Before she auditioned for Me Mueves, Diaz had been performing in the play Perras (Spanish for “bitches”) in which she played a teenage girl who gets pregnant and mistakenly takes her own life. This dramatic and somber character is nothing like Cristina in Me Mueves but, when the show’s producer Marcel Ferrer saw Tsuria in Perras, he knew that she had the charisma and acting ability that he needed for his show. Ferrer declares, “I saw Tsuria in Perras and I knew she would be great for Me Mueves…and that she would be amazing at the audition. What is so impressive about Tsuria is that her body language is amazing. She can express so much without words that it communicates more than you expect and does it in such a subtle way that you don’t notice she is doing it. When we worked together on the show, she was young but already so mature. When you watch her onscreen you get a sense of that. You feel that the well that her emotions come from is a very deep place, whether she shows you that or not.” That subtlety is not to be taken for granted. Actors in the theater are encourage to make things bigger. When audiences are unable to reap the rewards of a “close up” camera shot, it’s up to the actors to make things closer to them. The fact that Diaz instinctively understood the need to dial the emotive process down is proof to her natural abilities. Tsuria is quick to point out that she considered many factors about TV before formulating her approach in front of the camera. She reveals, “Nothing is too difficult if you enjoy it. When I was preparing for Me Mueves, I took time to slow down in that period of my life and realize the difference between the theater and TV. The energy you need for a play and TV is the same but with a different projection. The intention and the voice are the key to connecting with your scene partner and with the character’s objective. So, what moves my character on stage and on set was a difference in my breathing. This changed everything. If you are human, you will have nerves…that’s just natural. Each TV show, TV series, film, or soap opera will make you feel excited, passionate, and nervous; but it's so different when you use the nerves or stress to create rather than paralyze and stop the art inside you. When you choose to use stress to create and trust is when “magic” comes, and magic for me is just the result of all the hard work that nobody sees when you're at home with the script burning your brain out.”
The maturity of her comments are evident but the true evidence is the ease of her performance on Me Mueves. While it seems effortless to the viewer, Diaz admits that there were many adjustments to be made. While a prolific career on both stage and screen require talent, each demands its own methodology. She paid attention to her costars like Jose Caballero de Anda (who portrayed Cesar, the kind boy whose affections were toyed with by her character Cristina), director Enrique Arroyo, and the crew. Learning to play to the camera was part instinct and part on the job training, not that you’d ever guess it from watching the cruel Cristina on this show. One would think Diaz was every bit her awful character. Pleading Cristina’s case, Tsuria comments, “It goes without saying but, the actors job is imagination and creating the character’s background. I created (a backstory) that must have driven Cristina to be this way and, to be honest, everything comes from a lack of confidence in herself and family issues. I never thought of Cristina as inherently mean, I don’t really think anyone is. Villains don’t think they’re the villain, they see the circumstances that justify these actions to themselves. An actor just needs to create some unknown backstory that helps them and the audience buy into this. I sometimes think that is what we are as actors…we’re just people who study human emotions and actions and present them to society.”
Upon hearing Marcel Ferrer’s comments about Tsuria’s natural mastery of the unspoken, Diaz agrees that it is something she enjoys and lists as a strength. She notes, “I work a lot with body language. You can express the intention of anything without words. I see it as the opposite of being selfish; it's giving and exprssive, letting go with a purpose. Body language is fascinating. To make it doable, to live though it; being conscious of your body and knowing your voice. The relationship you have with yourself, whether it is dramatic or comedic, helps you increase the arc of genres you are able to communicat. Daily research makes it even more interesting. The best result is of course, the camera catches everything!”