PRISCILLA DELGADO
on What It Means to Vanish and Begin Again
interview MARK ASHKINS
At seven Priscilla Delgado was already reading minds on Spanish television, headlines still calling her the little girl as if time had frozen in reruns while she kept filming, kept slipping into roles that stick to the skin long after the lights go down.
The little girl is still there, shadowing the woman who walks through sets of Euphoria lit in electric haze, rewriting herself in ways impossible to chart, transformations that accumulate one frame after another. On another project the orange jumpsuit clicks into place and suddenly the story is alive, the uniform shaping the body, escape rehearsed on rooftops with helicopters hovering, details carried into sleep, details returning in dreams.
Priscilla Delgado wears VERSACE
“Life gave me the chance to start my career at a very early age, and I haven’t stopped working since the day it began.”
Priscilla Delgado speaks with Mark Ashkins
for LE MILE FW25 - OFFLINE Edition
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She remembers the first time a stranger renamed her in an ice cream shop, the baptism of being addressed as someone else, the odd thrill of identity folded back into fiction.
Characters sometimes stay lodged inside her, sneaking into gestures, contaminating her nights, refusing to leave with the costumes, reminding her that the boundary between role and person is porous, flimsy, optional. Scripts without punctuation, directors with too-perfect smiles, flags she reads instantly, warnings disguised as opportunities.
Offline she disappears into neutrality, outdoors where signal fades and thoughts scatter, into tasks that narrow her focus until flight mode feels like another form of presence. When the circus of productions pauses, she reaches for films waiting in the Criterion Collection or in her father’s private archive, unwatched reels stacked like maps of worlds she hasn’t entered yet. And always, there are the dogs. Coqui was the last, scooped from a roadside chinchorro in Puerto Rico between alcapurrias and a piña colada, carried into a new life within a week, another role cast, another story closed.
Priscilla Delgado wears a coat by DOBLAS and shoes by CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN
Mark Ashkins
We googled you. Then we stopped. What’s one part of your life the internet keeps getting spectacularly wrong?
Priscilla Delgado
Life gave me the chance to start my career at a very early age, and I haven’t stopped working since the day it began. When I was just seven years old, I played a little girl with the superpower of reading people’s minds. That role became my first major appearance on Spanish television, and it’s one that people still remember to this day. There are still headlines that refer to me as “the little girl,” a reference I find both endearing and curious, especially considering I’ve grown into something much closer to a woman.
You just wrapped Euphoria. Were there tears? Blood? A new tattoo? What part of you got rewritten in all that neon fog?
Given the universe of Euphoria, all the possibilities mentioned are entirely plausible. It has definitely been a deeply transformative experience. I’m not sure which part of me may have been rewritten, but what I do know is that it has been fascinating to gain such a profound understanding of aspects previously unknown to me.
You’re in Virginia filming a Prison Break spin-off. Did you sneak out of set in an orange jumpsuit just to feel something? What’s your favourite kind of escape?
Everything finally came together the moment we were given the chance to try on our uniforms. After that, everything else began to take shape. My ideal escape would be running up to the rooftop and getting picked up by a helicopter.
What’s more terrifying: a script with no punctuation or a director with perfect teeth?
To me, they’re both clear red flags!
Priscilla Delgado wears a total look by ABRA
You’ve been acting since before the world fully digitised itself—do you remember the first time someone called you by a character’s name in public and you liked it?
Yes, I remember the first time it happened. It was in an ice cream shop. It felt like being baptized anew.
Is there a character you’ve played that still lingers in your laundry, in your soup, in the way you blink when no one’s watching?
I have to confess that this has happened to me. During an incredibly intense week of work, I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and found myself slipping into some of the mannerisms of the character I was portraying at the time. It was a terrifying moment because I always try to leave the character on set. But I suppose, as in this case, sometimes it’s inevitable.
How do you stay Offline without becoming invisible? Or is being invisible the goal now?
I really enjoy being in a neutral space and allowing myself to relax. For me, this neutral space is usually being outdoors in nature.
What’s your personal version of flight mode? A lake? A locked bathroom? The inside of your own head?
Being deeply focused on a task and not allowing any distractions. For me, being on set can be synonymous with being in flight mode, although theoretically, it could also be the opposite.
You’re juggling productions like a circus performer on a caffeine drip—do you ever feel like not being good at things for a minute?
All the time, I find myself unraveling the mysteries of the world. Meanwhile, I navigate this journey with respect and an open heart, embracing every lesson, while gently reminding myself to be kind and patient along the way.
When everything wraps, what’s the first thing you really do, once the Wi-Fi dies and the makeup wipes win?
I’ll probably lose myself in watching a film, choosing from the countless gems left unwatched in the Criterion Collection and from my father’s personal archive, which may be even more vast and treasure-filled, haha.
Tell us something you’re working on that has absolutely nothing to do with the industry.
I strive, in my own way, to be of service to society, whether by contributing to causes that need support at any given moment. One of the things I enjoy most is rescuing street dogs or fostering them, giving them love, food, and warmth, and preparing them for their new forever homes. The most recent was Coqui, a little dog I found at a “chinchorro” in Salinas, Puerto Rico, when I stopped to enjoy some alcapurrias and a piña colada. We managed to find her a home in just one week!
Priscilla Delgado wears a total look by JULIE KEGELS
“For me, being on set can be synonymous with being in flight mode, although theoretically, it could also be the opposite.”
Priscilla Delgado speaks with Mark Ashkins
for LE MILE FW25 - OFFLINE Edition
seen + direction PABLO MAS
styled GONZALO ORUTÑO
art direction MARTA OCHOA and YOSI NEGRIN
movement direction MURIEL SEIQUER
make up LUCAS MARGARIT
hair TRINI ASTEASUAIN
production SOFIA FRAMES
light CLAUDIO OCA, CRISTIAN FENOLL + XAVIER BOUZAS
digital retouch PABLO RIVERA
talent PRISCILLA DELGADO