Gina Rodriguez takes a seat in the director’s chair, then springs into action
“ARE WE PLANKING?” GINA RODRIGUEZ CALLS out on the set of Jane the Virgin. She leads a small group of crew members past a row of pastel-colored houses and into the bungalow that her character Jane has shared with her mother and grandmother for four seasons of television. Clad in sneakers and camo sweatpants, Rodriguez drops into a push-up position, sets a timer for one minute and yells out encouragement to the others during the ab exercise. When time is up, she makes a beeline for her director’s chair. This is just the third episode of television Rodriguez has ever directed, but she never pauses to second-guess a choice. She barely sits down before springing up again, hopping up and down as she watches the monitors.
Her Energizer Bunny–level exuberance is all the more impressive
