‘Expats’ Star Ruby Ruiz Talks Essie Getting the Spotlight and Her Confrontation Scene With Nicole Kidman
17.02.2024 - 01:31
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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “Central,” the fifth episode of “Expats,” now streaming on Prime Video. Lulu Wang’s “Expats” steps into feature-length territory for this week’s episode, which focuses on the working class women by diving into the lives of the help, Essie (Ruby Ruiz) and Puri (Amelyn Pardenilla).
The story steps away from the wealthy world of Margaret (Nicole Kidman) and Hillary (Sarayu Blue), instead following Essie and Puri on their day off, unwinding from their hectic work. Poor Essie has spent much of the series fraught with guilt over the disappeareance of Margaret’s son, Gus, blaming herself for not being there the night the young boy vanished at the Night Market.
Early in this week’s episode, the nanny is Facetiming with her son, who is in the Philippines, anticipating that she will return “soon.” Essie believes Margaret will head back to America with her husband and family and terminate her in the process. Instead, she gets the shock of her life when Margaret sits her down and confesses her torment.
Her jealousy over Gus’ closeness to Essie led her to ask Mercy (Ji-Young Yoo) for help that night. In an emotional moment, Margaret makes an offer that’s just too good to be true – inviting her to work for the family in America.
Essie is then faced with her own new conflict: does she return home as she had hoped or does she move to America? Ruiz reflects on the episode, breaking down in tears as she recalls being sent a video of Wang during a Q&A, in which the show’s creator and director praised her: “Ruby is the heart and soul of the entire show.” “I can’t explain how happy I am,” Ruiz tells Variety. “Playing Essie, I didn’t have that intention. I’m
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