So how did he get inside the head of his character in the dark foodie comedyThe Menu?
“I mean,nowthey’re washed-up.
I kind of based mine on Steven Seagal.
John Leguizamo in ‘The Menu’.Searchlight Pictures
I had a bad run-in with him.
We did a movie together.
He’s kind of a horrible human.”
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“She was amazing,” he says.
“I auditioned three girls to be my assistant, very different.
So we went tit for tat, improvising, and she was so fun to work with.”
“Yeah, it was a great experience.
Leguizamo reveals that he would be more than happy to appear on the HBO show.
“There’s a lot of Latin billionaires, bring me on, come on!”
Leguizamo says that he has received a “beautiful” response to the letter from many of this colleagues.
We’re 20 percent of the population, 30 percent of the US box office.
Why do the white people get to be overrepresented in film and storytelling?
It’s just not equitable, there’s not parity.
It’s not okay.”
The Menuis now in theaters.
Watch the film’s trailer below.
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