Adan Canto Mixology
He’s only been in Hollywood for a couple of years, but Adan Canto has already made a mark, with much more to come. Recently Se Fija! talked to Adan about his exciting future; here are the highlights.
It’s bound to be a big year for Adan Canto. Born in Mexico in the early Eighties, Canto was nearly 30 years old (though he can play a decade younger) when he first started appearing in Mexican films and TV shows, and it was just two years ago that he was cast in the first season of The Following, as one of the bad guy’s followers who came to a bad end mid-season (though he re-appeared in an episode called “Reflections,” available to stream on Fox here.
But that’s just the beginning. Adan is also one of the tightly knit ensemble in Mixology, the Sex in the City-like modern-dating comedy that ABC is about to premiere (and you can see the first two episodes on Hulu right here)…and just as those episode are finishing up, he’ll appear as “Sunspot” in the newest and much-anticipated installment of the revived X-Men franchise, X-Men: Days of Future Past. He’ll be playing one of the few Latino superheroes in the Marvel Universe–a character that was cut, for the most part, from the last movie, First Class, but is supposed to be front-and-center in the sequel.
A few of the cast of ABC’s new show Mixology.
L-r: Craig Frank, Celebrity Showcase Lea Michelle Cash, Adan Canto (behind) Se Fija!’s Angela Ortíz,
Ginger Gonzaga and Kate Simses
We caught up with Adan as a recent L.A. media event and talked about all that and more.
On his role–and his character’s ending–in The Following. “I’m happy with the way he ended up. Everyone involved knew what their fate was going to be. I wanted it to be strong, and I believe we got that.”
On working with legends in X-Men: Days of Future Past. “It’s amazing. I’m very excited. It was a lot of fun to shoot, an entirely different experience, humbling in a great way, being on site with actors of a calibre like that. Just to be there and having fun with them was amazing.
On his X-Men character: “I play Sunspot, a good mutant, and I’m not allowed to say much but I’m from the future and I play an important role. I found him a very intricate character, with a lot of unfortunate events in his life. But it’s amazing how he’s still excited, still a positive guy. I can’t believe he’s still alive; anyone else would have lost their faith in the world, but he’s a strong, passionate, happy mutant.”
On Mixology, and his (non-Latino?) character, Dom: “I do say a couple of things in Spanish, so we did have a couple moments of showing that. And there are interesting moments with other members of the cast. This show takes what everybody thinks but doesn’t say, every experience they’ve had in bars but don’t want to share or remember. This show recreates that and makes them feel embarrass with their past but in a good way, like laugh at it, remember it, feel great. The reason why it’s a different show is that they don’t try to make people laugh—that’s not their intention. It takes things that already happen and brings them about, with a balance and a variety of different characters.
The buzz about Adan Canto has only grown over the last two years. And given these new opportunities and more to come, there’s no question about it: Adan Canto is one of the fast-rising Latino stars to watch in ’14.
