Eiza González isn’t quite sure where she lives at the moment.
“I’m a bit of a nomad,” she said in a video call from California, where she has a house in Los Angeles and a ranch in Ojai. “I’m here, there, everywhere.”
That included Cairo, Bangkok, Vienna and various parts of Britain for the film “Fountain of Youth,” about an art thief and his entourage who go on a global quest for the source of the mythological waters.
González plays Esme, a “protector,” though of what and whom isn’t always crystal clear. She describes the character as “Machiavellian fun, a huge enigma and kind of a poker face, but a sassy and witty girl.” The movie will stream on Apple TV+ starting May 23.
It was her third project with the director Guy Ritchie — “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” landed in 2024 and “In the Grey” will come out this summer — and her first time in an action movie at an Indiana Jones-like level.
“I think he really enjoys someone that is willing to take risks and play and push themselves, and he saw a lot of desire in me,” González said of Ritchie before explaining why psychology books, the Criterion Channel and LED light therapy are on her list of must-haves. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
Psychology Books
I’m currently reading “Rewire” by Nicole Vignola. I’ve also been reading “Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!” by Julio Vincent Gambuto. Anything that is a deep dive into psyche and understanding the human behavior. I would’ve most definitely become a psychologist if I wasn’t an actress.