Adria Arjona did not merely step into her action-star era; she appears to have kicked the door down, fired a warning shot, and asked where the next stunt was. Playing Celeste, a hardened former Army sniper and mother taking on genetically engineered super-soldiers, Adria Arjona endured intense combat and stunt work for Onslaught. The training was brutal enough to reshape her confidence, which is one way to make an entrance.

Now, Adria Arjona has opened up about the production mishaps, although calling them “mishaps” requires a rather generous consultation with the dictionary, considering her role in them.

Adria Arjona may have helped herself land Onslaught by arriving at her first meeting with Adam Wingard in a 1979 Ford F-150, but the truck later became an unexpected production headache. She even wanted her beloved pickup in the film, only for its bright orange paint to cause lighting problems. Worse, the notoriously unreliable vehicle eventually left her stranded on New Mexico highways.

“So the transport department had to come pick me up in the middle of a highway a couple times so I wouldn’t be late to set,” she said. The truck, which Adria Arjona admits was a regrettable Cars.com purchase, was apparently less interested in making movies than making roadside appearances. What began as a possible casting advantage had become a recurring transportation emergency.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of Onslaught’s September 4 theatrical release, Adria Arjona confessed that the bargain truck had consumed an alarming chunk of her bank account in repair costs. The vehicle eventually ran again, but not before repeatedly requiring rescue. For an action thriller about genetically engineered super-soldiers, the real battle was apparently between Adria Arjona and her Ford.

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If Adria Arjona’s workout routine showed just how exceptionally tough she was, her truck mishap proved that her relationship with cars is a different kind of endurance sport.

Adria Arjona has a garage philosophy that feels refreshingly allergic to Hollywood excess: give her a truck, something sturdy, and preferably an engine with a little attitude. She has admitted to being “obsessed” with pickups, spends her spare time scrolling through truck pictures, and once compared her dream home to a no-nonsense Toyota pickup. Even her gifts apparently require horsepower, as Jason Momoa surprised her with an orange Fiat tractor she promptly named Fifi.

Her vehicular tastes do not stop at four wheels, either. Adria Arjona rides motorcycles with Jason Momoa, while her professional driving résumé has included a BMW 330e hybrid for a Hispanic Heritage campaign. Between rugged pickups, a beloved tractor, motorcycles, and the occasional polished luxury car, Adria Arjona has made one thing abundantly clear: when an unreliable truck leaves her stranded on a highway, calling it a “mishap” may be the understatement of the year.

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