How Leslie Grace’s Two SXSW Movies Inspired Her New Album
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The ‘In the Heights’ alum is premiering two features in Austin, Ryan Booth’s ‘Stages’ and Jonás Cuarón’s ‘Campeón Gabacho’, before she releases her first studio album in over a decade.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Leslie Grace has become a quiet force on the film festival circuit. After breaking out in the Lin-Manuel Miranda movie musical In the Heights , Grace’s next big role, a starring turn as a DC superhero in the Batgirl movie, was among the finished films indefinitely shelved by Warner Bros. and taken as a tax write-off. In the interim years, she has worked on independent films that have had an outsized impact. Grace starred in the drama In the Summers , which won the grand jury prize in the dramatic competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. And this week, she is at the SXSW film and television festival, with two movies: Jonás Cuarón’s Campeón Gabacho and Ryan Booth’s Stages . Related Stories Movies 'Serling' Review: Doc on 'Twilight Zone' Creator Captures Rod Serling the Visionary, but Rarely Rod Serling the Man Movies 'Family Movie' Review: At Least Kevin Bacon and His Family Are Having Fun It was her In the Summers co-star René Pérez Joglar — better known as Puerto Rican rapper Residente — that tipped her off to Cuarón’s adaptation of the 2015 novel by Aura Xilonen. “With René, we will always text, but if he calls, you answer that,” says the Dominican American actress. “He’s like ‘Leslie, listen, you have a couple minutes? I’m like, ‘Oh, I got the minutes.’” Pérez Joglar told her about the feature project from Cuarón (son of Alfonso) centered on Liborio, a Mexican immigrant in New York City who gains notoriety and community as he becomes a local champion boxer. Grace, who plays Liborio’s confidant and love interest Aireen, was drawn to the movie’s bold and stylistic storytelling, where a traditional immigrant narrative is interwoven with fantastical visual elements. “A lot of times, when our stories are narrated, a lot of the magic is ...
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