Ramón Rodríguez Talks Filming 'Will Trent' Season 2 and Being a Spirit Awards First-Time Nominee | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Ramón Rodríguez dishes to THR on the Spirit Awards red carpet about working on 'Will Trent' season 2 and being a first-time nominee at the award show.

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00:00 Congrats on this nomination.

00:01 Thank you so much.

00:02 Thank you.

00:04 You know, what an honor.

00:05 Humble.

00:06 First time.

00:07 I'm just trying to soak it all in.

00:09 Yeah.

00:09 And so are you somebody who's ever been to the Spirit Awards

00:12 or been around this?

00:14 First time at the Spirit Awards, but I've always been a fan.

00:17 Big fan of independent films.

00:19 Glad this award-- this festival exists-- not festival--

00:22 this award show exists to be able to really highlight

00:24 independent films and stories.

00:26 Yeah, they do a good job at championing

00:28 independent films.

00:29 You know, look back on your life.

00:31 Is there an independent film or performance

00:33 that you remember seeing that really changed

00:36 your idea of what a performance could be or do,

00:39 or an independent film that had a big impact on you?

00:43 I mean, I was a part of one that was really awesome early

00:46 in my career called Bella.

00:48 And that movie really stuck with me.

00:49 It's a Latino story with a Latino director in New York.

00:53 It just has that, like, you know,

00:55 everyone's on that set because they want to be there.

00:57 It's not a lot of money.

00:59 But other films, you know, Moonlight

01:01 had a huge impact on me.

01:03 And Fruitvale Station as well.

01:04 Like, I just-- those human stories that you know

01:07 are so hard to get made and put together,

01:09 but they're made with a lot of passion.

01:12 I don't know.

01:12 They resonate for me.

01:13 What's the most indie you've been on set?

01:15 Like, is there a production you had

01:17 to, like, live without a trailer,

01:19 change in the bathroom?

01:20 Yeah, I mean, you know, I started with student films.

01:24 That's as, like, gritty as it's going to be.

01:25 You've got no money.

01:26 You're in a dorm room, maybe.

01:28 You know, like, it's all guerrilla style,

01:31 running around, shooting what you can.

01:33 But there's an energy and an excitement of that

01:35 that I think also inspires really great ideas.

01:37 Just because you have a lot of money

01:39 doesn't mean you're going to have, like, the best ideas.

01:41 In fact, sometimes when you're forced

01:42 to work with not a lot of money, I

01:44 feel like there's a lot of creativity

01:46 that can come from that.

01:47 By the way, congratulations just also, too, on the show.

01:50 Will Trent, you're one of the rare ones.

01:52 It's still, you know, holding it down in broadcast TV,

01:56 getting additional seasons.

01:58 You have a strong audience that really loves you,

02:00 and loves the work, and loves the show.

02:02 I mean, do you think a lot about how--

02:05 I mean, I don't want to say how fortunate you are,

02:07 but also just, like, you know--

02:11 broadcast TV has changed so much.

02:12 So, like, are you counting your blessings every day

02:14 that this is still going on?

02:15 Without a doubt.

02:16 I mean, it's not even, like--

02:18 it's true, it's hard to get anything to last and be viewed.

02:22 There's so many opportunities.

02:24 There's, like, a massive saturation

02:25 of content, stories, movies, channels.

02:28 And so, you know, I didn't--

02:30 you never know what's going to work, and what's going to stick,

02:33 and what audiences respond to.

02:34 We're lucky that this story happened to be one.

02:37 Whether it's the characters, the storytelling, the writing,

02:40 it's working.

02:41 I'm grateful.

02:42 I'm really, really thankful.

02:44 I do recognize how lucky I am to be working.

02:46 And we're just pushing and doing our best.

02:49 We're in the middle of production right now,

02:51 trying to make the best season to keep audiences engaged.

02:55 Dive deeper into these characters and their stories.

02:57 And at the end of the day, I think

02:59 that's what people do connect to, a character,

03:01 and sort of relating to them somehow.

03:03 So, yeah.

03:04 And where are we with the production?

03:05 Did you guys-- are you just back up and running from the strike?

03:08 Or where are we right now?

03:09 We're in the middle of the season right now.

03:11 We just premiered last week.

03:12 So those episodes airing are right on our tail.

03:16 We're in the middle of filming.

03:17 We're right now in Atlanta at the midpoint.

03:19 And I'm really proud so far of what we've been able to do.

03:22 What we have in the can is really great.

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