Luis Guzmán has spent a long time within the Hollywood trenches.
The veteran actor pings from comedy to critical drama, a versatility that fits his newest function on Netflix’s “Wednesday.”
Guzmán performs household patriarch Gomez Addams on the present, now in its second season. The collection focuses on the clan’s darkish cloud of a daughter, performed by Jenna Ortega, however permits for the long-lasting household to be a part of her journey.
The star isn’t identified for his political views a la Mark Ruffalo, Sean Penn or Cynthia Nixon. He nonetheless weighed in on President Donald Trump throughout a latest interview on the “Gracias, Come Once more” iHeartRadio podcast.
Host Honey German nudged the actor on movie star activism as a part of the dialog. That allowed the “Carlito’s Method” alum to mock Cancel Tradition as a self-imposed mantra.
It’s not, or no less than it wasn’t for much too many individuals in recent times. Comedians self-censored in the course of the woke period for worry of profession repercussions. Others mentioned what they thought they had to say to remain employed.
Nonetheless, Guzmán helps the liberty to talk your thoughts, which is a noble trigger. He used that candor to assault his fellow Latinos on the political entrance.
He referenced a earlier interview the place he was requested why so many Latino males voted for, as Guzmán referred to as the present U.S. President, “What’s his face,” in the course of the 2024 presidential election.
And it wasn’t simply males in that demographic group. From Axios:
President Trump gained a better share of the Latino vote in 2024 than beforehand believed and got here inside placing distance of capturing a historic majority of these voters, in response to a brand new Pew Analysis Heart evaluation of the election outcomes.
Why?
“As a result of they ignorant. As a result of they didn’t have a look at, possibly I may characterize my daughter and vote for a girl. It’s like that complete machismo factor nonetheless exists,” Guzman instructed her.
“I take pleasure in who I’m … I really like being outspoken with regards to our neighborhood,” he continued, expressing the necessity for “higher function fashions in our neighborhood.”
“Not solely the boys however the girls to face up for who we’re … let’s have one another’s backs,” he added earlier than burnishing his free speech bona fides. “If telling the reality is a danger, that’s a danger I’m prepared to take.”
He later pushed for the U.S. authorities to offer free school and well being care, saying the international locations that present such providers aren’t damage, fiscally talking.