Rita Moreno sees a distinction in George Lopez.
Forward of her visitor look on Lopez’s present together with his daughter Mayan Lopez, Lopez vs Lopez, the 92-year-old actress tells PEOPLE that the comic, 63, has “modified fairly a bit” since they labored collectively on his sequence The George Lopez Present in 2007.
“He’s actually eased up,” Moreno says, including that George is “funnier” than ever.
The Oscar winner continues, “He’s gotten sort of candy and cuddly. I do know it’s onerous to consider George as a cuddly particular person, however I saved continuously leaning on him, and he put his arm round me.”
Moreno provides that the pair are “very affectionate collectively,” and George has grow to be “a fairly good man” since they first collaborated. She reveals that after taping the episode of the NBC sitcom, George took the complete solid to dinner at a “great” Mexican restaurant.
“He was by no means a candy particular person, however he’s now, and I’m very keen on him,” Moreno says.
Rejoining Lopez’s on-screen household additionally gave Moreno the chance to see Mayan, 28, whom she met on the set of The George Lopez Present. When the 2 reunited on Lopez vs Lopez, Mayan confided in Moreno about her previous estrangement with George, and The Electrical Firm star remembers giving her “motherly recommendation.”
“She turned very near me, and I along with her,” the West Facet Story actress says. “She’s a very neat lady. So fairly, these large, stunning eyes of hers.”
Noting that Mayan is now “safer” about her performing potential, Moreno quips, “She’s additionally humorous. You already know, I believe it’s within the genes.”
In Lopez vs Lopez, Moreno portrays the spirit of George’s fictional late grandmother, Dolores. She describes the character as a “depraved, horrible, bitchy grandmother” who was “nasty” to George when she was alive. Dolores returns to scold her grandson for badmouthing her throughout the present’s Día de los Muertos episode, which airs on NBC on Friday, Oct. 25.
She beforehand performed an analogous character in The George Lopez Present, visitor starring as George’s grandmother Luisa within the sequence’ ultimate season. However as a substitute of tormenting George’s character, Luisa had a strained relationship together with his on-screen mom, Benny (performed by Belita Moreno).
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Lopez vs Lopez airs on NBC on Fridays at 8:30 p.m. ET.