Adria Arjona: Find The Courage

Adria Arjona alongside Jared Leto are the latest actors to be admitted to Sony’s dark cinematic universe in its latest film Morbius, which brings to life the titular vampiric antihero. The movie exists in the same world as the Venom films and acts as the building blocks of their own Marvel-style universe, using IP’s they still control.

Arjona found real life inspiration in US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in developing her character, Martine. “When I started playing this role, I thought, ‘I’m playing with such amazing actors, but I’m not like Martine – I’m goofy and clumsy and Martine is very grounded and secure in herself – when she speaks, it’s like bullets coming out of her mouth.’ So I looked for inspirations. I remember seeing an interview with AOC and thinking, everything about her is Martine. She’s youthful, she’s fun, she cares about the way she looks, but she cares even more about what goes into her brain. She’s passionate; when she speaks, you can tell she’s done her research; she’s going to be listened to, no matter who is in front of her. So she was my starting point, a nice way to start my engines.”