Gina Rodriguez only needed five takes to nail her epic 7-minute Jane the Virgin monologue

TVLine

The actress had the challenge of memorizing the lengthy monologue while directing herself. “It was like, ‘OK. That’s going to be interesting,'” says Rodriguez. “And then (showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman) was like, ‘Let’s do it in a oner.’ And I was like, ‘Even better! Come on!’ So it was figuring out the choreography. It was figuring out the beats, making sure I was hitting everything, tonally, that Jennie wanted me to hit, as well as making sure that it all flowed organically, and you were able to see my mom and my grandmother at the same time, (and) at the same time stay with me and move with me… So it was a really great challenge.”