Tokischa is keeping the door open to more acting after making her screen debut in House of Guerrero.
The Dominican singer discussed the possibility of building an onscreen career alongside her music during a “Film and Music” panel at Billboard Latin Music Week. The conversation took place Oct. 20, 2026, at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach and also featured lead actor Carlos Sanson Jr. and Scott Budnick, CEO of 1Community.
Asked by moderator Rebeca León, CEO of Lionfish Entertainment, what kind of role she would like to pursue next, Tokischa pointed toward emotionally demanding material.
“I really would love to play a very dramatic character, like really portray that,” she said. Referencing her 2026 album AMOR & DROGA and the “Perreo Llorando” video, Tokischa added that she has already tapped into intense emotion through her music.
“I think I’m a good crier,” she continued. “I’m a Pisces, so I want to have a very dramatic character. I want to have a person that goes through a lot, and I want to show a lot of emotion because I have a lot of emotion.”
Tokischa suggested that such a character could be someone dealing with addiction or the loss of another person, although she did not announce a specific future acting project.
Inside House of Guerrero
House of Guerrero is actress Gina Rodriguez’s feature-film directing debut. Sanson Jr. stars as Alex Guerrero, a former boxer attempting to revive his career in the ring.
Becky G plays Maya, who has an on-and-off romantic relationship with Alex. Tokischa appears as Xochitl Romero, Maya’s overprotective friend.
Rodriguez also acts in the film as Alex’s older sister, Paloma Guerrero. George Lopez plays the boxer’s father, Alejandro Guerrero, while Rosario Dawson portrays his mother, Elsa Guerrero.
The movie was recently filmed in Los Angeles and California’s Imperial Valley. It is produced by Wayfarer Studios, 1Community and I Can And I Will Productions. An official release date has not been announced.
For Tokischa, taking on a Mexican character meant deciding how to approach the role without losing her own identity as a Dominican performer.
“It’s impossible to do a Mexican accent — I’m Dominican — so I approached the character from my identity as a Latina,” she explained. “I’m Latina, and I brought that part of me to my performance.”
She also described growing up in the Dominican Republic while watching Mexican culture on television. Tokischa said that when she first traveled to Mexico, the experience reminded her of a telenovela because people spoke like the characters she had watched growing up.
Culture and Representation Shaped the Production
Sanson Jr. similarly addressed the care taken in portraying Mexican and wider Latin American culture. The Australian actor, who played Santiago “Santi” Hernández in the Stan/BBC television series Bump, is the son of a Chilean mother and a father of Cuban and Nicaraguan descent.
“At the end of the day, we’re all human, right? So we’re representing each other, and we carried a lot of care and respect for the culture,” Sanson Jr. said. He added that the production did not attempt to hide where he comes from.
According to the actor, the story evolved once filming began and Latin artists from around the world joined the project. Before production, he also spent time in Mexico to develop an understanding of the culture beyond stereotypes.
The panel broadened its focus beyond House of Guerrero to consider whether Latin cinema could attain the kind of international prominence already achieved by Latin music.
Budnick, whose executive producer credits include The Hangover, Due Date and Nonnas, said he believes that shift is already in progress. He cited Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl impact and said his company is developing additional Latin stories, including Residente’s Porto Rico, with Bad Bunny in the lead role.
Budnick argued that films rooted in themes that are powerful within the Latin community can reach wider audiences when those ideas are also universally recognizable. “I’m very, very optimistic that it’s starting to bubble up and it’s really starting to happen,” he said.
ShowBiz Take
Tokischa’s comments stop short of confirming a second film, but they make clear that House of Guerrero was not simply an acting experiment she is eager to leave behind. Her interest in a deeply dramatic part also points to the kind of material she would want if another opportunity emerges.
The film carries several points of crossover significance: it introduces Tokischa as an actress, gives Rodriguez her first feature directing credit and brings together established figures from music, film and television. The panel’s discussion also placed the project within a wider effort, described by Budnick, to develop Latin-centered movies with broad commercial potential.
What Happens Next?
For now, Tokischa has not revealed another acting role, and House of Guerrero remains without an official release date. Her debut performance as Xochitl Romero will therefore be the first chance for audiences to see how her musical expressiveness translates to film—and whether it opens the way to the dramatic roles she says she wants to explore.