April 18, 2024 • 26 mins
He may be in a film or television show during the day and serving you drinks at night. Carlo Mendez joins Ros and Eric, a fellow actor, to chat about his journey in Hollywood.
Carlo has a very real and vulnerable conversation about the balance of reality, playing make believe and the struggles it takes to follow your dreams.
Also, he is the brother of actress Eva Mendez but that doesn’t mean he uses any of his family's success to try and make it in the industry.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is, he said, ayad ho with Eric Winter and
Rodland Fantaz.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Hello, look after hi.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Mister, welcome to another episode, he said aad We are
happy to welcome another actor on the upswing to our show.
Speaker 4 (00:18):
I always like learning about.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
People's journeys and in this industry because you know, we
get asked so much about it, and I think it
really helps listeners who want to explore.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah, Carlo Mendez is a Cuban American actor and this
is a fun fact. Guess what he is brother of
actress Eva Mendez, who we love. We cannot wait to
learn more. So please welcome to the show, Carlo Mendez. Hey,
oh good, good, good.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
The show, good chat with you, awesome.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
Thank you guys so much for having me. I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Of course, that's so cool. Listen. Okay, so let's start.
I was reading about all about you, Carlo, and you
worked at a place that I love, Ladis Carga, for
how many years? More than ten years. I've been there
since day one, fourteen fourteen years, fourteen.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
Years, since day one, I literally got that job.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Yeah, and can I ask you, so you always knew
fourteen years ago? You always know I'm doing this as
a side job because I need to work, but my
passion is acting and at some point I'm going to
transition to that one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
I moved out here about fifteen sixteen years ago, and
you know, the first year year and a half, I
was kind of like lost, like what to do, and
I was working at home Depot And that's how I
got the Java as God Goat because the.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Owners went in the long story shared.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
The owners went in there and they're like, hey were
opening up a bar and I'm like, oh, looking up
bars and like it's.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
A Cuban bar.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
I'm like, I'm Cuban. Like oh, you want to come
down and check it out? Before you know when they
were building it. And then they're like do you want
to work here? And I was like sure, I don't
know anything about bartending or anything, and they're like, no,
we don't worry about it.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Well, you know, we'll train you whatever. You start as
a bus and you work your way up.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
And that's how I did it, and it was It
was awesome because I worked at home People for ten years.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
Right home deep is you don't make a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
So I've made more money in one week working there
than I did in a month and a half.
Speaker 6 (02:07):
Working at as a bartender as yeah, as a bartend,
tips and just making tips, making tips, And I remember
the first time I got my like my tips for
the week.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
It was nine hundred dollars and the manager gave it
to me in an envelope. I counted it and I
called them like, hey, I think you gave me too much.
Said no, that's that's yours, and honestly, not for nothing.
I cried because at that time I was kind of
like jumping around place, homeless in the car, running around
all this stuff, and I was like, oh my god,
if I made this in five days, like I got
(02:38):
a new place in three months, all that stuff, it
was good.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
But yeah, working a lot of this target has been fun.
I'm still there. I'm still there.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
We're still there.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
But you're you're a bartender.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
There right, bartending Thursday, Frida Saturday.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
What is that? So this is kind of a funny segue.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
And I'm fascinated as of late, in particular with bartenders
because I'm actually going to launch a rum coming up here,
and we're meeting with so many different bartenders and different people,
and we want our rum to be backed and bartenders
to be passionate. Bartenders are the gatekeepers with spirits, you
know what I mean, Like you could upsell a spirit
to anybody. Oh what, try this, try this, because you
get you get into it. Since you had no idea
(03:16):
about You didn't go to school for that. You had
no idea, did you. You literally learned on the fly.
They kind of just gave you the intro to basic bartender.
Did you start creating some of your own cocktails? Were
you vibing with it? Were you getting that far into it?
Speaker 5 (03:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
I was, you know, because it's fun, you know, and
it's probably the besides acting. Of course, it's been the
most fun job I've had. So like, I made this
drink called Carlito's Way. Really it's like they had a
co a little bit of coconut rum with it of
pineapple juice and some cranberry and lime juice, and I
you know, like the way.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
It was colorful. The ladies loved this, so it was
the big seller.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
It was nice and sweep and not too overly sweet
because you know the limes. So yeah, and it was
fun and rum. Honestly, with all the spirits, it's I
think it's the best tasting one. You know, there's what
we have when it comes to spirits and like rum specifically,
and I'm glad that you're doing it. It's all over
the world. You can make from all over the world.
It's the only spirit I believe that I'm mistaken, but
(04:12):
rum smells good, it tastes good. You know, I like
to kill it all that, but you's got a weird taste,
you know, going with you? Yeah, Ireland or last so
rum all over the world we have run from like Africa,
from Guyana, from Puerto Rico, except Cuba because it's technically
still illegal and stuff like that.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
But yeah, it's it's one of the best spirits I
believe in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Oh, I'm we're gonna have to send you some once
we launch. I would love for you to try it.
But it's it's a fascinating field how bartenders have elevated
that space even through the years. Now, I mean, there's
a show on Netflix which is fantastic about all these
bartenders that are competing to make special drinks. I mean,
deconstructing desserts to make a cocktail around that dessert, like
it's it's it's incredible and I think your story will
(04:56):
resonate with so many listeners as well. Who we have
so many people that ask about getting in this business.
We just answered a bunch of listener questions funny enough
on a previous episode, and that's one of the common
common questions.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
How do you get in? What do you what's your recommendation,
what's your advice?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
And people don't see the struggle that comes before the
actual goal is attained, right Like there's a passion of
fire that's driving you to get to your goal, and
you still got to pay bills, you still have.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
To do other things.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
And I think it's important for people to know it's
not smooth sailing. It's not easy for everyone. You have
to hang tight, have very thick skin, and keep pushing
forward with your dream while doing something else.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Maybe you love like what you do. But to get
to the ultimate goal, you know, it doesn't just come
get handed. It's not hand to do no exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
You know. It's like, look, I'm always not honest about
these little things. And sometimes people are like, you talk
too much. But I'm forty five, I just have my
little apartment. I'm still struggling to act, and I'm still
working at the bar. I remember when I did a
show Parks and Recreation a few years ago, somebody recognizing
at the bar, like, oh my god, you're the guy
from Parks Work.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Yeah, what do you want to drink?
