"Orange is the New Black" first saw Blanca Flores (portrayed by Laura Gómez) in its first season. A backdrop of the character or the depth it held was not revealed in Season 1. The only things that we could perceive were that Blanca had a disheveled style and was secretly sexting Diablo - a mysterious character.
Season 4 of "Orange is the New Black" saw more of Blanca. The character turned bold and hilarious and the backstory of the prisoner was also revealed.
Laura Gómez found it fascinating as the character that she played slowly evolved over the seasons. Blanca's wild past and jaw-dropping backstory are well explained, reported International Business Times.
"It's fascinating to me because every [season] I am more in awe of our writers of how they are able to humanize characters that originally might have seemed like a little bit of a caricature and kind of a comic relief," Gómez stated. "Ironically that's the name of my episode, 'Turn Table Turn,'" she stated while pointing to the fact that the writers have the ability to 'turn the table.'
Laura went on to say that she was shocked when Blanca's back story was revealed. She was in fact pleasantly surprised by it all. She also told that she had no clue what the writers of "Orange is The New Black" have in store for her. But, she assumes that it will be something which will be mind-blowing, reported Wet Paint.
"I had no preconception whatsoever. I figured it would be something out of the box. But it really, really was something shocking. I never expected kind of a revolutionary movement from Blanca," Gomez admitted.
We have already seen that Blanca used to work as a caretaker for an elderly woman named Millie, who was very wealthy and extremely unpleasant. Since Millie did not like the fact that Blanca befriended her gardener Dario, (nicknamed Diablo,) she fired him. When Blance confronted her, Millie took revenge by having midnight sex with Dario in Millie's bedroom.
"I thought it exposed Blanca's temperamental nature. In a way its rebelling against the oppressor and kind of mirroring what the entire season is about. I think that the show has been very actively mirroring society right now and what's going on," Gómez told.
Gómez also told that she is eager to find out if Daya pulls the trigger in Season 5. She also revealed that she wants to know more about Yoga Jones. Also Humphrey, the insane guard who forced Maritza to eat a baby mouse captures her attention.
Along with Gomez, the fans are also waiting to see what season 5 of "Orange is the New Black" unveils!
