Under the lighting of fluorescent in his hotel room in Pelos, Greece, Jesse Garcia connects through his fatty hair strands after an exchange of fire on “The Odyssey” – Christopher Nolan from the movie “Greek Epic”.
“I got specific hair,” says Garcia on our video call. Despite the hard schedule, he enjoyed his time in shooting in Morocco and Greece, along with Hollywood lists such as Matt Damon and Zindaya. While he looked back on his path, it seems that the Joaria of the Garcia champion through Hollywood reflects the Journey of the Greek character Odysseus: a man who faces great challenges sometimes feels focused but formative.
“It is not like anything else I have done before,” says Garcia from the big budget movie, which was prepared for the release in 2026.
The actor, 42 years old, concluded a different type of Odyssey – who also plays the role of starring in a new comedy on a Latin journey on Disney+, “Alexander and a terrible, terrible, not good journey, very bad“The Family Film was released on March 28, and Garcia sees the patriarch of the fictional family of Garcia, which is played by the actors of all stars from Eva Longoria, Bulina Chavez, Tom Neymer, Rose Portilo and Shich Marin.
“Road Trip” Film 2014 “Alexander and the terrible day, terrible, not good, very bad“Who was dependent on the book of children in Judith Fortet in 1972. Garcia appeared in the first movie as the Rangeler of the Animal; in the new movie, he plays the role of chefs.” Perhaps I was an animal so I could put myself in the chef school, “he says.
It is directed by Marvin Limos, the new shake depicts an experience that is heading towards Garcia. “My parents used to take us [Durango] Garcia says: “To see my father’s family every year [did] That wild journey is very much when we were young children. “
Unlike many of his fellow Hollywoods, who came from wealthy families and studied in prestigious schools, Garcia was born in a Mexican American family in Rollins and Yu, a small mining city with a few resources for ambitious actors. “I have tested a high school play,” says Garcia. “Of course I didn’t get it, because I didn’t know what I was doing!”
Garcia, a athlete, was devoting himself to encouraging routine and exciting high school – he later obtained an encouragement scholarship for the University of Nebraska, where he studied exercise science. This group later helped him design a scene in a 2007 “The Backback”, which included Tony Gonzalez Tony Gonzales.
“If you knew better a day, I would have done great lessons [in college]Garcia says with a muffled laugh.
At the request of a friend, he moved to Atlanta to find his direction. This prompted him to take acting lessons in What are the movies, An innovative theatrical chapter where he learned to write, direct, guide and produce original materials under the leadership of actor Godson Phone. “It was a very unique format – this was the basis for how to work,” says Garcia.
In 2003, with only $ 2000 in his pocket and colleague in the room he found in Cragasist, he made Garcia his home. It was immersed by the presence of the strong Chicano in the city at the beginning, but it eased the community. “He did not grow up with a strong Latin community in Wyoming,” he explains. When I got to Los Angeles, I worked in this film entitled “Massar” with Edward James Olmeos [and] I began to get to know the history of the Latinians in Los Angeles.
Garcia won his role in the 2006 movie “Quinceañra”, a movie coming directed by Richard Garat, Will and Westmoreland. In that, Garcia played the role of Carlos, a gay teenager who was stopped from his Mexican family, alongside his pregnant cousin and the novel champion Majdalina (played by Emily Rios). The film gained a jar at the Sandans Film Festival, where he won the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award. The film was later obtained and distributed by Sony Pictures.
“I [think] “I got thousands of dollars to do this film,” says Garcia of his independent clicking, which was union production.[But] My career started. “
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Garcia followed this momentum with small roles in procedures such as “CSI: MIAMI”, “Law and System: Criminal intention” and “A”. Although he asked his clients to subscribe to the typical Latin roles, they are usually limited to gardeners and gang gangs, he retracted a role in the movie “Days of Anger”, which is “Dust of the Gang Dust”, as it places. It was directed by Celia Fox, characterized by a wonderful list of black and Latin actors: Lawrence Fisborn, Lobby Ontavros, Tae Degez and Welmer Valmama.
But the film, which was scheduled to be released in 2008, will not see Noor today – although he is still looking to obtain rights. “Celia, call me,” says to the camera.
“I was just a broken actor, then it happened in 2008,” says Garcia, whose happy behavior that is condemned immediately says.
in the wake of 2007-08 Book strike, The roles of the flowering actor have become more difficult – a position that has become more clear by the overwhelming financial crisis in the country. About 20 years later, Designs continue to fight For their art, amid increasing concerns about artificial intelligence and broadcasting revenues, all while production Summ in Los Angeles
Jesse Garcia in “Flamin ‘Hot”, his first role in a major studio.
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His first main role will not come in the main studio movie until 2023, when it was filmed by Cretachard Montenez in “Flamein hot“The story of a guard turned into themselves “Latin marketing gods,” Those who claimed that he invented a snack from Flamin ‘Hot Cheetos.
“When I got the test for the first time for” Flamin ‘Hot “, I read and went,” this is me, “Garcia says. … they wrote this for me. “” I must jump through the hoops and prove it to me. “
The director and friend for the first time, Eva Longoria de Los, told Garcia, whom she considers “her cosmic friend”, “is supposed to be Richard Montenez”.
“He didn’t have a holiday, so he had this intense approach to it,” says Longoria. “He wanted to do a good job – not only for me but for our community … … we could not fail in” Flamin “Hot.
The pressures of the role weighted on Garcia – not because it carried a Latin society on its shoulders, a commitment to ignore it, but because it was present for 36 days of the shooting.
“No one knows [it]”I could have a mental breakdown every day,” he says.
“There was one day [co-star] Annie Gonzalez put her hand on my chest just to say hello and register arrival with me, and I was like, “Oh, why am I very emotional now?”
Gonzales, who played the role of Montenez Judy in “Flamin ‘Hot”, remembers this moment during filming. “Jesse hides a lot of things with play,” she says. “I put my hand on his chest and gave him my energy, because I can only imagine this movie.”
Although this marketing success story was disputed in 2021 Investigation of Los Angeles TimesThe realist Montenese is cited in him 2024 defamation suit Against the popular chips company, Garcia says it resonates in the spirit of his personality prize. (As for the record, he also stands behind Montenez’s novel: “I think he has receipts.”)
“I [too] “I felt as if I was weak, I felt that I wanted to quit smoking,” says Garcia.
He says that when he is thinking about returning to these stormy moments in 2008, he asks himself: “Will the 21 -year -old version of myself be neglected to meet the current version?”
Therefore, he says: “Yes, I will be proud of this man.”