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Thank you because there's a line of people waiting and
I got a bartend. But thank you for recognizing it,
you know. And that's the struggle with acting. It's like
I've always said, you know, like follow your passion, follow
what you want to do, especially if you want to
get into this world.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
As both of your actors and I love your guys work,
you know, it's tough.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
It's you have to be good, you have to be obsessed,
you have to work hard at it, and you you
just you know, you have to embody it and you
just you just have to really love it because it's
not for the.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Find of art. You know, you get rejected. You know,
you so many years go by into you even book
a job. It's just really really tough, but it's.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Worth it at the end if you really just go
after it and find the.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
Passion for it.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Can I do you something? I'm fum fifty one and
I've been doing this for almost thirty years, right and
I've done huge movies and big TV shows and not
everybody knows who I am, but then might go I
recognize our face and within the business people know me
at fifty one, mother of two. Yesterday I was putting
(07:01):
myself on tape for something that if it was up
to me, I said, how come I'm not getting an offer?
Speaker 4 (07:07):
Are you joking?
Speaker 2 (07:08):
You know I've done comedy, I've done at all, Like
why do I have to self tape with these people
to watch that I can do something that I know
I can do that I have proven that I can
do and guess what, I'm still doing it. It kills me,
but I have to learn to respect and appreciate and
(07:28):
enjoy the process. And it was interesting. I coached like
I was doing twenty something years ago with a coach,
and I discovered how freaking delicious it is to work
at something and to try it and I don't get it,
let me try it again. And like I was acting,
it was like going back to school. So there's a
side of me that I just go, what a blessing.
(07:50):
This is awesome that I get to do what I do.
And I know this side of me that wants to
go into a depression that I'm still doing it.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
You did right the other head.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yeah, it's like, oh my god. So you know, it
happens to everybody. It's a it's a struggle.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
It is what it is.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
And I think there's a fun thing to touch on that.
You know, you come from a family. Your sister is
a successful actress as well. It's just that I know
she's a big supporter of yours and an inspiration of yours.
I know she probably you know, helps guide you and
gives you as much advice as she can.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
But again, another thing to show it's not easy.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
It's not guaranteed just because somebody you know, or your
family member. Even when I was coming up and starting,
she was already very successful. You know, I was just
starting to pave my way, and people think, what it
must be easier for you now your day, look your girlfriend. Nope,
I'm still out here grinding being told no after no
after no.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
It just it never ends. And I think that's what
people have to understand. And we've talked about this before.
The job is this part of it, getting the actual
gig and you're acting on set. That's fun. That's the enjoyment.
You've already done the work. Now you're just having a
good time.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
Yeah, exactly, you know.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
And it's funny because people like when when they find
out who my sister is, like, oh my god, you
this brother, Oh my god, and I booked something, They're like, oh,
they think, oh.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
He got it because of her.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
No. What I want to know and understand is like
I I she gives me advice, but never have I
gotten a job because of her. You know, It's all
been because of me. And it's not that I don't.
I just want to show that I'm good and prove
to everybody that I got it, that I can act,
that I can do it. I wasn't just given a
job because of who my sister you know, is, and
who she's you know, who she's with and stuff like that.
(09:31):
I want to show improve that I can do it,
that I'm good enough, that I can you know, be
on set, on time, have great energy, you know, proof
that I can deliver my line, to hit my mark,
all that stuff that we do exactly, And even though
she's my sister, I still.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
Haven't gotten any opportunities out of it.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
But I want to push as much as I can
on my own and do as much as I can and.
Speaker 5 (09:49):
Really work hard at it. That's what I want and
I want to prove to the world.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
One of my dreams goals is this is I get
an audition and I booked an audition with Ryan and
I show up on saying it's like, what are you doing?
Speaker 5 (10:01):
And I'm like, I booked an audition on your set,
bro oh yoh, yeah, then I did it. That's what
I want to do on my own without like that.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
That's awesome. That's awesome, and I hope, I truly hope
it happens.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
It's a fun, fun fact.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Roslind started her career acting in class with your sister.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Yeah, am I correct?
Speaker 2 (10:20):
I've known Eva for a long time with Ivana Trovik.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
With I'm back in her class.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Yeah, yeah, right, we were starting out. Yeah, we did.
We did a couple of years and we will have
we will do scenes together that I will go to
her place and she will come to my place, and yeah,
it was like she was she was awesome. I have
very specific memories of Eva, like moments that we were
rehearsing or just hanging out and it was it was
such a treat to see her just grow and become
(10:49):
Eva Mendez. You know, I was like, oh my god,
that's amazing. That's yeah amazing. I wish I could. I
haven't seen her in years.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Did you know you always wanted to be an actor?
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I did it, even befo. That's what my sister was
an actress. I always say I.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
I started watching movies a lot since I was a kid.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
And I remember one of the first movies I saw
was this I remember, I was like five years old,
called Tough Turf. It was with Barbara Donne, Juniors James Spader.
My other sister took me to the movies and I
remember watching that. I'm like, oh, this is what I
want to do. I want to make movies.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
And then I saw another Harrison Ford movie.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Indiana Jones, and I was like eight or nine, and
I'm like, oh my god. And he's been one of
my favorite actors ever. But I've always known since I
was a kid that I want to do acting. But
I was on the other side of the world. I
was in Miami. You know, in Miami, as I'm sure
you guys have been there, it's more of the Spanish
world and it's not the same. And I was out there,
you know, raised out there, and I was just stuck
working you know, jobs, home deep and stuff like that.
(11:43):
And long story short, I was I was like, all right,
I'm gonna become a cop.
Speaker 5 (11:47):
I'm gonna do something in my life.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Took the test, and I remember if I was going
to go to the next step, and I'm like, if
I do this, this is it, this is I'm gonna
be a cop.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
It's going to be a career. So I packed all
my stuff up to my mom.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
I got to go and drove allay to California and
started acting out here.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Wow, do you.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Speak Spanish, Carlo? Are you bi lingual?
Speaker 5 (12:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:06):
See, perfect? Okay, okay, you don't want to do anything
in Spanish.
Speaker 5 (12:12):
The thing is, my Spanish is so Cuban.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
It's so specific that when I try, if I even
if I try to do more neutral Mexican, it doesn't
come out good. And I my interest is in so
much in Spanish. I want to do more in the
English world first. Then you know, maybe I can do
some stuff in Spanish your meal.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
But you know what, there's there are parts in in
Spanish television.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
William just a cumulation.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Yeah, but he's he's super neutral right now because he
went to Mexico and but cant something if you decide.
And this is just me throwing it out because I
think there's fabulous content coming out of Argentina, Pania in
medical Chili, like.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Really great, great content, incredible stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
And I was just saying, I was like, I don't
want to I just work in the English market. And
then I tasted it and I've done two things for
in Spanish and the quality is unbelievable. And this is
what I feel with with us right and the same thing.
