Hollywood star Vanessa Hudgens recently revealed that she dreams of one day developing a movie about her motherâs experience as a Filipino immigrant in the U.S.
A story worth sharing: Hudgens, who graces this monthâs cover of Glamour UK, shared in an interview with the magazine that she would like to create a film about the challenges that her mom, Gina Guangco-Hudgens, faced after moving to the U.S. at the age of 25.
- The 33-year-old actor said her fatherâs job as a firefighter left her mom navigating a new environment mostly by herself while taking care of their young daughter. Her younger sister, Stella, would later come along.
- âAs an immigrant, coming into the States and not knowing anyone, I canât even imagine how difficult and challenging that is and what challenges she faced as a woman,â she was quoted as saying.
- Hudgens is now hoping her mother documents her experience in a book that she can later adapt into a movie.
- âI feel like thatâs such a relatable story to so many women all over the world,â she said. âThe more that we can share, the more we can lift each other up.â
- She revealed in a 2018 interview with Inquirer that the passing of her father, Greg Hudgens, made her bond more with her mom: âShe thinks of me as her best friend, and she sometimes tells me things even I donât want to hear. Itâs weird but also sweet when that role reversal happens.â
On diversity and representation: Hudgens, who shot to fame as a teen star in 2006 via the Disney Channel Original Movie âHigh School Musical,â highlighted the importance of sharing âall the different stories because America is a massive melting pot, [just like the] world.âÂ
- According to âThe Princess Switchâ star, âthere werenât really that many women who looked like me and my mom and my family on screenâ when she was growing up.Â
- âThere are so many different stories that need to be told so that we are exposed to them and can have more empathy towards different people,â she noted.Â
Hudgens, who reprised her role as Stacy De Novo/Lady Margaret in the third installment of the holiday rom-com franchise âThe Princess Switchâ on Netflix, also recently starred in Lin-Manuel Mirandaâs âTick, Tick … Boom!â
Featured Image via Glamour Magazine UK