‘Jane The Virgin’ Star Gina Rodriguez Honors Gina Torres For Movement Mondays

“Jane the Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez has placed the spotlight on “Suits” star Gina Torres this time around for her social media initiative called Movement Mondays.

On Instagram, Rodriguez raved about her fellow Latina and everything she has achieved. Torres, who is of multiracial Cuban descent, has appeared in several TV shows such as “Xena: Warrior Princess,” “Alias,” “Firefly,” “Castle,” “24,” “The Shield,” “Hannibal” and “Westworld.”

Her long resume is quite the feat, given that Torres once said that Hollywood had a tough time accepting her as a Latina.

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As for Rodriguez, she is doing pretty well herself. She is currently starring in the highly popular CW series “Jane the Virgin” as Gina Rodriguez, and even has other movie and TV deals left and right. One of her upcoming projects is Netflix’s animated series, “Carmen Sandiego,” reported TV Line.

She is going to voice the criminal mastermind for 20 episodes that are 22 minutes long. Rodriguez will be joined by “Stranger Things” star Finn Wolfhard, who will voice Player, the Lady in Red’s accomplice and confidante.

As for her movie projects, Rodriguez is keen on taking a superhero role. She revealed during the “Hacking the Script: Disrupting Diversity in Hollywood” panel at SXSW that she wants to play Marvel’s America Chavez, reported Geeks of Color. Rodriguez revealed that she is a huge fan of the character and already told her manager to set her up for an audition with Marvel should the studio decide to make a movie based on America Chavez.

For those who are unfamiliar with the character, Chavez is part of the Young Avengers. According to Nerdist, she was raised by two moms in a woman-only utopian parallel universe. She is also a queer superhero who describes herself as a “flying, dimension-hopping, virtually indestructible lesbian.” Chavez hasn’t fully realized all of her powers yet, but so far, she has superhuman strength and speed, invulnerability and inter-dimensional travel ability.