“That was always my goal,” she continued, fighting back tears.
[Bill Condon] made my dream come true.
And how it helps all of us.
Credit:George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival
Films help all of us get through the hardest times in our lives just likes music.
That’s why movies are so important."
“I was like, ‘Oh my God,'” she said.
Toniatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, and Bill Condon at the Sundance premiere of ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’.George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival
And I remember calling my agent back and I was going, ‘This is mine.'"
But she noted thatSpider Womanrepresents the first time she’s ever been approached to star in a movie musical.
“They wanted to use her voice.
Tonatiuh and Diego Luna in ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’.Courtesy of Sundance Institute
I did dance a little, but there wasn’t much choreography.
So this was my first musical.”
She also enthused about Condon’s direction of the theatrical aspects of the film.
Tonatiuh at the EW Awardist Party at Sundance 2025.Jay L. Clendenin/Shutterstock
He was like, ‘I think you’ve got the option to do it.’
It’s like, ‘Okay, well then how can I let him down?'"
Condon also spoke about changes he made in the story and why he felt them necessary.
“When I got this material, I knew this person, spiritually.
No one can tell you who you are, you get to decide that.
Kiss of the Spider Womandoes not yet have a distributor or release date.
With reporting from Jack Smart
