{"id":20492,"date":"2024-02-17T06:05:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T11:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/how-madame-web-actress-isabela-merced-keeps-herself-off-her-phone\/17\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T06:05:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T11:05:21","slug":"how-madame-web-actress-isabela-merced-keeps-herself-off-her-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/how-madame-web-actress-isabela-merced-keeps-herself-off-her-phone\/17\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"How \u2018Madame Web\u2019 Actress Isabela Merced Keeps Herself Off Her Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There is busy, and then there is Isabela Merced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On an afternoon last month in Los Angeles, the actress \u2014 who had just returned from Vancouver, where she was learning to ride horses for a role in Season 2 of HBO\u2019s postapocalyptic survival drama \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d \u2014 was preparing to meet Vice President Kamala Harris that night, while also doing this interview and, as an alarm that went off in the middle of the phone call revealed, laundry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a work in progress: I know how to get on the horse and not panic, and that\u2019s about it,\u201d said Merced, 22, who made her Broadway debut in \u201cEvita\u201d when she was 10 and is now known for her roles in \u201cTransformers: The Last Knight\u201d and \u201cDora and the Lost City of Gold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe Last of Us\u201d is one of half a dozen film and TV projects she has lined up for the next few years, among them \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/14\/movies\/madame-web-review-dakota-johnson.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Madame Web<\/a>,\u201d the newly released Spider-Man spinoff in which she plays Anya Corazon, better known as Spider-Girl in the Marvel Comics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Also on her film slate: the lead role in the long-awaited adaptation of John Green\u2019s young adult novel \u201cTurtles All the Way Down\u201d; a starring role in \u201cAlien: Romulus\u201d (due out in August); and Hawkgirl in \u201cSuperman: Legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">How does she balance it all?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019m going to have to practice meditation a little bit more than I have,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a conversation from her family\u2019s home, where she lives with her mother and her younger brother, Merced shared how sound baths keep her centered, the secret to her mother\u2019s \u201cunmatched\u201d chicken estofado, and why she always has Legos on hand. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">1<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-2ec0f835\"><span>Sound Bowls<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">I had my first sound-bowl experience in Peru last summer with my mom and my friends. It was so relaxing \u2014 the guy was so talented and even incorporated a didgeridoo at one point. He also put this instrument over me that\u2019s supposed to open up your chest, and I immediately started crying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">2<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-3c60eb93\"><span>Philosophical Books<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the past year, I\u2019ve been reading a lot of nonfiction, including John Sellars\u2019s \u201cLessons in Stoicism\u201d and Alan Watts\u2019s \u201cThe Wisdom of Insecurity.\u201d It\u2019s shifted my perspective; as someone who has a lot of pressure on them, I seek control in a lot of things in my life, and philosophy\u2019s helped me let go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">3<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-2f7a06\"><span>Legos<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">I have so many in my room right now, including some boxes from things I built in Budapest while I was filming \u201cAlien.\u201d It\u2019s something that\u2019s nice to do on a Sunday that keeps me from staring at my phone all day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">4<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-69fe12a\"><span>Sudoku<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Every time I\u2019m on a plane, I pull out the in-flight magazine and flip to the page with Sudoku. And I play on the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/sudoku.com\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sudoku app<\/a>, too. I\u2019ve think I\u2019ve developed a good method; my record is five minutes and 30 seconds on the master level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">5<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-600aa855\"><span>My Little Brother Playing the Piano<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">I\u2019m not a morning person. But then I\u2019ll hear my little brother [Gyovanni Moner] \u2014 OK, he\u2019s not really little; he towers above me! \u2014 playing the softest, most beautiful melody on our baby grand white piano. It echoes through the house, and I have to stop and listen. He plays some Studio Ghibli movie soundtrack songs and classical versions of Kanye West songs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">6<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-6d7e95f\"><span>My Mom\u2019s Peruvian Cooking<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There are some downsides to living with your mom \u2014 I\u2019m a young woman, and the mom-daughter dynamic is so complicated and semi-stressful \u2014 but the biggest upside is she cooks for me. When she texts me that she\u2019s making a meal, it turns my whole day around. She makes the best Peruvian food \u2014 the classic estofado with chicken, rice and a tomato-based seasoning and sauce, with peas and carrots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">7<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-6545559\"><span>Boxing<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">I\u2019ve been boxing since I was 14, when I started training for \u201cTransformers.\u201d During the strike, I did it four or five times a week \u2014 I\u2019m trying to get big for \u201cSuperman\u201d \u2014 and I\u2019ve kept up with it now two or three times per week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">8<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-39ef8adf\"><span>My Plants<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">I got my first plants about a year ago \u2014 I wanted to prove I could take care of a living thing \u2014 and they died relatively quickly. I\u2019ve learned you have to anticipate their needs, really pay attention to them in the soil. My orchid is kind of difficult to take care of; it\u2019s so sensitive!<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">9<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-5b9ac0ac\"><span>Ferrero Chocolates<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They are my go-to, even if I still don\u2019t know how to say the word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9w1fbe e6idgb70\">10<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-336f3835\"><span>YouTube Psychology Videos<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If my dogs could talk, they\u2019d be well-versed in this because it\u2019s all they hear all day. I started watching these when I was getting into therapy, and my therapist was throwing out all these theories about where the behaviors people in my life were exhibiting were coming from. There are lots of doctors who\u2019ve adapted and started YouTube channels talking in a general way about mental illness, which I think is sweet because a lot of people can\u2019t afford therapy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/17\/arts\/isabela-merced-madame-web.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is busy, and then there is Isabela Merced. 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