Samira Was Bartending While Filming OTNB
Surprisingly, while Samira Wiley was starring on season one of Orange is the New Black, she was still working as a bartender. Obviously, customers began to recognize her from her role. She told DIVA what her friends said to her, “They said to me, ‘Samira, what are you doing? You need to quit this job.’”
Samira Was Bartending While Filming OTNB
English Is Alexis’ Second Language
Not only is Alexis Bledel bilingual, but English is actually her second language. She comes from Argentinian decent and spoke Spanish at home with her parents until going to school and learning English there. She told Latina magazine, “It’s the only culture my mom knows from life, and my father as well. They made the decision to raise their children within the context they had been raised in, so we speak Spanish in my parents’ house and my mom cooks amazing Mexican food.” Sounds delicious, can we get a dinner invite?
English Is Alexis’ Second Language