{"id":593968,"date":"2023-10-11T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/eugenio-derbez-strips-down-for-his-new-indie-radical\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T19:15:00","slug":"eugenio-derbez-strips-down-for-his-new-indie-radical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eugenio-derbez-strips-down-for-his-new-indie-radical\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eugenio Derbez Strips Down for His New Indie \u2018Radical\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Despite being a globally renowned actor with nearly a hundred credits to his name, including CODA<\/em>, Eugenio Derbez was panicked three days before filming began on his latest movie, Radical<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n \u00a0\u201cI was out of my comfort zone,\u201d he tells THR<\/em> ahead of the film\u2019s screening at the Newport Beach Film Festival as the international spotlight feature from Mexico. \u201cI\u2019m always hidden in a character when I do my comedy \u2014 using wigs or facial hair or whatever \u2014 and here [director Christopher Zalla] told me, \u2018No, I want you naked.\u2019\u202f\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Emotionally, that is. To play real-life schoolteacher Sergio Ju\u00e1rez Correa, whose unconventional methods led his students in a poor Mexican town to top test scores across the nation, Derbez, who also produced through his banner, 3Pas, took on one of his first dramatic lead roles for the film (which received an interim waiver from SAG-AFTRA) and unlocked his own potential in the process: \u201cI always wanted to do drama. At the end, I felt really comfortable, so now I want to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n You\u2019ve worked with children before [most famously in 2013\u2019s Instructions Not Included<\/em>], but was this your first time with so many<\/em> little\u00a0castmates?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n Yes. Originally I was not a kid person, honestly. On set, it was a 24\/7 job of playing with them. I was exhausted, but it was really fun at the same time. On the last day of shooting, they were crying because we really fell in love with each other, and we became a real family.<\/p>\n

\n Many of the children didn\u2019t have much acting experience before Radical<\/em>. What was it like working with them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n Chris didn\u2019t want to hire actors. Because they didn\u2019t know anything about the cameras, we\u2019d tell them, \u201cWait. I\u2019ll tell you with my eyes when you can start talking. React to what I\u2019m saying.\u201d They were really natural. There\u2019s a scene with [Danilo Guardiola, who plays delinquent student] Nico, where he was trying to cry. I said, \u201cNo, don\u2019t push it. Just relax and follow me.\u201d I started going through a lot of things; it was probably a 50-minute scene, but we got what we wanted and in the editing we trimmed it. It was very different from working with actors who know their cues and everything is blocked and staged.<\/p>\n

\n How did this project challenge you in a new\u00a0way?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n My mom did the first soap opera in [Mexico], so I grew up watching her in telenovelas and movies<\/a>. I always wanted to do drama, but for some reason I ended up a comedia<\/a>n. I wanted to stretch and start exploring drama, but in Mexico they were like, \u201cNo, you\u2019re the funny guy.\u201d So when I moved to the U.S., it was like a fresh start. CODA<\/em> gave me the opportunity to do something that was more dramatic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n When we started doing CODA<\/em>, I told [producing partner Ben Odell] it was the right time to do Radical<\/em>. That\u2019s when we started developing it. Three days before the start of shooting, I panicked because I wasn\u2019t in my usual comedy costumes. Chris told me, \u201cEverything has to come from the inside.\u201d There was also a day when Sergio [the real-life inspiration for the character] went to set, and I was like, \u201cOh my God, is he watching the monitors?\u201d I was really scared of him watching me play him, but at the end, I understood the essence of Sergio\u2019s soul, and I felt really comfortable. Now I just love drama, and I would like to repeat the experience, definitely.<\/p>\n

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Eugenio Derbez plays a real-life teacher in Radical<\/em>. \u201cOriginally I was not a kid person, honestly. I was exhausted, but it was really fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Courtesy of Sundance Institute<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute recently screened Radical<\/em> at its leadership conference, and you went to D.C. to make an important announcement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n Participant [one of the production companies behind the film] partnered with Hispanics in Philanthropy to launch the Radical Fund to help close the achievement gap among Latino students. We\u2019re proud we could do that because there\u2019s a lot of kids who need help to finish [school]. We don\u2019t know how many little geniuses there are in the world who are not able to reach their full potential because they don\u2019t have the possibilities to do it. This fund is to help them reach their potential.<\/p>\n

\n What kinds of stories do you want to tell as an actor and producer?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n I started in Hollywood doing the same kind of roles: the drug lords, the gang members or, best-case scenario, the gardener, the cook. I promised myself that if I have a chance of producing in the U.S., I want to tell different stories. I want to portray Latinos in a different way, not just the way they see us. And that\u2019s why I did stories like this, where you can see Sergio, who\u2019s fighting against the world even without any kind of resources. He did a big change just by trying. These kind of stories are the ones that we like to tell at 3Pas: inspiring stories that can be funny but give you hope and have a lot of heart.<\/p>\n

\n Interview edited for length and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n This story first app<\/a>eared in the Oct. 11 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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