If you were to go back to 2002 and tell 17-year-old America Ferrera, fresh off of starring in ‘Gotta Kick It Up’ on Disney Channel, that she would receive an Oscar nomination in 2024, her response would be blunt: “What the hell took so long?” At least, that’s what present-day America Ferrera thinks.
“Seventeen-year-old America thought she was getting nominated for ‘Gotta
Kick It Up,’” the actress told TheWrap with a laugh in January, just hours after getting her first nomination. “Seventeen-year-old America thought she could get nominated for an Oscar for a Disney Channel movie. She did not quite understand the rules of the game.”
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