After 'Like Water For Chocolate’s' Big Death Scene, One Star Breaks Down What Final Moments Mean

From the beginning, the director and I talked a lot and we wanted to have very clear what was, what were the reasons for Mamelena to behave the way she does. And I think Mamelena, she also felt a big fire and a big passion inside her, but because she couldn't, she couldn't have the experience of having that love developed, I think she kind of got really sour inside her. And in a way, that's why she loves Gertrude so much, because she is the consequence of that big love. And in a way, that's the reason why she rejects Tita so much, because she was, how do you say, obliged to get married to a man she didn't love. So that makes her a very complex character and a very complex mother and someone who has to, you know, take care of the hacienda and all the workers for it.