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We need Latinos To Play Latino Roles in Movies & on TV By Kirk Whisler hile many aspects of Hollywood have made major changes in the past two decades Win terms of providing roles in front and behind the camera for Latinos, prob- lems still exist. Hollywood has one tra- dition that only seems to get worse with the years: Allowing non-Latinos to play Latinos in key roles. I've been working far too many hours lately with on political campaigns. After victories for the propositions I was working on November 6th my wife, Magdalena and I went to see the movie ARGO. The movie is very well made: excellent script, great cast, mov- ing story... At the end of the movie they have individual cast photos next to each individual cast member. The producers have done a great job of get- ting actors who like the real persons they are portraying, except with one Dtodos Editor Leo Ventocilla and Miss Venezuela Luisa Diaz role: the lead character of real life CIA roles as gang members, drug users, and should be going to Latinos. Here's a African American projects are wonder- technical operations officer Tony maids they continue to have a problem few key examples of how this has been ful and the Southern African ones are Mendez that is played by Ben Affleck. casting Latinos into highly professional happening for too many decades in motivating - I just wonder when we'll Here's ten reasons this is wrong: roles - even when it's real characters. movies and television shows like: see a more realistic number of Latino 1. Talented Latino actors are over- 4. Successful films are viewed by mil- released that went on to earn many biopics. looked. Big budget films want lead lions and last for decades. Successful awards and generate hundreds of mil- 9. Latinos Buy Movie Tickets. While actors with name recognition. In 2012 films like Stand and Deliver have been lions in revenues. A Beautiful Mind Latinos in the USA now represent 16% it's fortunate there are dozens of viewed by millions of people over the was well received and yet most view- of the USA, they purchase 22% of all Latinos that have earned key entertain- past three decades and hundreds of ers had no idea at all that the lead char- movie tickets at theaters - and repre- ment industry awards and have had thousands of young Latinos have been acter's wife to be, played by Jennifer sent 24% of all frequent movie goers. leads in high grossing films. For the motivated to stay in school and go onto Connelly, was based upon the real life 10. If we truly want to change role of Tony Mendez couldn't the pro- college by the impressive and talented Alicia Lopez-Harrison de Landé, born America and offer accurate picture we ducers have called an award winning Latinos in the cast. Would the film in El Salvador. The character's ancestry MUST DEMAND that Latinos play actor like Benicio del Toro, Jimmy have the same impact if Jaime was completely white washed and for- Latino characters. While working in Smits, Edward James Olmos, Tony Escalante had been played by someone gotten. Result: Connelly got an 1982 with my compadre Edward James Plana, Andy Garcia, or Esai Morales, other than Edward James Olmos?I sin- Academy Awards - the Latino commu- Olmos on the movie The Ballad of to name a few possible actors that cerely doubt it. nity got NOTHING. Gregorio Cortez I learned first-hand could have excelled in this role. SAG- 5. It's not just for Latinos. Films and 7. Other communities would NOT tol- the enormous power film has over AFTRA, the Screen Actors Guild, has television are the most common ways erate this. In the 21st Century no stu- audiences. As Eddie likes to point out over 6,000 Latino members for casting than many non-Latinos see the roles dio or producer would dream of casting as the lights go down the involvement directors to choose from so there is no that Latinos are playing or have played in a real life drama a white actor as an and connection increases. Let's work to lack of Latinos to cast into roles. within American society. When those African American or Asian American - make sure that the power of film is 2. Awards. ARGO will win many roles are played by non-Latinos just would not happen. Cries of correctly used. Compromises are no movie industry awards in the coming MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES ARE RACISM would be heard everywhere. longer acceptable. months, but none of these will go to a LOST FOREEVER. Why does it happen so often with I'm sure that many of you can come Latino because NO Latino was cast in Going back to ARGO no one is meaningful Latino roles? up with equally important reasons why the lead role. The same is true for going to say the role played by Ben THIS MUST STOP NOW. MISCASTING is unacceptable - and I many of the other films listed in this Afflack is a great Latino role model - 8. Dozens of biopics or hundreds? In sincerely hope that you'll share them article. and the movie will never show non- Hollywood today we've seen more big and other stories with me. Writing is 3. Role Models. When Latinos are not Latinos the true Latino hero that budget biopics funded about South not my strongest skill - but I'm cast in these highly visible, POSITIVE Mendez was. Africans than we have about Latinos extremely proud of the words that I've ROLES a MAJOR opportunity is lost 6. It has happened before - and will born in the USA. Over the past three put upon this paper. If you agree with to provide meaningful Latino role again. Please keep in mind that I have decades we've seen over a hundred what I've shared here, please email me models.