The fourth episode of the Apple TV+ series turns the spotlight on the title character’s friend Victor.
Warning: This article contains mild spoilers for the fourth episode ofMr.
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Arturo Castro on ‘Mr. Corman’.Apple TV+
Cormanwill get a (slightly) different show than the one they expected.
That was just part of whyMr.
And it’s a really human show.
Arturo Castro and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on ‘Mr. Corman’.Apple TV+
I think that’s so important, particularly right now, after we all went through something collective together.
To me, the show is a healing experience for anybody that watches it."
Cormanin the first place?
Arturo Castro and Miley Delgado on ‘Mr. Corman’.Apple TV+
ARTURO CASTRO:Well, they thought they were hiringWilmer Valderrama.
[Laughs] No, it was a roller coaster.
Then we started working together, and it was really a dream come true.
What was it like to work with him on the show?
He really takes your thoughts into consideration and thinks about any question that you ask him.
I was like, “Is it something I said?”
And it helped the monologue tremendously.
Joe has said that your character, Victor, is partially based on a high school friend of his.
Did you two talk about that at all?
And actually, Hector is in the first episode.
I couldn’t believe it, man.
It’s just like, he’s a Latin dude.
It’s interesting how subversive and unique and against stereotype that was.
It was such a joy for me to play something like that.
There’s no mistake you’re free to make that will ruin the show.
Just don’t torture yourself, and try as best you could to enjoy this experience."
She’d be like, “Shut up!”
[Laughs] I did my best to be an embarrassing dad to her.
So it was like meeting a new person [when I saw them again].
What was it like shooting that?
I didn’t touch Italian food for like four months after that.
The prop department made it quite tasty, but by the fifth time… it gets weird.
My relationship with food got weird.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
