Roberto Sánchez para People en Español

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00:00I work in a family business, the greatest basketball franchise in the history of the

00:08game.

00:09The Los Angeles Waves.

00:10First of all, we want to welcome you and I think it's for the first time, Roberto Sánchez,

00:15what a pleasure to have you here at People in Spanish.

00:17How are you?

00:18Very good, very good, thank you.

00:20A pleasure to be here with you today.

00:22Hey, there's a lot to talk about.

00:25It's a great time in your career.

00:27There's a lot going on.

00:29The first one we're going to start with is this series, Running Point, which is on Netflix.

00:36A stellar cast, you're with Kate Hudson.

00:41It's a very interesting series and I want you to start telling us first about your role,

00:47which is called Steven Ramírez.

00:49Tell us about him and how it was to record this series.

00:53Well, I play the role of Steven Ramírez, who is in charge of, he's the chairman of

00:58the board for the basketball team and I'm the only one who worked with the father of

01:08Kate Hudson, you know?

01:10And he passed away, so now I have to make sure that Kate and the brothers, they don't

01:20destroy what we've built, you know?

01:23I'm the old school.

01:25So, for me, it was a character that I really loved and to have the opportunity to work

01:33with Kate, who normally doesn't do TV shows.

01:36She's a film actor, you know what I mean?

01:39So, that opportunity to work with her and to have so many scenes with her, for me,

01:45it was tremendous pride.

01:48Hey, how cool, because I was just thinking that I hadn't seen her in a long time, not

01:52just in movies, but on screen.

01:54She's dedicated herself to other projects.

01:56We're not going to focus so much on her, but I think it's a big deal that she's back,

01:59right?

02:00Yes, yes.

02:01She's on the small screen.

02:02I'm seeing that the series is doing very well on Netflix.

02:04Very, very well.

02:05There's a lot of interest right now in these dramas, right?

02:08Like, of succession, of what happens in those meeting rooms, right?

02:12Of those powerful families.

02:15What attracted you the most from the script and from this story?

02:18Well, look, when they offered me the role, I said no twice.

02:26I wasn't interested.

02:27Uh-huh.

02:28It was crazy, crazy.

02:29But what happened was that I was working on another TV show in Atlanta called BMF.

02:34Uh-huh.

02:35So, I would have to travel from Atlanta to Los Angeles and back and forth.

02:38And at that time, I had a problem with my ankle.

02:41So, I said no twice.

02:44And finally, the third time they offered me, we talked again.

02:48Uh-huh.

02:49And at that moment, I said yes.

02:51And thank God, because at that time, I had only read part of what this show was going to do.

02:58But at that time, they gave me the 10 episodes.

03:01And when I saw what this show was going to do, I said, thank God that we were able to

03:07work, to have the opportunity to do this show.

03:11But reading it, but also watching it and seeing it, how they put it together,

03:20I was like, oh my God, thank you so much that I was able to do this.

03:24Because tremendous cast, tremendous production, I mean, I was there, I worked on it.

03:34And when I saw it, I was pleasantly surprised at how great this show is.

03:41I think you are someone, and maybe I'm completely wrong,

03:44but I think you have fun in some way, or you try to enjoy your characters,

03:49because they are so different from each other.

03:52And we're going to talk about that in a second.

03:54But first, I want to ask you a little more in detail.

03:57How did you get in? How did you take that leap into acting?

04:00Because from the Navy, to modeling, to acting, it's not like a straight path.

04:09No, look, let me tell you, that was a miracle.

04:15I was doing commercials, I was doing modeling, I was very happy with that.

04:20I was working as a security guard in Miami, in the Metro Rail,

04:24I don't know if you know the trains they have in Miami.

04:27And it was simply an agent that I had at that time,

04:31who said, Roberto, I know you're not interested in acting,

04:35but I want to submit you for this film, because I think they'll like your look.

04:39And I didn't know anything, I said, what do I have to do?

04:41No, no, no, no, no, if you get the audition,

04:43I'm going to send you a paper and you have to memorize the lines.

04:48I was lost, I didn't know any of that.

04:50And it just so happens that they like me, I get a callback, and I come back.

04:54And the callback is in front of the famous director John Singleton.

04:59And this man, look, gave me three opportunities.

05:03It's a scene where I grab Paul Walker and I'm screaming,

05:06no, put the gun down, put the gun down.

05:08And he's sitting there and he's saying, no, no, no.

05:12And now I'm getting nervous because I see that,

05:14listen to me, this is not going well.

05:16And he says to me, do you speak Spanish?

05:18And I say, yes.

05:19Okay, do it in Spanish.

05:20Listen to me, you know?

05:22And he starts saying words that I don't want to say here.

05:24And he's sitting like this, no.

05:27And I said, no, I've already lost this.

05:30And then he gave me a piece of advice,

05:33he gave me a piece of advice and he told me, look,

05:35I know a lot of Cubans.

05:37And when those Cubans get mad,

05:41they get mad.

05:43It's over.

05:44And I don't know what happened,

05:45a light bulb went off in my head.

05:47And I said, no, this guy wants a crazy Tony Montana.

05:51And he grabbed Paul Walker and he screamed,

05:54that's what Casim Directo was saying, cut, cut.

05:57And I didn't see it because I was lost, screaming.

06:01And John Singleton is sitting there doing,

06:03that's what I wanted, that.

06:06There it is.

06:07And that moment changed my career.

06:10And I have to tell you,

06:11there are times when we have people in our lives

06:14that they see something in us that we ourselves don't see.

06:18Hey, Roberto, nice to meet you.

06:20Nice to have you here.

06:22Congratulations on Running Point and everything you're cooking.

06:25See you soon.

06:27Thank you very much, it's been a pleasure.

06:29Thank you so much.

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