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ISABELA MERCED (FORMERLY MONER) CHATS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO PLAY DORA THE EXPLORER,
SHOOT THE MOVIE'S ACTION SCENES AND FILM IN AUSTRALIA... CHECK IT OUT!

DO YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE other than who you are. It’s
A LOT IN COMMON WITH DORA? a waste of energy. I love the
“I relate to her in the sense message of this movie.”
that she’s super-positive. WHAT WAS IT LIKE SHOOTING THE
I guess I like to see the best MOVIE'S ACTION SCENES?
in people. That’s not always “I just had to jump into them.
a great thing but it has its Literally! Dora is an action
advantages as well as its hero, so I couldn’t exactly
disadvantages.” not do some stunts, right?
HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN I was always a bit like that as
YOU FIRST PUT ON THE DORA a kid, physical. It’s because
COSTUME? my whole life I’ve grown up
“It was so funny. That with brothers and a dad and if
costume went through a lot they ever did anything I had to
of processes, changes and do it too, and do it better. I’m
everything, but overall it was super-competitive because of
a really awesome moment, them. And my mum didn’t like
looking in the mirror for the shopping, so I grew up wearing
first time. It was crazy. It was my older brothers’ clothes.
like, ‘This is meant to be... This I didn’t really think it was that
is it. This is Dora!’ I had a few bad. I didn’t know how to dress,
other friends there because really, up until I got into this
I always have friends around industry and realised you have
and we were having a great to look presentable!”
time, cracking up.” DID YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME
WE LOVE THAT DORA DOESN’T SHOOTING IN AUSTRALIA?
SEEM TO CHANGE TO BECOME “I loved it. I went snorkelling on
SOMEONE ELSE JUST BECAUSE the Great Barrier Reef, I went
THAT’S WHAT’S EXPECTED OF HER… to this amazing zoo and animal
“That’s a great thing, right? hospital and met one of the
Humans’ basic instinct prettiest koalas I’ve ever seen
is to be part of the herd in my life. So perfect. I got to
because you’ll survive more see X-rays of the turtles. One
in numbers. But Dora doesn’t of them had a broken flipper.
think that way. And that’s Then, afterwards, I was like,
how it should be. I think it’s ‘Wow, I really am like Dora
a waste of time to be anyone the Explorer!’”