Melissa Barrera: 'I would love to play a vampire'

The Mexican actress Melissa Barrera, A regular face in horror films, she feels that her new foray into this genre, 'Abigail', has allowed her to pursue one of her greatest professional desires, which is to play a vampire.

“I love vampires, I love monster movies,” the interpreter told EFE. who confesses that he grew up watching this type of film and that among his dreams is to put himself in the shoes of one of these iconic nocturnal beings that have been immortalized in movie theaters, those that will host the premiere of 'Abigail' this Friday.

In this feature film, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the Mexican Melissa Barrera plays Joey, a member of a group of kidnappers that captures a 12-year-old minor whom they must monitor overnight inside an isolated mansion in order to obtain a ransom of 50 million dollars.

Things, as expected, do not go as planned after discovering that Abigail (Alisha Weir) “she is not a normal girl” and at the same time they have been trapped inside the house.

The movie “has a lot of humor and it's not that scary, I feel. Well, my meter is already a little weird, but yeah, it's definitely funny“said the actress.

In the resume of this seasoned performer at the TV Azteca studios, there are many titles in this genre, including the last two installments of the 'Scream' saga, from which she was nevertheless removed after some controversial comments she made about the conflict between Israel and Hamas after the Islamist group's attack on October 7.

Melissa Barrerawho in the relaunch of the legendary horror saga played Samantha Carpenter, one of the main characters, will not be part of 'Scream VII' after publishing on her social networks that the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip constituted a “genocide and ethnic cleansing”, words that he qualified in subsequent statements.

During the promotion round of 'Abigail' It has not been allowed to address issues that were not exclusively linked to the new feature film by Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett, who precisely directed the fifth installment of 'Scream', which was released in 2022, and for which they recruited the Monterrey-born actress.

The young directors told EFE that they did not have any restrictions when signing her for their new project. “Not at all. I think her talent speaks for itself and it really speaks for itself when you watch the movie,” Gillett said.

“She was so perfect for the character and we have a kind of main motto which is work with the people you love and keep working with them, because, why not?” Bettinelli-Olpin said about the choice of Melissa Barrera.

Another who spares no words of praise and admiration for the Mexican is the young Weir, leading actress of the film and whose character is the one that gives the production its title. “It was incredible to work with Melissa,” she told EFE.

The Irishwoman, who became known with the title role of the musical film “Matilda” (2022), pointed out that her co-star made her job easier when it came to building the relationship between both characters, in the midst of the profusion of blood and inert or decapitated bodies in which the action takes place.

For Barrera, who made the leap to Hollywood with the character of Vanessa in the musical 'In the Heights' (2021), His time in the world of soap operas was a great training, a kind of 'boot camp' in which up to 30 scenes a day can be recorded, in work weeks of up to six days, as he said.

“You learn a lot to memorize, you exercise discipline and that helps me in all genres,” said the interpreter.

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