, but we were shredded by the time the movie started, so it was good!”

Q: At what age did you know you wanted to be an actor?

A: “I definitely knew as a kid I wanted to be a performer, I was always dancing and singing around the house. Anywhere as early as third grade in school plays and concerts – but I didn’t actually start doing theater until high school, and then I pursued it at Wayne State University for my Bachelor of Fine Arts, so that’s when I started taking theater seriously, and after college, I discovered stage combat and stunts.”

Q: Who are your influences?

A: “Growing up, I always saw Zoe Saldana, who does stunts but is also an actress as a role model for sure. Angelina Jolie, all these strong female roles. I still hope to one day perform as myself, so those are my influences.”

Q: Who do you aspire to work with next?

A: “Ooooooh, That’s a hard one! I would love to work with more female directors. I think actor and performer wise I would love to continue to work with Angela Bassett, I was able to double her, and she is such a strong actress and a badass woman, so I think I would really love to work with her again.”

Q: Do you have any advice for aspiring actors or combat stage performers?

A: “It’s lucky right now that we’re in an era where you can google anything! There are always classes you can sign up for or whether it’s school through a university or online classes or masterclasses. From there, you can always ask people like myself what kinds of classes to take or who to talk to etc., but I would start with acting classes. Some kind of martial arts or gymnastics classes is always good so you can see if you’re a mover or not and go from there. Everyone’s dream is different, so as long as you start, that’s what’s most important!”

Q: So you’re in Atlanta now, what do you like to do when you come back home to Detroit?

A: “EAT and visit family! Detroit is always changing. Every time I come home to visit, there’s always something new,so I like to discover the new things, and I’m always shocked by it. But yeah, definitely spend time with my family and have some good food.”

Q: Tell us about your connection to the Southwest Detroit community?

A: “It’s so interesting because I know I’m one of the only Dora who is of Black and Mexican descent. So my mom is Mexican, and my dad is Black, so this movie is an epitome of who I am. People were so excited for me to be a Dora as a Black woman without realizing that I’m also Latina, and so to be able to see my people now represented from the other side and to have these two worlds meet in this movie… I don’t think people understand, but for me, it’s like we are now being represented by Marvel fully. Wakanda passed off the baton to the Latino community, and now they are represented as well – that’s Southwest Detroit for me! In Southwest is where you can find Black and Latino existing together; that’s where I’ve found the most people who are the same mix as me. So It’s just beautiful to come from that and see it brought to the big screen.”

Angela Gallegos is Capricorn, a writer, special projects manager, voice actress, and native SW Detroiter. She is a creative changemaker passionate about wellness and justice in her community and the world and a graduate of Wayne State University.

Desde el suroeste de Detroit hasta Hollywood y Wakanda

EL CENTRAL se reunió con la actriz originaria del suroeste de Detroit Ivy Haralson para la proyección privada en Michigan de su última película Pantera Negra: Wakanda Por Siempre.

P: ¿Cómo se siente ser parte de una de las películas más importantes del año?

R: “¡Irreal! ¡Emocionante! Es una película tan grande y supongo que no estaba preparada para la cantidad de personas a las que iba a llegar y afectar”.

P: ¿Cuál fue tu papel o papeles en la película?

R: “Me eligieron como una Dora Milaje, y tuve la oportunidad de doblar a muchos de los personajes principales, como Danai Gurira, los Ángeles de Medianoche y Angela Bassett en muchas de las escenas donde aparecen nadando, y algunas otras más, pero esos fueron los papeles principales”.

P: ¿Cuánto tiempo tuviste que entrenar para la película?

R: “El entrenamiento fue de aproximadamente dos meses, antes de que comenzáramos a filmar, y la filmación real fue de nueve meses. Fue bastante intenso estar afuera en el calor de Atlanta durante el verano, pero ya estábamos muy cansados cuando comenzó la película, ¡Pero fue una buena experiencia!

P: ¿A qué edad supiste que querías ser actriz?

R: “Definitivamente supe que quería ser artista cuando era niña, siempre bailaba y cantaba en la casa. En cualquier lugar desde el tercer grado en obras de teatro y presentaciones escolares, pero en realidad no comencé a hacer teatro hasta cuando llegué a la escuela secundaria, y luego seguí practicándolo en la Universidad Estatal de Wayne para obtener mi Licenciatura en Bellas Artes, cuando fue que comencé a tomarme el teatro en serio; después de la universidad, descubrí el combate escénico y las acrobacias”.

P: ¿Quiénes son tus influencias?

R:“Al crecer, siempre vi como modelo a seguir a Zoe Saldana, que hacía acrobacias pero que también es actriz. Angelina Jolie, con todos estos papeles femeninos fuertes. Todavía espero algún día actuar como yo misma, pero ellas esas son mis influencias”.

P: ¿Con quién aspiras a trabajar a continuación?

R:“¡Ooooooh, eso es difícil! Me encantaría trabajar con más mujeres directoras. Creo que como actriz e intérprete me encantaría seguir trabajando con Angela Bassett, pude doblarla, y ella es una actriz tan fuerte y una mujer muy ruda, así que creo que realmente me encantaría volver a trabajar con ella”.

P: ¿Tienes algún consejo para los aspirantes a actores o artistas de teatro de combate?

R: “¡Es una suerte que ahora mismo estemos en una era en la que puedes buscar cualquier cosa en Google! Siempre hay clases en las que te puedes inscribir o puedes buscarlas en la escuela o a través de una universidad, clases en línea o clases magistrales. A partir de ahí, siempre puedes preguntarle a la gente como yo qué tipo de clases tomar o con quién hablar, etc., pero yo empezaría con las clases de actuación. Siempre es bueno algún tipo de clases de artes marciales o gimnasia para que puedas ver si te puedes mover o no y seguir desde allí. El sueño de todos es diferente, así que mientras comiences, ¡eso es lo más importante!

P: Entonces, ahora estás en Atlanta, ¿qué te gusta hacer cuando regresas a casa a Detroit?

R: “¡COMER y visitar a la familia! Detroit siempre está cambiando. Cada vez que vengo a casa de visita, siempre hay algo nuevo, así que me gusta descubrir cosas nuevas y siempre me sorprende. Pero sí, definitivamente pasar tiempo con mi familia y disfrutar de una buena comida”.

P: Cuéntanos sobre tu conexión con la comunidad del suroeste de Detroit.

R: “Es muy interesante porque sé que soy una de las únicas Dora que es de ascendencia negra y mexicana, pues mi mamá es mexicana y mi papá es negro, así que esta película es un epítome de quién soy. La gente estaba tan emocionada de que yo fuera una Dora como una mujer negra, sin darse cuenta de que también soy latina, y poder ver a mi gente ahora representada desde el otro lado y que estos dos mundos se encuentren en esta película… Yo No creo que la gente lo entienda, pero para mí, es como si ahora Marvel nos representara por completo. Wakanda pasó la batuta a la comunidad latina, y ahora ellos también están representados: ¡eso es el suroeste de Detroit para mí! En el Suroeste de Detroit es donde puedes encontrar a negros y latinos viviendo juntos; es ahí donde he encontrado a la mayor parte de las personas que tienen la misma mezcla que yo. Así que es hermoso venir de allí y verlo representado en la pantalla grande”.

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