July 1, 2025 • 9 mins
In this Kidversation episode, Sean Tajipour, the Mayor of Nerdtropolis, chats with Samantha Lorraine (Dora), Jacob Rodriguez (Diego), Mariana Garzón Toro (Naiya), and Acston Luca Porto (Sonny) about their thrilling new live-action adventure, Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado.
The cast shares what it’s like stepping into the jungle as Dora’s brave crew, from wild behind-the-scenes stories and fun pranks to the real-life friendships they built while filming in the Amazon. Samantha discusses bringing Dora to life for a new generation, while Jacob, Mariana, and Acston share their dream jungle sidekicks, must-pack adventure gear, and favorite moments together.
Plus, the cast picks where they’d go on their own treasure hunt — lost temples, glowing jungles, and underwater ruins included!
Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado premieres July 2 on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.
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(00:06):
Nurtropolis. I love that.
Are you yourself proclaimed nerd?
I am the mayor of Nurtropolis and yes, hello explorers.
Apologies, I'm so sorry. How dare I?
It's great to meet all of you and I have to say Congrats on
the latest addition to the worldof Dora with Dora and the search
for Soul Dorado. Yeah.
(00:27):
Thank you. Thank.
You so much. Much appreciate it.
It was an awesome cinematic experience.
Honestly it looks so awesome. It was obviously big quality,
big action, great scenes. All y'all are fantastic and I
just love how the world of Dora is expanding in all shapes and
forms and this is a great addition.
Thanks for hyping us up like that.
We love it. Yeah.
(00:49):
Wow. I do want to start off with you,
Samantha. You're bringing Dora into a
whole new phase of life. What was it like stepping into
such a iconic character and making her feel fresh and
modern? Yeah, I mean, like you said,
Dora is such an iconic character.
She is there's nobody like her in the entire world when it
comes to, you know, Latin women in a in a leadership position.
(01:10):
It's so it's such a special experience.
She's such a positive light and and she brings such a, a
guidance to to this group. And I think that's so important
in in any type of media and representation.
And I'm so grateful for that. I grew up watching Dora,
obviously I have the Dora Bob before I even got the audition
in my inbox. So I I've been manifesting it
(01:32):
since day one. You know I.
Love hearing that the Door franchise is all about
friendship and teamwork. Jacob, how did the four of you
bond as a cast during production?
And is there any like inside jokes or fun memories anyone
anyone wants to chime in with? Oh yeah, it was definitely a lot
of fun. A little too much fun at
sometimes where we would get in trouble for getting off tracks
(01:54):
or just like going on a random little side quest.
But truly, I think being put in a place like the jungle brings
people together like no other. Like you are surrounded by the
most amazing beauty and it like it's a great stepping stone.
Talking about Samantha on Yesterday.
But no, it's truly I think we all have a lot of similar
(02:15):
interests. They introduced me to a ton of
new music that I probably would never let's do if it weren't for
them. Great songs.
Not to happen those songs at all.
They're amazing. We have like the song of of our
summer, of our our Columbian Summer 100.
Percent linger. Linger, we're singing.
Linger A. Lot love the cranberry so.
Yeah, but yeah, we, we were constantly working out together,
(02:35):
playing sports, getting injured together.
Oh it it was a ton of fun. Maybe some behind the scenes
clips that we need to see on social media of of the craziness
and the fun. You.
Go see them. You want to see my, my, my
ankle? You want?
To see us playing. Soccer.
Say I'm picking my shins. Oh my God, yeah.
The ball, yeah. That's why I watch hockey and
(02:57):
not soccer. Never the moment.
I think me and Sam were both like limping to the tram.
We couldn't even walk the the medic was like on both of us at
all times. It was.
It was pretty wild. Making memories, yeah.
Exactly. It's a great point.
I love that this one's for everyone.
And you know, if you could have a jungle animal as your
sidekick, what would it be and what fun name would you give it?
(03:19):
And we could start with a Axton.Anthony is Scorpion and his name
would be a Scorpion. Oh God.
I actually think I'd love like alittle snake like wrapped around
me like you know, and her name would be.
Brittany. Brittany the snake.
(03:41):
That's good. Yeah.
Honestly, I would love, like a little poisoned dart frog, like
a bearded dragon. And I take the bearded dragon
out and I put him on a little leash and then we'd go for a
little walks. If I had a poisoned dart frog, I
wouldn't touch it, but I'd get somebody to touch it and be
like, oh, I'm sorry, I forgot totell you.
(04:02):
Don't touch it. Honestly for me, I know this is
very like Diego of me, but it would truly be like some type of
like Amazonian cat, like some type of Panther or Jaguar.
I love Panthers. And got a floor Panthers hockey.
But yeah, I don't know how to name them though.