I'm very Puerto Rican. My accent is super Puerto Rican.
But if I go to Mexico for a couple of weeks,
you absorb it, you know, Likeicana, but I call him
(13:21):
in Icana and udodas, you know. So I think if
you get out of your own way and you say,
you know what, it's not something that I've ever done,
but I speak the language, I have an accent. But
I'm just gonna go there for a couple of weeks
and see if if, if my ear can create the
same rhythm.
Speaker 5 (13:37):
You know. Yeah, that's interesting.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
That's something like you said, get out of my own way,
and it's one of my fears, like, oh my god,
a Spanish. Now. I've done some stuff in Spanish, like
my Parts of Equation, you know, I had some Spanish
stuff there, my movie Demise.
Speaker 5 (13:51):
There's a lot of Spanish stuff that I do.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
It's just it's scary because you're acting all other language,
you know, So it's scary. But it's something that I
definitely would still in mine if it's really it's just
all the little Spanish stuff I've been asked to do
has been like just been. It's been more like Mexican,
very Mexican stuff, which it's hard to do that that accident.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Yeah, do you ever feel because I'll tell you like
when I started, I had a little bit of a
hang up, but I would never do a soap. I
would never do a soap. And then of course, what's
the first job I got was a soap? And I
resisted and resisted. And I don't know if if you
have that same sort of mindset where you're just like,
I don't know about doing something Spanish or novella, I
don't know if you know, make sure but only and
I only say this because I'm not here to give
(14:32):
advice about anything, but one thing I've learned is that
work begets work, and the more open you are, and
even in the Spanish market, if you're like I just
want to I might consider it if it's on my
own terms for something that I love, that you really like.
So you open that door and you never know, maybe
a great opportunity comes. And I don't know, I think
you've done soap as well, right, have you done soaps?
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Us soaps?
Speaker 1 (14:54):
Noah, Oh, I've auditioned.
Speaker 5 (14:58):
I went to producer session.
Speaker 4 (15:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:02):
It was Days of Our Lives.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Yeah, that was my show.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
Yeah, oh okay.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
So I went there and I auditioned with one of
the needs and I remember I was in a little
theater and they had everybody there and I was like,
oh my god. And I'm a terrible auditioner. I get
really nervous because that's it.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
You have one shot.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:17):
Yeah, And I went in there.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
I kind of like loved the words a little bit,
and as soon as I did, I'm like, I'm not
getting it.
Speaker 5 (15:23):
I'm not getting and I didn't get it. But yeah,
I've had Oh my god with winter. No. I'm Mark
Mark test Tester Tesler.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Your casting directory talking about Yeah, I've.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Been gone to a bunch of times for a bunch
of different slaps, and I've got really far.
Speaker 5 (15:37):
I just haven't booked it.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
And it's scary to book that too, because I know
there's a lot at steak.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Yeah, look it I always again, I just go back
to the same thing with Latin market or even in soaps.
I was so afraid of getting into a space, and
you always feel like I got to prove myself to
get out of the space.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
But the truth is, I feel like our business has.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
Evolved and opened so much to talent to cross every
single genre platform within this space. And I truly mean
like I think work begets work, and if you're out
there and you take the opportunities that speak to you,
great things will come of it, you know, and and
hopefully that you know, whether it's a US OP or
you work in the Spanish or whatever, you'll just be happy.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
You'll keep you'll keep growing as an actor, which I love.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Let's talk about Demise. That's your latest project.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Yeah, that's my.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
Latest project, Demise. Yeah, so that's the ways being described.
It's like a new sexy North thriller. It's directed by Jaad.
It's it was very good and challenging. We shot in
seventeen days, wow, and it's yeah, my first feature lead
in a film, and I really enjoyed it because it
was a challenging because my character he kind of like
(16:51):
gets entangled as another woman while he's married. You know,
his wife finds out. Without giving away too much, there's
you know, some twists and turns, some crazy stuff that
she does. He his character led her to do what
she does, and it was It was good because it
was challenging because I wanted to make my character likable
where he wasn't just a douchebag gas lighting her, lying this,
doing that, all this stuff behind her back.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
But it's a very it's a very interesting film.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
It's got some good twists and turns, and I'm very
excited for it now here.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
It's getting a lot of buzz on the festival circuit too, right.
Speaker 5 (17:22):
Yeah, it's been getting a lot of buzz.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
And you know, it's funny because I've been trying to
promote as much as possible.
Speaker 5 (17:26):
I made little postcards. I don't know if this is
batter cheesy.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I'm learning all this stuff little postcards with you know,
with the Mason, and I'm passing that at work since
I've been there for something.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
I told my regulars, hey man, just watch my movie.
Tell me what you think it.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
I'll give you a free shot if you watch it
and you show me that you watched it.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
That's grassroots, baby, grassroots. I love it.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
So yeah, it's been getting a lot of buzz, you know,
a little bit here and there and stuff like that,
and just promoting it.
Speaker 5 (17:48):
It's like the little engine that could, you know.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
It's just it's a small, little team, independent team trying
to push it and get people to watch it.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
So where can we watch it?
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Oh? So it's on Amazon, Food, Do, Roku, Apple TV
most of the streaming now.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
And it's out now and it's out right now. Yeah, okay, perfect,
We're going to take it out tonight.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
That's exciting.
Speaker 5 (18:09):
So don't want to the wrong kids. It's readed are
really okay?
Speaker 4 (18:12):
It's hardcore.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Was there anything in this movie that you did for
the first time as an actor? You're like, this is
a complete I'm like you had to dig deep and
like you're going, wow, okay, this is hardcore.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
Yeah, good question. I did.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
I had a lot of emotional scenes because there's a
few things that happened to my character. And then there
was some some emotional scenes of me just breaking down,
just getting angry and just going berserk.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
And I enjoyed doing that. I actually did, you know.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
And I found myself to get to that place real fast,
because you know, things happen in life. I have a
brother of mine that passed away, so it was easy
to get to that emotional place that you got to
get to. But yeah, there was a yeah, quite a
few scenes, and I actually enjoyed it. I was like,
oh my god, my master kiss because I enjoy beeeing
this way. On said, you know, but yeah, it was fun.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Can I ask you what happened if you want to
talk about it. If you don't, you say, Ross, I'm
not interested. What happened to you to your brother?
Speaker 5 (19:08):
No, it's okay, he throw CAATs. He passed away. It's
going to be eight years this month.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
How old he was fifty three?
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Oh? Wow? Smoker or anything like that. We had twenty
sixteen passed away.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
Yeah, my older brother.
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Yeah, I was not a smoker, you said.
