Xochitl Gomez Celebrates Her 16th Birthday With Seventeen
Xochitl Gomez is featured in a new article for Seventeen magazine. The young actress sat down with the outlet to promote her new film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Highlights from her interview are below.
On what musical she would love to star in: “Well one of the last musicals I did, I played Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie and I was so proud of that performance. I’ve thought about playing that character again because it was just so good, but I was so young at that time. I don’t think I can hit those notes anymore, but it would be fun to play that character again.”
On her favorite memory from the set of The Baby-Sitters Club: “It’s really nice to have those kinds of friendships with the girls. It’s so hard to have friendships outside of people who are in the acting world because it’s something that they can’t really understand. It was everyone’s first big TV show like that, and we did it all together. Those friendships are something that I won’t forget.”
On landing the role of America Chavez: “I was actually at home and it was two days after I’d gotten back from doing my screen test and audition in England. I was sitting on the floor in my bedroom and my agent was like, ‘Okay, I gotta just show you something on Zoom real quick.’ I fell for her little trick and [casting director] Sarah Finn was on the phone. She was like, ‘So are you sitting down? Because I need to tell you something.’ I was like, ‘What’s going on?’ and then she goes, ‘Welcome to the MCU, you’re America Chavez.’ I just sat there and froze. It did take me a couple of weeks to process the news and be like, ‘Okay, this is happening.’
You canny check out even more from her interview here. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opens in theaters May 6.