Maybe like, like Jack like. Jack I.
(04:25):
Don't know something, Something boring maybe, but no.
Yeah, Diego Junior. That's Diego Junior.
Junior. Yeah, it should.
Be Bobby Fisk, Bobby. Fisk.
Bobby Fisk. Bobby Fisk.
I have Bobby Fisk on the mic. Shut up, Bobby.
Great name. I love that y'all have such
great chemistry. This is fantastic.
And Dora always has the best backpack.
Right? So if you could pack only three
(04:46):
things for a real jungle adventure, what would they be?
And we can kick it off back again to Axton.
Oh yeah. Go Axe.
Hey, Pete, you got it. I would choose a tent, a
sleeping bag, and a stuffed animal.
A stuffed animal has a llama. Has a llama.
Nice. Stuffed animal.
Yeah, I. Think I would definitely have
bug spray, mosquito spray. I would also have probably a
(05:10):
hammock and some gushers. Oh, yummy, Yeah.
Little snacks. I love that.
That's so good. I would take a book, I would
take tea and crochet instrumentsbecause I yeah, I'm not
practical. It's just like, you know, and
vibes, vibes. It's vibes wise, you know?
(05:31):
I decorate a tree with a little crochet like handkerchief.
So fun. HGTV.
I'd probably pack like like justas many bags of beef jerky as I
probably could. Maybe want to get bored?
Say that. Oh yeah.
It's a great choice, I think maybe.
Like a little team and gushers so.
(05:52):
Two points. Maybe, but Gushers are fire
though. I love guys.
I love Gushers. I maybe, Oh yeah, maybe like a
little ball to play with as theyget bored.
I don't know what kind of ball? Soccer balls, No.
Penalty ball. What I love soccer, football,
whatever it is, ankles over hereand then I don't.
(06:13):
Maybe some bread bottle. No, I didn't even know a water
bottle. I always have a water bottle
coming at all times. I do not leave.
Anywhere. Without it, I love a good water
bottle action. For you guys, Jacob has had the
same water bottle since shootingin Columbia.
They make fun of me. They believe me.
It's. A special trait and he takes it
(06:34):
to restaurants and we we picked up the habit of getting his
water bottle whenever he would go to the bathroom and hiding
it. It's cruel.
It's cruel. I would show up like freaking
out. I'm like, where's my water
bottle at? Like I got, I got such a
protection over this thing that I, yeah, I, I was.
Sit everywhere it's. That's right.
I'm with you, Jacob. I I feel you.
(06:54):
I feel you on that. Thank.
You I appreciate it. It's amazing.
It's great. All right, explorers, we're
going to pick your dream adventure destination.
So this is what you can pick up.Pick from a lost temple, a
treasure cave, a glowing jungle or underwater ruin.
So just let me know where we're headed and why, and we can kick
(07:16):
it off again with Axton. Yeah, go.
I would love to go to a glowing jungle.
That would be at night. That would be so cool.
Actually, it could be like Spacey kind of, yeah.
I was gonna say a lost temple. It's giving history, you know, I
feel like I discover like an ancient tomb of like a pharaoh
(07:37):
Torah. Yeah.
I love that. Honestly, I would probably say
underwater ruin or like a shipwreck.
That would be kind of cool, eventhough I'm I'm.
Going to say I was like what? So I'm, I, I used to live on the
beach in Miami. And so I'm, I'm fairly, you
(07:58):
know, seasoned with the water. However, I have faslophobia.
I'm horrified of like the deep sea, ocean.
It's like my biggest fear ever. Even watching it in movies like
scenes where characters are starting to get flooded.
Like I can't I go like this. We were watching Jaws.
Oh God. She got scared.
You know what? You were making fun of me for my
water bottle. She was a little scared during
Jaws and I was like, it's a time, it's over, it's over.
(08:19):
The whole time I Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But it was, you know, Yeah. So I choose underwater ruin to
get out of my comfort zone, you know, that's.
I mean, Dora. I mean, I wouldn't expect myself
to be in the jungle or not for Dora, right.
And for this movie. So.
I mean, who knows? Maybe I could become a deep sea
explorer one day. That'd be.
Oh. Yeah.
OK, hey, honestly, I would join you there.
I think. Oh my God, I'd have so much fun.
(08:40):
Unless we do it together. Yeah.
In in the Beach I. Love the water.
Yeah. And I feel like a shipwrecker
underwater ruin. That'd be so cool because First
off, I've always wanted to learnlike how to scuba dive and get
like scuba dive certified. And I feel like you'd probably
need that in this, in this sort of adventure.
Or no soldier breath. Yeah, yeah.
Just so just be better, just like have great lung capacity.
