hollywood and the hood

Role playing: At a special screening of Quinceañera in Los Angeles with the directors and cast in attendance, the film's male lead, Jesse Garcia, explained how he got hooked up with the role: Nosotros.org. That's it. No inside connection just a web site.

On the role itself, the budding actor had this to say: "I had never heard or seen this kind of role on-screen before. Cholo is the main thing we get cast as as Latinos. I wanted to break that. I wanted to play this really subtle so that by the middle of the movie you forget he's Cholo or gay. It's kind of a dream role." (image via atp_tyreseus)