Speaker 5 (19:23):
Now, not a smoker. He would drink here and they're
not a smoker.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
But you know, yeah, cancer got him and with a
year from he was diagnosed to the day he passed away.
Speaker 5 (19:32):
Like a year went by. It was just it was
pretty quick.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
So that was that's fast.
Speaker 5 (19:36):
Yeah, it was super fast.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
And I'm married with kids.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yeah, I'm married with kids. He had four kids, a
couple of different baby mamas. But I'm married with kids
and everything.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Yeah, oh my god, where do you find.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
I used that, you know, when I need to get
into an emotional and angry scene, I use that.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
You know, It's like, it's what I have.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
So how big is your family? You have? How many siblings?
Speaker 5 (19:58):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I saw a little confusing all over the place. I
got like eighteen nineteen nephews and nieces, five sisters, had
my brother, and yeah, I have a huge, huge family.
Speaker 5 (20:10):
I still have cousins I meet all the time.
Speaker 4 (20:11):
Five sisters I didn't.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
I didn't know it was five sisters and.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
You Yeah, three sisters on my dad's side, two of
my mom oh got it, okay?
Speaker 2 (20:21):
And Eva and Europe from both parents mom and dad.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Oh no, only for my dad. I'm I'm the only
one for my mom and my dad. I don't have
fool full Yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
Wow, interesting that a lot.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
That's a movie right there.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
But it'll be more interesting So my dad got a
woman pregnant leaving Cuba before all my other siblings.
Speaker 5 (20:47):
So I got like six technically, but I don't really
talk to her because Cuba.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
So yeah, so your dad was a mover and shaker.
It was a few hours.
Speaker 5 (20:55):
But yeah, he's older now, so he has to calm down.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
I feel like I have in a similar situation with
my dad. I have my dad's past now, but and
I was an only child. I have a half brother
from previous marriage from him. But I feel like there
are definitely quite a few others out there. I just
you think, so well, I know for a fact in
one way because my dad.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
We're going way off topic.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
But my dad was like a sperm donor, so I
know for a fact I have siblings out there.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Oh for sure, Oh my God, Like for.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Sure, he and my uncle were donating, And I mean guaranteed,
I have siblings from him out there.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I have a cousin who just found out about his kid,
like ten years ago. He and they got in touch
with him Facebook, and he found out twenty years later.
Now he's known for a few years, but twenty years later,
I guess he got a girl pregnant here. But they
had to move out of a lame when he was
like a teenager and this way before social media disappeared.
Speaker 5 (21:48):
And I guess she looked for him.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
She's like, hey, so and so, you know you have
a son out of here And he was like what
And he had like a twenty something year old son.
Speaker 5 (21:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Wow, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Can you imagine if you get a phone, well on
an email one day saying I think I'm your brother,
I think I'm your sister.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
It's very possible. It's very possible. My dad was a
mover and shaker for sure. Outside of that, so I
mean like, yeah, yeah, for as well, we have that
in So what you know in the world of what's
next for you? If you could pick the type of
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role do you gravitate? Are you open for everything? I mean,
you've done parks and rec clearly you've done comedy. What
speaks to you the most?
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Just is it hard? Drama? Is it comedy? Is a
romantic comedy? What do you what? Do you think?
Speaker 5 (22:38):
That's good question too.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I feel like, uh, A drama kind of comes easy,
I guess, But where my.
Speaker 5 (22:43):
Heart is at is comedy.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
I did a show also with Rob Rob Schneider and
it was so much fun to do.
Speaker 5 (22:50):
So I love comedy.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
I like making people laugh, and when you make people laugh,
there's just something nice and warming about it. And I'm
I'm open to being goofy looking, dumb, shaving an eyebrow,
knocking out a tooth. I don't care about that, so
I'll do all that stuff.
Speaker 5 (23:03):
Say it's comedy.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Drama comes pretty easy, but comedy is where I think
it's really happening. But it's hard because I don't get
really looked at as a comedic kind of actor.
Speaker 4 (23:11):
So yeah, no, I get it.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
I see it. I see it.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
Yeah, but it's hard. You know, you're a good looking guy,
and it's hard. I think in general, there are such
a type to comedy sometimes that they immediately will look
over you thinking, oh, they can't be funny. But the
truth is all types of people can be funny, and
all types of people, however they look, have different ways
of bringing comedy.
Speaker 4 (23:32):
And I think we're seeing that change again more and more.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
I mean, look, and this is not not again not
trying to stay in your sort of family circle right now.
But you have a guy like Ryan Gossling, good looking
guy goes and crushes and gets an oscar for you know,
a comedy and he really is that funny nomination say yeah, crazy.
Speaker 5 (23:49):
Conversations that would have with him.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
He just he comes out with these stories and these
things that I'm like and lacking my ass off. He's
just really that funny and I think that's his niche too.
He's founded that he's no more comedy in the last
few years. But he's just a really funny, funny.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
Guy like that. Yeah, so it's it's possible for anybody,
for sure.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
We wish you nothing but the best, Carlos. Thank you
so much for doing and I hope demise opens many
many doors for you and you continue your path to
amazing success.
Speaker 5 (24:20):
Thank you, guys. And if you come to the scar
go please let me know. Take care of you guys.
I'm still there for now.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
I love it the rum too. When we launch.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
Look on.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
If you need any advice on it as well, you know,
just let me know and I can give you, you know,
a little bit of my advice and help and stuff.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
Well, have you come up with a celebrity celebrity cocktail.
It'll be fun.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Awesome. Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
I appreciate that was a lovely conversation.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
How sweet is his demeanor and and he's beautiful.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Yeah, great personality, just good energy, like you said, And
I love this is one thing I do find not
just to talk about our show, but I do think
it's very fun and special about our show. Right, It's
not just you know, yeah, we've had you know, he's
a working actor. We've had Matthew McConaughey, We've had Evil,
We've had a you know, very very high level actors,
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higher even than you know, Make myself or whatever, just
like big actors in the show. And then we have
actors that have been right in the middle. We have
actors that are coming up. And I love hearing stories
about actors coming up. You know, this is a guy
on the rise, a star that's on the rise. He
has a great movie coming out on big platforms. Clearly talented,
but it shows and it helps educate our listeners on
the real journey of being an actor. It's not just
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rainbows and butterflies. You know, it's a grind. He was
living in a car at one point. You know, that's
I'd never even went through that, Like, that's that's fascinating,
you know, to come from that place.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
So it's wonderful for our listeners to hear that.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Hello, look after hi.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Mister, welcome to another episode, he said aad We are
happy to welcome another actor on the upswing to our show.