Yeah. But no, I think that would be a
(09:02):
ton of fun. Yeah, that just reminded me of
Axon loves Avatar. Like we've all, we all love all
watched Avatar during filming and we were all like assigning
ourselves like who's you know who?
So that was fun. And with the water dialogue, you
were just reminding me of like. Little water bending action.
Oh yeah, little water bending action.
Thanks again for such a fantastic film.
(09:23):
I hope we got a chat again because there's definitely more
adventures to go on. Oh yeah.
Great questions man, those are awesome.
Nurtropolis. I love that.
Are you yourself proclaimed nerd?
I am the mayor of Nurtropolis and yes, hello explorers.
Apologies, I'm so sorry. How dare I?
It's great to meet all of you and I have to say Congrats on
the latest addition to the worldof Dora with Dora and the search
for Soul Dorado. Yeah.
(00:27):
Thank you. Thank.
You so much. Much appreciate it.
It was an awesome cinematic experience.
Honestly it looks so awesome. It was obviously big quality,
big action, great scenes. All y'all are fantastic and I
just love how the world of Dora is expanding in all shapes and
forms and this is a great addition.
Thanks for hyping us up like that.
We love it. Yeah.
(00:49):
Wow. I do want to start off with you,
Samantha. You're bringing Dora into a
whole new phase of life. What was it like stepping into
such a iconic character and making her feel fresh and
modern? Yeah, I mean, like you said,
Dora is such an iconic character.
She is there's nobody like her in the entire world when it
comes to, you know, Latin women in a in a leadership position.
(01:10):
It's so it's such a special experience.
She's such a positive light and and she brings such a, a
guidance to to this group. And I think that's so important
in in any type of media and representation.
And I'm so grateful for that. I grew up watching Dora,
obviously I have the Dora Bob before I even got the audition
in my inbox. So I I've been manifesting it
(01:32):
since day one. You know I.
Love hearing that the Door franchise is all about
friendship and teamwork. Jacob, how did the four of you
bond as a cast during production?
And is there any like inside jokes or fun memories anyone
anyone wants to chime in with? Oh yeah, it was definitely a lot
of fun. A little too much fun at
sometimes where we would get in trouble for getting off tracks
(01:54):
or just like going on a random little side quest.
But truly, I think being put in a place like the jungle brings
people together like no other. Like you are surrounded by the
most amazing beauty and it like it's a great stepping stone.
Talking about Samantha on Yesterday.
But no, it's truly I think we all have a lot of similar
(02:15):
interests. They introduced me to a ton of
new music that I probably would never let's do if it weren't for
them. Great songs.
Not to happen those songs at all.
They're amazing. We have like the song of of our
summer, of our our Columbian Summer 100.
Percent linger. Linger, we're singing.
Linger A. Lot love the cranberry so.
Yeah, but yeah, we, we were constantly working out together,
(02:35):
playing sports, getting injured together.
Oh it it was a ton of fun. Maybe some behind the scenes
clips that we need to see on social media of of the craziness
and the fun. You.
Go see them. You want to see my, my, my
ankle? You want?
To see us playing. Soccer.
Say I'm picking my shins. Oh my God, yeah.
The ball, yeah. That's why I watch hockey and
(02:57):
not soccer. Never the moment.
I think me and Sam were both like limping to the tram.
We couldn't even walk the the medic was like on both of us at
all times. It was.
It was pretty wild. Making memories, yeah.
Exactly. It's a great point.
I love that this one's for everyone.
And you know, if you could have a jungle animal as your
sidekick, what would it be and what fun name would you give it?
(03:19):
And we could start with a Axton.Anthony is Scorpion and his name
would be a Scorpion. Oh God.
I actually think I'd love like alittle snake like wrapped around
me like you know, and her name would be.
Brittany. Brittany the snake.
(03:41):
That's good. Yeah.
Honestly, I would love, like a little poisoned dart frog, like
a bearded dragon. And I take the bearded dragon
out and I put him on a little leash and then we'd go for a
little walks. If I had a poisoned dart frog, I
wouldn't touch it, but I'd get somebody to touch it and be
like, oh, I'm sorry, I forgot totell you.
(04:02):
Don't touch it. Honestly for me, I know this is
very like Diego of me, but it would truly be like some type of
like Amazonian cat, like some type of Panther or Jaguar.
I love Panthers. And got a floor Panthers hockey.
But yeah, I don't know how to name them though.
Maybe like, like Jack like. Jack I.
(04:25):
Don't know something, Something boring maybe, but no.
Yeah, Diego Junior. That's Diego Junior.
Junior. Yeah, it should.
Be Bobby Fisk, Bobby. Fisk.
Bobby Fisk. Bobby Fisk.
I have Bobby Fisk on the mic. Shut up, Bobby.
Great name. I love that y'all have such
great chemistry. This is fantastic.
