NEWS X MUSE Manny Gomez spoke with actress Veronica Falcon for her role in the new Blumhouse and Lionsgate horror feature film, “Imaginary”, premiering in theaters on March 8.
In our conversation with Falcon we talked about her role in “Imaginary”. She plays a child therapist named Dr. Soto, that comes in to investigate Alice’s relationship with her imaginary friend, Chauncey. She shares with us why it’s important for her to take on this role and what it was like to have two very important scenes with both DeWanda Wise’s Jessica and Pyper Braun’s Alice. It was a great conversation that you can check out above.
Here is the synopsis for “Imaginary”
From Blumhouse, the genre-defining masterminds behind FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S and M3GAN, comes an original horror film that taps into the innocence of imaginary friends – and begs the question: Are they really figments of childhood imagination or is something more terrifying lying just beneath?
When Jessica (DeWanda Wise) moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest step daughter Alice (Pyper Braun) develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister.
As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.
“Imaginary” is directed by Jeff Wadlow who also wrote the film along with Greg Erb and Jason Oremland.
Here is more information on actress Veronica Falcon
Veronica Falcón was born in Mexico City. She is considered one of Mexico’s most prestigious actors, as well as an outstanding choreographer. In 2015 she emigrated to the US, within months she was cast as one of the leads of the hit television series “Queen of the South”, her character “Camila Vargas” quickly became a fan favorite.
Her filmography includes many prestige television credits in series such as: “Ozark” opposite Laura Linney, Julia Garner & Jason Bateman. In HBO’s “Perry Mason” she played another fan favorite, “Lupe Gibbs” opposite to Matthew Rhys. In Steven Conrad’s critically acclaimed “Perpetual Grace Ltd”, she played Clara, opposite to Sir Ben Kingsley, Luis Guzmán & Jackie Weaver.
Some of her latest film credits include Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” where she played “Trader Sam” next to Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt & Jack Whitehall. “A Million Miles Away” with Michael Peña & Julio Cedillo, “Voyagers” opposite Colin Farrell, “The Forever Purge”, Ted Melfi’s “The Starling” & more. In television her work can be seen in Marc Cherry’s “Why Women Kill”, HBO’s “Room 104” directed by Marc Duplass, Marvel’s “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” & Joseph Gordon Levitt’s “Mr. Corman” amongst others.
She recently lent her voice to “Eex” for the Warner Bros. animated production of “Foools”. She played “Irma”, one of the leads of Louise Abbot’s podcast “Pesos” produced by Salt Audio Media & Leopoldo Gout. Ms Falcon is developing her own Podcast, hoping for a 2024 launch.