Speaker 4 (00:18):
I always like learning about.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
People's journeys and in this industry because you know, we
get asked so much about it, and I think it
really helps listeners who want to explore.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Yeah, Carlo Mendez is a Cuban American actor and this
is a fun fact. Guess what he is brother of
actress Eva Mendez, who we love. We cannot wait to
learn more. So please welcome to the show, Carlo Mendez. Hey,
oh good, good, good.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
The show, good chat with you, awesome.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
Thank you guys so much for having me. I really
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Of course, that's so cool. Listen. Okay, so let's start.
I was reading about all about you, Carlo, and you
worked at a place that I love, Ladis Carga, for
how many years? More than ten years. I've been there
since day one, fourteen fourteen years, fourteen.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
Years, since day one, I literally got that job.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Yeah, and can I ask you, so you always knew
fourteen years ago? You always know I'm doing this as
a side job because I need to work, but my
passion is acting and at some point I'm going to
transition to that one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
I moved out here about fifteen sixteen years ago, and
you know, the first year year and a half, I
was kind of like lost, like what to do, and
I was working at home Depot And that's how I
got the Java as God Goat because the.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Owners went in the long story shared.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
The owners went in there and they're like, hey were
opening up a bar and I'm like, oh, looking up
bars and like it's.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
A Cuban bar.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
I'm like, I'm Cuban. Like oh, you want to come
down and check it out? Before you know when they
were building it. And then they're like do you want
to work here? And I was like sure, I don't
know anything about bartending or anything, and they're like, no,
we don't worry about it.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Well, you know, we'll train you whatever. You start as
a bus and you work your way up.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
And that's how I did it, and it was It
was awesome because I worked at home People for ten years.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
Right home deep is you don't make a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
So I've made more money in one week working there
than I did in a month and a half.
Speaker 6 (02:07):
Working at as a bartender as yeah, as a bartend,
tips and just making tips, making tips, And I remember
the first time I got my like my tips for
the week.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
It was nine hundred dollars and the manager gave it
to me in an envelope. I counted it and I
called them like, hey, I think you gave me too much.
Said no, that's that's yours, and honestly, not for nothing.
I cried because at that time I was kind of
like jumping around place, homeless in the car, running around
all this stuff, and I was like, oh my god,
if I made this in five days, like I got
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a new place in three months, all that stuff, it
was good.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
But yeah, working a lot of this target has been fun.
I'm still there. I'm still there.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
We're still there.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
But you're you're a bartender.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
There right, bartending Thursday, Frida Saturday.
Speaker 4 (02:51):
What is that? So this is kind of a funny segue.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
And I'm fascinated as of late, in particular with bartenders
because I'm actually going to launch a rum coming up here,
and we're meeting with so many different bartenders and different people,
and we want our rum to be backed and bartenders
to be passionate. Bartenders are the gatekeepers with spirits, you
know what I mean, Like you could upsell a spirit
to anybody. Oh what, try this, try this, because you
get you get into it. Since you had no idea
(03:16):
about You didn't go to school for that. You had
no idea, did you. You literally learned on the fly.
They kind of just gave you the intro to basic bartender.
Did you start creating some of your own cocktails? Were
you vibing with it? Were you getting that far into it?
Speaker 5 (03:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
I was, you know, because it's fun, you know, and
it's probably the besides acting. Of course, it's been the
most fun job I've had. So like, I made this
drink called Carlito's Way. Really it's like they had a
co a little bit of coconut rum with it of
pineapple juice and some cranberry and lime juice, and I
you know, like the way.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
It was colorful. The ladies loved this, so it was
the big seller.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
It was nice and sweep and not too overly sweet
because you know the limes. So yeah, and it was
fun and rum. Honestly, with all the spirits, it's I
think it's the best tasting one. You know, there's what
we have when it comes to spirits and like rum specifically,
and I'm glad that you're doing it. It's all over
the world. You can make from all over the world.
It's the only spirit I believe that I'm mistaken, but
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rum smells good, it tastes good. You know, I like
to kill it all that, but you's got a weird taste,
you know, going with you? Yeah, Ireland or last so
rum all over the world we have run from like Africa,
from Guyana, from Puerto Rico, except Cuba because it's technically
still illegal and stuff like that.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
But yeah, it's it's one of the best spirits I
believe in my opinion.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Oh, I'm we're gonna have to send you some once
we launch. I would love for you to try it.
But it's it's a fascinating field how bartenders have elevated
that space even through the years. Now, I mean, there's
a show on Netflix which is fantastic about all these
bartenders that are competing to make special drinks. I mean,
deconstructing desserts to make a cocktail around that dessert, like
it's it's it's incredible and I think your story will
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resonate with so many listeners as well. Who we have
so many people that ask about getting in this business.
We just answered a bunch of listener questions funny enough
on a previous episode, and that's one of the common
common questions.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
How do you get in? What do you what's your recommendation,
what's your advice?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
And people don't see the struggle that comes before the
actual goal is attained, right Like there's a passion of
fire that's driving you to get to your goal, and
you still got to pay bills, you still have.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
To do other things.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
And I think it's important for people to know it's
not smooth sailing. It's not easy for everyone. You have
to hang tight, have very thick skin, and keep pushing
forward with your dream while doing something else.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Maybe you love like what you do. But to get
to the ultimate goal, you know, it doesn't just come
get handed. It's not hand to do no exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
You know. It's like, look, I'm always not honest about
these little things. And sometimes people are like, you talk
too much. But I'm forty five, I just have my
little apartment. I'm still struggling to act, and I'm still
working at the bar. I remember when I did a
show Parks and Recreation a few years ago, somebody recognizing
at the bar, like, oh my god, you're the guy
from Parks Work.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
Yeah, what do you want to drink?
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Thank you because there's a line of people waiting and
I got a bartend. But thank you for recognizing it,
you know. And that's the struggle with acting. It's like
I've always said, you know, like follow your passion, follow
what you want to do, especially if you want to
get into this world.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
As both of your actors and I love your guys work,
you know, it's tough.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
It's you have to be good, you have to be obsessed,
you have to work hard at it, and you you
just you know, you have to embody it and you
just you just have to really love it because it's
not for the.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
Find of art. You know, you get rejected. You know,
you so many years go by into you even book
a job. It's just really really tough, but it's.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Worth it at the end if you really just go
after it and find the.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
Passion for it.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Can I do you something? I'm fum fifty one and
I've been doing this for almost thirty years, right and
I've done huge movies and big TV shows and not
everybody knows who I am, but then might go I
recognize our face and within the business people know me
at fifty one, mother of two. Yesterday I was putting
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myself on tape for something that if it was up
to me, I said, how come I'm not getting an offer?