And Dora always has the best backpack.
Right? So if you could pack only three
(04:46):
things for a real jungle adventure, what would they be?
And we can kick it off back again to Axton.
Oh yeah. Go Axe.
Hey, Pete, you got it. I would choose a tent, a
sleeping bag, and a stuffed animal.
A stuffed animal has a llama. Has a llama.
Nice. Stuffed animal.
Yeah, I. Think I would definitely have
bug spray, mosquito spray. I would also have probably a
(05:10):
hammock and some gushers. Oh, yummy, Yeah.
Little snacks. I love that.
That's so good. I would take a book, I would
take tea and crochet instrumentsbecause I yeah, I'm not
practical. It's just like, you know, and
vibes, vibes. It's vibes wise, you know?
(05:31):
I decorate a tree with a little crochet like handkerchief.
So fun. HGTV.
I'd probably pack like like justas many bags of beef jerky as I
probably could. Maybe want to get bored?
Say that. Oh yeah.
It's a great choice, I think maybe.
Like a little team and gushers so.
(05:52):
Two points. Maybe, but Gushers are fire
though. I love guys.
I love Gushers. I maybe, Oh yeah, maybe like a
little ball to play with as theyget bored.
I don't know what kind of ball? Soccer balls, No.
Penalty ball. What I love soccer, football,
whatever it is, ankles over hereand then I don't.
(06:13):
Maybe some bread bottle. No, I didn't even know a water
bottle. I always have a water bottle
coming at all times. I do not leave.
Anywhere. Without it, I love a good water
bottle action. For you guys, Jacob has had the
same water bottle since shootingin Columbia.
They make fun of me. They believe me.
It's. A special trait and he takes it
(06:34):
to restaurants and we we picked up the habit of getting his
water bottle whenever he would go to the bathroom and hiding
it. It's cruel.
It's cruel. I would show up like freaking
out. I'm like, where's my water
bottle at? Like I got, I got such a
protection over this thing that I, yeah, I, I was.
Sit everywhere it's. That's right.
I'm with you, Jacob. I I feel you.
(06:54):
I feel you on that. Thank.
You I appreciate it. It's amazing.
It's great. All right, explorers, we're
going to pick your dream adventure destination.
So this is what you can pick up.Pick from a lost temple, a
treasure cave, a glowing jungle or underwater ruin.
So just let me know where we're headed and why, and we can kick
(07:16):
it off again with Axton. Yeah, go.
I would love to go to a glowing jungle.
That would be at night. That would be so cool.
Actually, it could be like Spacey kind of, yeah.
I was gonna say a lost temple. It's giving history, you know, I
feel like I discover like an ancient tomb of like a pharaoh
(07:37):
Torah. Yeah.
I love that. Honestly, I would probably say
underwater ruin or like a shipwreck.
That would be kind of cool, eventhough I'm I'm.
Going to say I was like what? So I'm, I, I used to live on the
beach in Miami. And so I'm, I'm fairly, you
(07:58):
know, seasoned with the water. However, I have faslophobia.
I'm horrified of like the deep sea, ocean.
It's like my biggest fear ever. Even watching it in movies like
scenes where characters are starting to get flooded.
Like I can't I go like this. We were watching Jaws.
Oh God. She got scared.
You know what? You were making fun of me for my
water bottle. She was a little scared during
Jaws and I was like, it's a time, it's over, it's over.
(08:19):
The whole time I Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But it was, you know, Yeah. So I choose underwater ruin to
get out of my comfort zone, you know, that's.
I mean, Dora. I mean, I wouldn't expect myself
to be in the jungle or not for Dora, right.
And for this movie. So.
I mean, who knows? Maybe I could become a deep sea
explorer one day. That'd be.
Oh. Yeah.
OK, hey, honestly, I would join you there.
I think. Oh my God, I'd have so much fun.
(08:40):
Unless we do it together. Yeah.
In in the Beach I. Love the water.
Yeah. And I feel like a shipwrecker
underwater ruin. That'd be so cool because First
off, I've always wanted to learnlike how to scuba dive and get
like scuba dive certified. And I feel like you'd probably
need that in this, in this sort of adventure.
Or no soldier breath. Yeah, yeah.
Just so just be better, just like have great lung capacity.
Yeah. But no, I think that would be a
(09:02):
ton of fun. Yeah, that just reminded me of
Axon loves Avatar. Like we've all, we all love all
watched Avatar during filming and we were all like assigning
ourselves like who's you know who?
So that was fun. And with the water dialogue, you
were just reminding me of like. Little water bending action.
Oh yeah, little water bending action.
Thanks again for such a fantastic film.
(09:23):
I hope we got a chat again because there's definitely more
adventures to go on. Oh yeah.
Great questions man, those are awesome.
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