The HTGAWM star and mom of three talks narrating the new Spanish-language Thomas & Friends special, and how she’s leaning into her latest parenting era: minivan life. Karla Souza has accomplished a lot in her career. She famously played a law student covering up multiple murders in How To Get Away With Murder.
She won two International Emmys for producing and starring in Dive (La Caída). She’s built a filmography that fluently bounces between Hollywood and Mexico. But it took a little blue engine to impress maybe the most fickle audience of all: her three kids, ages 8, 6, and 2.
Souza is the Spanish-language narrator of Thomas & Friends Railway Stories: Really Helpful Engines, a 30-minute special that kicks off a new era for the beloved franchise through refreshed character designs, three original songs, and a story about friendship, teamwork, and helping others. She’s also, as she learned after signing on, the first woman — and first Mexican woman — to narrate Thomas & Friends. Scary Mommy caught up with the charming Souza to talk about the special, why “balance” is a myth, officially surrendering to minivan life, and more.
Scary Mommy: Your kids are 8, 6, and 2, which is prime Thomas territory. Were they Thomas fans before? Do they have a sense of what you’re doing?
Karla Souza: This is actually the first project that I'm able to watch with them, so it was very special. I was definitely chomping at the bit, wanting to be able to share something for the first time with them. They were very confused as to why I wasn't making the train sounds and why that was somebody else.
There was a lot of confusion with that part of it, but I love this new chapter of being able to share these kinds of things. And it was the first thing that I did for that kind of age range. I just find it so special to think that maybe, when they have kids, they'll be able to show old Grandma… there’s something to be said about doing projects that can live on for generations.
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