Filming Flamin' Hot, the biopic on Flamin' Hot Cheetos creator Richard Montañez, has come with some challenges, according to director Eva Longoria. Longoria got her start in Hollywood as an actress. She is best known for her 8-year stint on Desperate Housewives as Gabrielle Solis. The actress used the foot she had in the door of Hollywood to become a producer and director. She has executive produced Devious Maids, Telenovela, and more and used her career to raise up Mexican-Americans artists.

Now, as Longoria directs Flamin' Hot, she faces new challenges. While speaking with Variety, she says one of the challenges was how hot it was filming at the height of summer in New Mexico. Aside from the weather, she wanted to "stay true to the theme of the movie." While viewers might think a movie titled after Cheetos wouldn't be that deep, the movie reportedly has a really heartfelt message. It tells the rags to riches story of Montañez and how he achieved the American dream with Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Longoria says the primary theme of the biopic is "opportunity is not distributed equally." Longoria's full comment can be read below:

“I think probably the greatest challenge was making sure we stayed true to the theme of the movie, which is opportunity is not distributed equally. And when that happens, you have to work twice as hard and twice as long and be twice as good. And you still have to persevere and the story is so many things. It’s rags to riches, it’s American dream 101, it’s about perseverance, it’s about the underdog. But at the end of the day, it’s also about one person’s perspective and struggle within themselves. So it’s a beautiful, beautiful biopic.”

These challenges have only been amplified by the accusations that Montañez embellished how involved he was in creating Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Longoria acknowledges these accusations, and while she firmly stands by Montañez, she stated that the claims have only added to the list of difficulties in filming. Her priority in making this biopic was staying "authentic" to the true story, which she felt she has done, as well as represent Montañez's and the Mexican-American community's successes.