PS: I know your first on-TV role was as a gangbanger, and in an interview with Con Todo, you made a point to say you wouldn't take offense to being offered a "stereotypical" role as long as it's well-written and comes from a place of truth. That struck me: the humility in your approach to acting, and taking roles, and making them your own.
It's an interesting line to toe, though, between American and Mexican, because I feel like on the show, you toe another line between being this superhuman and these very human emotions. This season, I feel like a lot more depth was explored in your character. Would you agree?
"You know, I was always taught that the simplest way to understand a person is to know that everything is derived from love — lack of love or fulfillment of love."
DC: I mean, 100 percent. I think that there isn't a day when we go to set — I mean I'm sure it comes across a few times when we're doing green screen, all of these things — but going to set, a lot of the thought is, who is this person? And, what am I trying to defend at this point? And [you] figure out how to connect and defend this character's story, because — I think once you get to the simplest form of what a character wants, everyone connects to it. And that — that in itself is depth.
You know, I was always taught that the simplest way to understand a person is to know that everything is derived from love — lack of love or fulfillment of love.
PS: That's beautiful.
DC: So, through that, every character that is portrayed, you can pretty much derive it all the way down to that. And, I think when it came to Diego, that was a big topic that in my head was roaming around every time I get a script or scenes. And that goes back to the "stereotypical" roles. Obviously, your ideas, and how you want to do it, and all these things to give the character a backing and a whole story — at the end of the day, the filmmakers decide it works for the story or it doesn't work for the story. They have the overall control at the end of the day of how this character is portrayed. Sometimes it gets left in the cutting room; sometimes it gets used. But, all in all, all you gotta do is hope that the people that you're working for are looking out for the best in the story. That's the biggest thing.
![PS: I know your first on-TV role was as a gangbanger, and in an interview with Con Todo, you made a point to say you wouldn't take offense to being offered a "stereotypical" role as long as it's well-written and comes from a place of truth. That struck me: the humility in your approach to acting, and taking roles, and making them your own.
It's an interesting line to toe, though, between American and Mexican, because I feel like on the show, you toe another line between being this superhuman and these very human emotions. This season, I feel like a lot more depth was explored in your character. Would you agree?
"You know, I was always taught that the simplest way to understand a person is to know that everything is derived from love — lack of love or fulfillment of love."
DC: I mean, 100 percent. I think that there isn't a day when we go to set — I mean I'm sure it comes across a few times when we're doing green screen, all of these things — but going to set, a lot of the thought is, who is this person? And, what am I trying to defend at this point? And [you] figure out how to connect and defend this character's story, because — I think once you get to the simplest form of what a character wants, everyone connects to it. And that — that in itself is depth.
You know, I was always taught that the simplest way to understand a person is to know that everything is derived from love — lack of love or fulfillment of love.
PS: That's beautiful.
DC: So, through that, every character that is portrayed, you can pretty much derive it all the way down to that. And, I think when it came to Diego, that was a big topic that in my head was roaming around every time I get a script or scenes. And that goes back to the "stereotypical" roles. Obviously, your ideas, and how you want to do it, and all these things to give the character a backing and a whole story — at the end of the day, the filmmakers decide it works for the story or it doesn't work for the story. They have the overall control at the end of the day of how this character is portrayed. Sometimes it gets left in the cutting room; sometimes it gets used. But, all in all, all you gotta do is hope that the people that you're working for are looking out for the best in the story. That's the biggest thing.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/Yk70NOIDX4-ChWRBczwnkHlwWYs/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2020/09/13/015/n/37139775/786a9c0f24c626a5_TUA_204_Unit_01312RC3/i/PS-I-know-your-first-on-TV-role-was-as-gangbanger-in.jpg "PS: I know your first on-TV role was as a gangbanger, and in an interview with Con Todo, you made a point to say you wouldn't take offense to being offered a \"stereotypical\" role as long as it's well-written and comes from a place of truth. That struck me: the humility in your approach to acting, and taking roles, and making them your own.
It's an interesting line to toe, though, between American and Mexican, because I feel like on the show, you toe another line between being this superhuman and these very human emotions. This season, I feel like a lot more depth was explored in your character. Would you agree?
\"You know, I was always taught that the simplest way to understand a person is to know that everything is derived from love — lack of love or fulfillment of love.\"
DC: I mean, 100 percent. I think that there isn't a day when we go to set — I mean I'm sure it comes across a few times when we're doing green screen, all of these things — but going to set, a lot of the thought is, who is this person? And, what am I trying to defend at this point? And [you] figure out how to connect and defend this character's story, because — I think once you get to the simplest form of what a character wants, everyone connects to it. And that — that in itself is depth.
You know, I was always taught that the simplest way to understand a person is to know that everything is derived from love — lack of love or fulfillment of love.
PS: That's beautiful.
DC: So, through that, every character that is portrayed, you can pretty much derive it all the way down to that. And, I think when it came to Diego, that was a big topic that in my head was roaming around every time I get a script or scenes. And that goes back to the \"stereotypical\" roles. Obviously, your ideas, and how you want to do it, and all these things to give the character a backing and a whole story — at the end of the day, the filmmakers decide it works for the story or it doesn't work for the story. They have the overall control at the end of the day of how this character is portrayed. Sometimes it gets left in the cutting room; sometimes it gets used. But, all in all, all you gotta do is hope that the people that you're working for are looking out for the best in the story. That's the biggest thing.")
