Gina Rodriguez on Awake and How America Ferrera Changed Her Life

With director Mark Rasos (Kodachrome) Awake now streaming on Netflix, I recently spoke to Gina Rodriguez about making the scifi thriller. If you havent seen the trailers, Awake takes place in a world where no one can fall asleep after a mysterious catastrophe wipes out all electronics on the planet. As the scientists race against the clock to find a cure for the unexplained insomnia before its fatal effects eliminate the human race, Jill (Rodriguez), a former soldier, discovers her young daughter may be the key to salvation, and she must decide if she should protect her children at all costs or sacrifice everything to save the world. During the interview, Rodriguez talked about why people love to watch end of the world thrillers, what it was like filming an intense sequence involving a car crash and water, the way America Ferrera changed her life, the projects shes developing as a producer, her upcoming Netflix series Lost Ollie which is about a toy searching for home, what she learned making The