Speaker 4 (07:07):
Are you joking?
Speaker 2 (07:08):
You know I've done comedy, I've done at all, Like
why do I have to self tape with these people
to watch that I can do something that I know
I can do that I have proven that I can
do and guess what, I'm still doing it. It kills me,
but I have to learn to respect and appreciate and
(07:28):
enjoy the process. And it was interesting. I coached like
I was doing twenty something years ago with a coach,
and I discovered how freaking delicious it is to work
at something and to try it and I don't get it,
let me try it again. And like I was acting,
it was like going back to school. So there's a
side of me that I just go, what a blessing.
(07:50):
This is awesome that I get to do what I do.
And I know this side of me that wants to
go into a depression that I'm still doing it.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
You did right the other head.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Yeah, it's like, oh my god. So you know, it
happens to everybody. It's a it's a struggle.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
It is what it is.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
And I think there's a fun thing to touch on that.
You know, you come from a family. Your sister is
a successful actress as well. It's just that I know
she's a big supporter of yours and an inspiration of yours.
I know she probably you know, helps guide you and
gives you as much advice as she can.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
But again, another thing to show it's not easy.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
It's not guaranteed just because somebody you know, or your
family member. Even when I was coming up and starting,
she was already very successful. You know, I was just
starting to pave my way, and people think, what it
must be easier for you now your day, look your girlfriend. Nope,
I'm still out here grinding being told no after no
after no.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
It just it never ends. And I think that's what
people have to understand. And we've talked about this before.
The job is this part of it, getting the actual
gig and you're acting on set. That's fun. That's the enjoyment.
You've already done the work. Now you're just having a
good time.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
Yeah, exactly, you know.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
And it's funny because people like when when they find
out who my sister is, like, oh my god, you
this brother, Oh my god, and I booked something, They're like, oh,
they think, oh.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
He got it because of her.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
No. What I want to know and understand is like
I I she gives me advice, but never have I
gotten a job because of her. You know, It's all
been because of me. And it's not that I don't.
I just want to show that I'm good and prove
to everybody that I got it, that I can act,
that I can do it. I wasn't just given a
job because of who my sister you know, is, and
who she's you know, who she's with and stuff like that.
(09:31):
I want to show improve that I can do it,
that I'm good enough, that I can you know, be
on set, on time, have great energy, you know, proof
that I can deliver my line, to hit my mark,
all that stuff that we do exactly, And even though
she's my sister, I still.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
Haven't gotten any opportunities out of it.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
But I want to push as much as I can
on my own and do as much as I can and.
Speaker 5 (09:49):
Really work hard at it. That's what I want and
I want to prove to the world.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
One of my dreams goals is this is I get
an audition and I booked an audition with Ryan and
I show up on saying it's like, what are you doing?
Speaker 5 (10:01):
And I'm like, I booked an audition on your set,
bro oh yoh, yeah, then I did it. That's what
I want to do on my own without like that.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
That's awesome. That's awesome, and I hope, I truly hope
it happens.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
It's a fun, fun fact.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Roslind started her career acting in class with your sister.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Yeah, am I correct?
Speaker 2 (10:20):
I've known Eva for a long time with Ivana Trovik.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
With I'm back in her class.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Yeah, yeah, right, we were starting out. Yeah, we did.
We did a couple of years and we will have
we will do scenes together that I will go to
her place and she will come to my place, and yeah,
it was like she was she was awesome. I have
very specific memories of Eva, like moments that we were
rehearsing or just hanging out and it was it was
such a treat to see her just grow and become
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Eva Mendez. You know, I was like, oh my god,
that's amazing. That's yeah amazing. I wish I could. I
haven't seen her in years.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
Did you know you always wanted to be an actor?
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I did it, even befo. That's what my sister was
an actress. I always say I.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
I started watching movies a lot since I was a kid.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
And I remember one of the first movies I saw
was this I remember, I was like five years old,
called Tough Turf. It was with Barbara Donne, Juniors James Spader.
My other sister took me to the movies and I
remember watching that. I'm like, oh, this is what I
want to do. I want to make movies.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
And then I saw another Harrison Ford movie.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Indiana Jones, and I was like eight or nine, and
I'm like, oh my god. And he's been one of
my favorite actors ever. But I've always known since I
was a kid that I want to do acting. But
I was on the other side of the world. I
was in Miami. You know, in Miami, as I'm sure
you guys have been there, it's more of the Spanish
world and it's not the same. And I was out there,
you know, raised out there, and I was just stuck
working you know, jobs, home deep and stuff like that.
(11:43):
And long story short, I was I was like, all right,
I'm gonna become a cop.
Speaker 5 (11:47):
I'm gonna do something in my life.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Took the test, and I remember if I was going
to go to the next step, and I'm like, if
I do this, this is it, this is I'm gonna
be a cop.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
It's going to be a career. So I packed all
my stuff up to my mom.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
I got to go and drove allay to California and
started acting out here.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Wow, do you.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Speak Spanish, Carlo? Are you bi lingual?
Speaker 5 (12:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:06):
See, perfect? Okay, okay, you don't want to do anything
in Spanish.
Speaker 5 (12:12):
The thing is, my Spanish is so Cuban.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
It's so specific that when I try, if I even
if I try to do more neutral Mexican, it doesn't
come out good. And I my interest is in so
much in Spanish. I want to do more in the
English world first. Then you know, maybe I can do
some stuff in Spanish your meal.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
But you know what, there's there are parts in in
Spanish television.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
William just a cumulation.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Yeah, but he's he's super neutral right now because he
went to Mexico and but cant something if you decide.
And this is just me throwing it out because I
think there's fabulous content coming out of Argentina, Pania in
medical Chili, like.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Really great, great content, incredible stuff.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
And I was just saying, I was like, I don't
want to I just work in the English market. And
then I tasted it and I've done two things for
in Spanish and the quality is unbelievable. And this is
what I feel with with us right and the same thing.
I'm very Puerto Rican. My accent is super Puerto Rican.
But if I go to Mexico for a couple of weeks,
you absorb it, you know, Likeicana, but I call him
(13:21):
in Icana and udodas, you know. So I think if
you get out of your own way and you say,
you know what, it's not something that I've ever done,
but I speak the language, I have an accent. But
I'm just gonna go there for a couple of weeks
and see if if, if my ear can create the
same rhythm.
Speaker 5 (13:37):
You know. Yeah, that's interesting.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
That's something like you said, get out of my own way,
and it's one of my fears, like, oh my god,
a Spanish. Now. I've done some stuff in Spanish, like
my Parts of Equation, you know, I had some Spanish
stuff there, my movie Demise.
