Some talented young Latinos are snagging fascinating new roles in upcoming films. Natalie Martinez, still alive but terribly confused (as are we all) at the end of Season One of Under the Dome, is moving on to the science fiction thriller Selfless, where she’ll play the wife of Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds star as “a terminally ill billionaire who undergoes an experimental procedure to transfer his consciousness into the body of a younger man, only to be hunted by the killers who murdered his host.” Martinez will be back for Season Two of Dome, and is already slated for another feature film, Run All Night, with Liam Neeson and Ed Harris.
Manny Perez, who we’ve seen on Third Watch, Rescue Me, and most recently in Homeland, has joined Ira Sachs’ Love is Stranger, where he’ll play award-winning stage actor (and 30 Rock vet) Cheyenne Jackson’s partner. This drama about an older gay couple (Alfred Molina and John Lithgow) who are forced to live separately after they marry. Perez is also in 2014’s Crosstown, a drama about the undocumented and the dangers of the gang life, and he’s slated to appear in the upcoming season of Homeland again.
Challenging new projects for two of Latino Hollywood’s rising stars. We’ll keep you informed to the film’s progress…
