Yvette Monreal Talks Rambo: Last Blood and Stallone

I'm Austin Putnam with FlickDirect and we are here talking to the lovely Eva Monreal about her new film Rambo Last Word. How are you doing this afternoon? I'm doing really good. How are you doing? Perfect, right? So talk to us about Gabriela, your character. Sure, so my character's name is Gabriela. She's 17. She's about to go to college. I don't know if you know my backstory, but when I was 7 my mom died of cancer and then my dad left to Mexico.

So that's when Rambo stepped in when I was 10 years old and he became like my stepfather. And I knew that he went to war and everything, but do I really know? Yeah, right. You know, like I know what you know what you went through. So he takes over but I still have this little itch in the back of my brain like okay, what happened to my dad? Why did he leave?

You know, he was with me for those first seven years. Like why did he leave? And so I end up finding him. I know he's in Mexico. I know where he's at and I tell Uncle John, Rambo, "Hey, can I can I go to Mexico? I just want to have a conversation. I want to hear in person why he did this, why he just left." And he was like, "No, he's not a good man.

You cannot go." And so I say, "Okay." But as soon as I leave to my friend's house, I go to Mexico and that's where it all starts. All the fights and the explosions and everything. That's where all the fun begins, right? It gets crazy, yes. Now before doing Last Blood, had you done research or did you watch the previous Rambo films beforehand? Beforehand, no.

So I didn't know. I didn't know Sylvester Stallone was Rambo. And then as soon as I got the script and everything, my family and my friends, they were like, "How can you not know Sylvester Stallone is Rambo? He's Rambo and he's Rocky and Rambo." So I felt really dumb, but you know what? It was great. I felt like when I was cast for the part, I had to do a read with Sylvester Stallone before.

I know, before I got the part. But it felt really natural and I didn't feel too nervous, actually. Because, I don't know, it was like working with a thespian. I could tell he knew what he wanted. He knew what he was looking for. And the only thing I could do was give it my best. And it felt great. It felt like I had it, but you never know with those things.

What's it like working with possibly, or arguably, the greatest action hero of all time? Well, it was really great. I mean, he means business. Let's not divert from that. He means business. He knows what he wants on set. It was a little nerve-wracking, I have to say. But, him and Adriana Barraza, they're the ones who I had the bulk of my scenes with.

And I felt like they really had my back. I felt nervous, but maybe they saw I was a little nervous. And they gave me a bunch of confidence. And they made me feel like, "No, I have this. It's my role." And they were there for me. They were supporting me and they were rooting for me, 100%. That's always the greatest thing when you arrive on set nervous as can be.

And they say, "Dude, don't worry about it. You're okay." Yeah, exactly. "What are you worried about? You got this." No, but it was great. It was a lot of fun working in Bulgaria. Now, was there any physicality to your role in any way? And if so, how did you prepare for those more physical scenes? So, I mean, we had a stunt guy on set. And they basically just showed me the ropes.

I think it might have got cut out, but I'm not sure. But there was one stunt scene that I did, and there was a stunt guy showing me how to do it. And I'm not sure if it's still in there, but we'll see. Thank you so much for talking with us. [Music] [BLANK_AUDIO]