Speaker 5 (13:51):
There's a lot of Spanish stuff that I do.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
It's just it's scary because you're acting all other language,
you know, So it's scary. But it's something that I
definitely would still in mine if it's really it's just
all the little Spanish stuff I've been asked to do
has been like just been. It's been more like Mexican,
very Mexican stuff, which it's hard to do that that accident.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Yeah, do you ever feel because I'll tell you like
when I started, I had a little bit of a
hang up, but I would never do a soap. I
would never do a soap. And then of course, what's
the first job I got was a soap? And I
resisted and resisted. And I don't know if if you
have that same sort of mindset where you're just like,
I don't know about doing something Spanish or novella, I
don't know if you know, make sure but only and
I only say this because I'm not here to give
(14:32):
advice about anything, but one thing I've learned is that
work begets work, and the more open you are, and
even in the Spanish market, if you're like I just
want to I might consider it if it's on my
own terms for something that I love, that you really like.
So you open that door and you never know, maybe
a great opportunity comes. And I don't know, I think
you've done soap as well, right, have you done soaps?
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Us soaps?
Speaker 1 (14:54):
Noah, Oh, I've auditioned.
Speaker 5 (14:58):
I went to producer session.
Speaker 4 (15:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:02):
It was Days of Our Lives.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Yeah, that was my show.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
Yeah, oh okay.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
So I went there and I auditioned with one of
the needs and I remember I was in a little
theater and they had everybody there and I was like,
oh my god. And I'm a terrible auditioner. I get
really nervous because that's it.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
You have one shot.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:17):
Yeah, And I went in there.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
I kind of like loved the words a little bit,
and as soon as I did, I'm like, I'm not
getting it.
Speaker 5 (15:23):
I'm not getting and I didn't get it. But yeah,
I've had Oh my god with winter. No. I'm Mark
Mark test Tester Tesler.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Your casting directory talking about Yeah, I've.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Been gone to a bunch of times for a bunch
of different slaps, and I've got really far.
Speaker 5 (15:37):
I just haven't booked it.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
And it's scary to book that too, because I know
there's a lot at steak.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Yeah, look it I always again, I just go back
to the same thing with Latin market or even in soaps.
I was so afraid of getting into a space, and
you always feel like I got to prove myself to
get out of the space.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
But the truth is, I feel like our business has.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
Evolved and opened so much to talent to cross every
single genre platform within this space. And I truly mean
like I think work begets work, and if you're out
there and you take the opportunities that speak to you,
great things will come of it, you know, and and
hopefully that you know, whether it's a US OP or
you work in the Spanish or whatever, you'll just be happy.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
You'll keep you'll keep growing as an actor, which I love.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
Let's talk about Demise. That's your latest project.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Yeah, that's my.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
Latest project, Demise. Yeah, so that's the ways being described.
It's like a new sexy North thriller. It's directed by Jaad.
It's it was very good and challenging. We shot in
seventeen days, wow, and it's yeah, my first feature lead
in a film, and I really enjoyed it because it
was a challenging because my character he kind of like
(16:51):
gets entangled as another woman while he's married. You know,
his wife finds out. Without giving away too much, there's
you know, some twists and turns, some crazy stuff that
she does. He his character led her to do what
she does, and it was It was good because it
was challenging because I wanted to make my character likable
where he wasn't just a douchebag gas lighting her, lying this,
doing that, all this stuff behind her back.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
But it's a very it's a very interesting film.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
It's got some good twists and turns, and I'm very
excited for it now here.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
It's getting a lot of buzz on the festival circuit too, right.
Speaker 5 (17:22):
Yeah, it's been getting a lot of buzz.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
And you know, it's funny because I've been trying to
promote as much as possible.
Speaker 5 (17:26):
I made little postcards. I don't know if this is
batter cheesy.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I'm learning all this stuff little postcards with you know,
with the Mason, and I'm passing that at work since
I've been there for something.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
I told my regulars, hey man, just watch my movie.
Tell me what you think it.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
I'll give you a free shot if you watch it
and you show me that you watched it.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
That's grassroots, baby, grassroots. I love it.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
So yeah, it's been getting a lot of buzz, you know,
a little bit here and there and stuff like that,
and just promoting it.
Speaker 5 (17:48):
It's like the little engine that could, you know.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
It's just it's a small, little team, independent team trying
to push it and get people to watch it.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
So where can we watch it?
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Oh? So it's on Amazon, Food, Do, Roku, Apple TV
most of the streaming now.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
And it's out now and it's out right now. Yeah, okay, perfect,
We're going to take it out tonight.
Speaker 4 (18:07):
That's exciting.
Speaker 5 (18:09):
So don't want to the wrong kids. It's readed are
really okay?
Speaker 4 (18:12):
It's hardcore.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Was there anything in this movie that you did for
the first time as an actor? You're like, this is
a complete I'm like you had to dig deep and
like you're going, wow, okay, this is hardcore.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
Yeah, good question. I did.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
I had a lot of emotional scenes because there's a
few things that happened to my character. And then there
was some some emotional scenes of me just breaking down,
just getting angry and just going berserk.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
And I enjoyed doing that. I actually did, you know.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
And I found myself to get to that place real fast,
because you know, things happen in life. I have a
brother of mine that passed away, so it was easy
to get to that emotional place that you got to
get to. But yeah, there was a yeah, quite a
few scenes, and I actually enjoyed it. I was like,
oh my god, my master kiss because I enjoy beeeing
this way. On said, you know, but yeah, it was fun.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Can I ask you what happened if you want to
talk about it. If you don't, you say, Ross, I'm
not interested. What happened to you to your brother?
Speaker 5 (19:08):
No, it's okay, he throw CAATs. He passed away. It's
going to be eight years this month.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
How old he was fifty three?
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Oh? Wow? Smoker or anything like that. We had twenty
sixteen passed away.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
Yeah, my older brother.
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Yeah, I was not a smoker, you said.
Speaker 5 (19:23):
Now, not a smoker. He would drink here and they're
not a smoker.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
But you know, yeah, cancer got him and with a
year from he was diagnosed to the day he passed away.
Speaker 5 (19:32):
Like a year went by. It was just it was
pretty quick.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
So that was that's fast.
Speaker 5 (19:36):
Yeah, it was super fast.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
And I'm married with kids.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yeah, I'm married with kids. He had four kids, a
couple of different baby mamas. But I'm married with kids
and everything.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Yeah, oh my god, where do you find.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
I used that, you know, when I need to get
into an emotional and angry scene, I use that.
