Mary Rivera landed a role in the movie ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ making fellow countrymen beam with pride.
Hawaiʻi resident Rivera played Lola, the grandmother of Spider-Man’s best friend Ned, the role played by Jacob Batalon, also from Hawaiʻi.
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Rivera’s daughter Angie Kelly told The Conversation on how her mother made it to the big screen and on getting used to her new celebrity status.
“It’s been an amazing adventure. To us, she’s just my mom. But to the rest of the world, she’s Ned’s Lola,” Kelly said. “It’s humbling really, because never before in cinematic history really has there been a place for the Filipino language and culture. They did a really good job with paying attention to the details of our culture.”
