Has being able to speak multiple languages helped you with your acting? How so?Įlena: Being able to speak multiple languages has helped me book a variety of roles. (Photo Credit: Katie Parker | Do you have a preferred language to act in?Įlena: I am happy to act in any language! I feel thankful that I have the ability to act in a variety of languages, and that this opens additional doors for me. At times, I hated it, but now I am so incredibly thankful that we were forced to do that and that my mom didn’t give up on us. We also went to Spanish classes organized by the Spanish consulate for children of ex-pats. My mom would sit us down and make us study German, and dictate the language to us so we would practice our writing. They made sure to only speak their respective languages to my sister and I (my father spoke Spanish and my mother spoke German to us). I have my parents and especially my mom to thank for that.
I didn’t speak at all for the first month, and then suddenly I started talking from one day to the next, and never stopped! It’s easier to pick up new languages as a child, but it definitely took work to develop those skills and continue growing. I didn’t learn English until I was five when I entered an American kindergarten. I was also asked to do some dialect coaching for the other actors while we were on set, so that was fun! What is your first language and was it easy for you to learn different languages?Įlena: My first languages were German and Spanish. I haven’t done any projects that are set in Germany, and it was so cool to be able to have that cultural connection with the role I was playing. Plus, I got to wear a really cool costume and also do my own stunts! You get to speak German in this film, and according to your bio, you’re multilingual, what was it like getting to use both German and English in the film?Įlena: I was really excited to be able to speak German in this film, and also use my German accent (while speaking English) for the first time. There are a lot of internal and external issues she is dealing with, and emotionally that was fulfilling to do. What really sold you on playing Latara?Įlena: I loved the fact that Latara is such a layered and complex character. How did you come to be a part of this project?Įlena: I had originally been cast in a smaller role in the film, and due to COVID some of the actors had to step away from the project, so I was offered the role of Latara instead.
Visually I was very pleased by how it turned out, and I’m happy to see my interpretation of Latara on screen.
As I was watching it I was thinking, “Oh, that scene was fun to shoot!” or “Man, it was really cold that night!” It feels like it’s a video journal of my time on set. I hope people like it! What was your first impression of the finished film?Įlena: Honestly, it’s sometimes hard for me to watch a film I’m in as just a regular viewer. Synopsis: Upon the death of her grandfather, a woman and her husband return to her birthplace in Germany’s Black Forest, only to find a terrifying secret awaits them.Ĭheck out my Q and A with Elena! (Photo Credit: Katie Parker | How does it feel now that the film is coming out and people are going to get to see it?Įlena: It feels great! It’s always exciting to know that something myself and the rest of the cast and crew put a lot of heart and soul into is ready to go out into the world. Elena, who was born in Germany, got to reconnect with her German culture while playing Latara because the film was set in Germany. (Photo Credit: Katie Parker | multilingual and multitalented Elena Sanchez stars as Latara in the terrifying new horror film, Demigod.
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