Speaker 5 (19:53):
You know, It's like, it's what I have.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
So how big is your family? You have? How many siblings?
Speaker 5 (19:58):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I saw a little confusing all over the place. I
got like eighteen nineteen nephews and nieces, five sisters, had
my brother, and yeah, I have a huge, huge family.
Speaker 5 (20:10):
I still have cousins I meet all the time.
Speaker 4 (20:11):
Five sisters I didn't.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
I didn't know it was five sisters and.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
You Yeah, three sisters on my dad's side, two of
my mom oh got it, okay?
Speaker 2 (20:21):
And Eva and Europe from both parents mom and dad.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Oh no, only for my dad. I'm I'm the only
one for my mom and my dad. I don't have
fool full Yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
Wow, interesting that a lot.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
That's a movie right there.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
But it'll be more interesting So my dad got a
woman pregnant leaving Cuba before all my other siblings.
Speaker 5 (20:47):
So I got like six technically, but I don't really
talk to her because Cuba.
Speaker 4 (20:51):
So yeah, so your dad was a mover and shaker.
It was a few hours.
Speaker 5 (20:55):
But yeah, he's older now, so he has to calm down.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
I feel like I have in a similar situation with
my dad. I have my dad's past now, but and
I was an only child. I have a half brother
from previous marriage from him. But I feel like there
are definitely quite a few others out there. I just
you think, so well, I know for a fact in
one way because my dad.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
We're going way off topic.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
But my dad was like a sperm donor, so I
know for a fact I have siblings out there.
Speaker 4 (21:22):
Oh for sure, Oh my God, Like for.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Sure, he and my uncle were donating, And I mean guaranteed,
I have siblings from him out there.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
I have a cousin who just found out about his kid,
like ten years ago. He and they got in touch
with him Facebook, and he found out twenty years later.
Now he's known for a few years, but twenty years later,
I guess he got a girl pregnant here. But they
had to move out of a lame when he was
like a teenager and this way before social media disappeared.
Speaker 5 (21:48):
And I guess she looked for him.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
She's like, hey, so and so, you know you have
a son out of here And he was like what
And he had like a twenty something year old son.
Speaker 5 (21:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Wow, that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Can you imagine if you get a phone, well on
an email one day saying I think I'm your brother,
I think I'm your sister.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
It's very possible. It's very possible. My dad was a
mover and shaker for sure. Outside of that, so I
mean like, yeah, yeah, for as well, we have that
in So what you know in the world of what's
next for you? If you could pick the type of
(22:25):
role do you gravitate? Are you open for everything? I mean,
you've done parks and rec clearly you've done comedy. What
speaks to you the most?
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Just is it hard? Drama? Is it comedy? Is a
romantic comedy? What do you what? Do you think?
Speaker 5 (22:38):
That's good question too.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I feel like, uh, A drama kind of comes easy,
I guess, But where my.
Speaker 5 (22:43):
Heart is at is comedy.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
I did a show also with Rob Rob Schneider and
it was so much fun to do.
Speaker 5 (22:50):
So I love comedy.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
I like making people laugh, and when you make people laugh,
there's just something nice and warming about it. And I'm
I'm open to being goofy looking, dumb, shaving an eyebrow,
knocking out a tooth. I don't care about that, so
I'll do all that stuff.
Speaker 5 (23:03):
Say it's comedy.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Drama comes pretty easy, but comedy is where I think
it's really happening. But it's hard because I don't get
really looked at as a comedic kind of actor.
Speaker 4 (23:11):
So yeah, no, I get it.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
I see it. I see it.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
Yeah, but it's hard. You know, you're a good looking guy,
and it's hard. I think in general, there are such
a type to comedy sometimes that they immediately will look
over you thinking, oh, they can't be funny. But the
truth is all types of people can be funny, and
all types of people, however they look, have different ways
of bringing comedy.
Speaker 4 (23:32):
And I think we're seeing that change again more and more.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
I mean, look, and this is not not again not
trying to stay in your sort of family circle right now.
But you have a guy like Ryan Gossling, good looking
guy goes and crushes and gets an oscar for you know,
a comedy and he really is that funny nomination say yeah, crazy.
Speaker 5 (23:49):
Conversations that would have with him.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
He just he comes out with these stories and these
things that I'm like and lacking my ass off. He's
just really that funny and I think that's his niche too.
He's founded that he's no more comedy in the last
few years. But he's just a really funny, funny.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
Guy like that. Yeah, so it's it's possible for anybody,
for sure.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
We wish you nothing but the best, Carlos. Thank you
so much for doing and I hope demise opens many
many doors for you and you continue your path to
amazing success.
Speaker 5 (24:20):
Thank you, guys. And if you come to the scar
go please let me know. Take care of you guys.
I'm still there for now.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
I love it the rum too. When we launch.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
Look on.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
If you need any advice on it as well, you know,
just let me know and I can give you, you know,
a little bit of my advice and help and stuff.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
Well, have you come up with a celebrity celebrity cocktail.
It'll be fun.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Awesome. Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
I appreciate that was a lovely conversation.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
How sweet is his demeanor and and he's beautiful.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Yeah, great personality, just good energy, like you said, And
I love this is one thing I do find not
just to talk about our show, but I do think
it's very fun and special about our show. Right, It's
not just you know, yeah, we've had you know, he's
a working actor. We've had Matthew McConaughey, We've had Evil,
We've had a you know, very very high level actors,
(25:10):
higher even than you know, Make myself or whatever, just
like big actors in the show. And then we have
actors that have been right in the middle. We have
actors that are coming up. And I love hearing stories
about actors coming up. You know, this is a guy
on the rise, a star that's on the rise. He
has a great movie coming out on big platforms. Clearly talented,
but it shows and it helps educate our listeners on
the real journey of being an actor. It's not just
(25:32):
rainbows and butterflies. You know, it's a grind. He was
living in a car at one point. You know, that's
I'd never even went through that, Like, that's that's fascinating,
you know, to come from that place.
Speaker 4 (25:42):
So it's wonderful for our listeners to hear that.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
I hope you guys enjoyed it. Thank you for listening.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
We love you and if something if there's anything you
want to talk about again, please send it to our
DMS at he said AA Dho or email us at
Ericnroz at iHeartRadio dot.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
Com and we will get back to answering more questions
until next time. I love you, Thanks for listening. Don't
forget to write us a review and tell us what
you think.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
If you want to follow us on Instagram, check us
out at e said Ajab or senos at email Eric
and Ross at iHeartRadio dot com. He said. Ajab is
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Speaker 4 (26:15):
See you next time.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Bye,
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