Jessica Marie Garcia rocks a dark lip color for the premiere of Little held at Regency Village Theatre on Monday night (April 8) in Westwood, Calif.
The On My Block actress wore a chic striped dress for the movie screening. Little will hit theaters nationwide on Friday, April 12th.
In a recent interview, Jessica opened up about how she relates to her OMB character, Jasmine, and it’s all about coping with comedy.
“If I didn’t make jokes about what was going on, I don’t know what I was going to do,” she shared with Teen Vogue. “I feel like as people of color, we’ve had to find comedy in situations or else what would we do? It’s tough out here.”
Jessica added, “I’m not very far away from who Jasmine is, as far as using comedy to build up walls. She makes the joke, she’s not the joke.”
On My Block seasons one and two are streaming now on Netflix.
The four stars joined Jessica Marie Garcia, Julio Macias, and Danny Ramirez along with showrunner Lauren Iungerich, and co-creators Jeremy Haft and Eddie Gonzalez.
On My Block, which returns on Friday, March 29th, is a coming of age comedy about four bright and street-savvy friends navigating their way through the triumph, pain and the newness of high-school set in the rough inner city.
In Season 2, friends lean on each other like never before in the aftermath of tragedy and Jamal’s discovery.
There are 11 days left until the premiere of On My Block season two and Jessica Marie Garcia is giving us a little teaser about the new episodes, especially when it comes to Jasmine.
“She is actually more of a complex character than I have ever professionally played,” the actress shared in a new interview with MEAWW.
Jessica continues, “Comedy stems from drama. She’s funny and loud because she’s trying to distract you from the walls she’s built around her. She wants to be liked and have friends. She leads in her sexuality because she feels like that’s what she’s supposed to do to be liked.”
It looks like we’ll also get a glimpse of what life is like for Jasmine at home.
“I believe you’re going to see a glimpse of her home life and dive a little deeper into other layers of who Jasmine is as a person and as a friend,” she adds. “Hopefully then, you may see where she’s coming from a bit more and you’ll be sippin’ her tea too.”
Reboots are all the rage these days, so it’s not crazy to think about a Liv & Maddie reboot, right? Jessica Marie Garcia doesn’t think so either.
The actress, who played Maddie’s BFF Willow in the Disney Channel show, opened up about the possibility of the show coming back again.
“I would do it in a heartbeat, I would love to go back and work with that cast and crew again,” she told Meaww.
However, Jessica is leaning towards a movie all about Jillow, which we are on board for.
“I would love to do a movie or something in a few years and maybe Willow and Joey Rooney would be married with some cute kids with glasses,” she shared.
If you remember, Willow and Joey had a short-lived relationship in the show’s final season after she crushed on him for years.
TELL JJJ: Would you be up for a Liv & Maddie reboot or movie?
Sierra Capri hits the red carpet in a chic black dress for the 2019 National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Awards Gala at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel over the weekend in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Sierra Capri flirts with fringe for her look while attending Cadillac’s Oscar Week Celebration at Chateau Marmont on Thursday night (February 21) in Los Angeles.
We actually stan this legend – Jessica Marie Garcia, who called out the online term of “skinny legend”.
The On My Block star, who plays scene stealer Jasmine in the Netflix show, took to social media to call out everyone using the term.
The term, which was originally meant to sing high praises of celebs people looked up to, turned into a harmful one that might send people to starve themselves to be a “skinny legend” themselves.
Some fans say that the term doesn’t have anything to do with weight, instead it’s a “frame of mind”.
Either way, the term is confusing and can be harmful – something Jessica saw and pointed out.
“Ok. 🤦🏽♀️ this is from a young woman who I love and adore. She posted a pic with a pizza- with this caption,” Jessica shared, blocking out the fan’s name. “I don’t care about this ‘skinny legend’ crap when young girls make ‘jokes’ about not eating. This is dangerous. I don’t care if it’s a joke.”
Preach it, Jessica!
Ok. 🤦🏽♀️ this is from a young woman who I love and adore. She posted a pic with a pizza- with this caption. I don’t care about this “skinny legend” crap when young girls make “jokes” about not eating. This is dangerous. I don’t care if it’s a joke. pic.twitter.com/cjEkeeNoAB
Skinny legend is done. Bye. You can take your weird triggering “compliment” & leave it with all the 2018 crap that I don’t need. I’m going 2B a well adjusted, healthy, & incredibly happy person in 2019 & I don’t need anybody to tell me that’s legendary, because I already did!
