Taylor Zakhar Perez on Latin Representation, Wedding Cakes and Baring All in Red, White & Royal Blue
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2024
- Taylor Zakhar Perez does not take his status as a celebrity lightly. "I'm a blue collar kid in an extraordinary circumstance in Los Angeles," much like Alex Claremont Diaz, the character he plays in Prime Video's Red, White & Royal Blue. The star of Netflix's The Kissing Both series of films is fully aware of the state of Latin representation in Hollywood, which hopes to improve with his new production company. "19% of the United States is Latin, but it's not represented in TV and film," says the actor. "It's crazy, because Latin-led shows are some of the most-watched globally on streamers. It's disappointing to see." As he talks about the state of the Latin community in America, Perez becomes more visibly excited; it's clear that playing the son of the President of the United States (Uma Thurman) in Matthew López's adaptation of Casey McQuiston's bestselling novel spoke to him as a mixed-race American (his background is of Mexican, Middle Eastern, and European heritage). "Side note," he says, his eyes widening and his speech becoming more considered, emphasizing every word: "The GDP of Latin people in the United States, it's fifth in the world - like, more than the United Kingdom, more than India... Taking on this project, there were multiple issues we were dealing with."
It's clear from talking to him that Perez is a passionate person. He's just as fired up about Red, White & Royal Blue's R rating as he is about Latin representation on screen: "In America, you can point-blank shoot somebody on screen and get a PG-13 rating.... That was a tough pill to swallow when we got that rating," he tells Daniel Bayer. After baring all on Scandal and Minx, sex on screen doesn't scare him, but Perez is emphatic about the importance of privacy onset when it comes time to film a sex scene. "Our closed sets were so closed, like nobody was able to see these images or videos before they were onscreen... I'm very grateful [that] Amazon dealt with those moments in such a high security way." Perez shared stories from the set (shooting the opening wedding cake disaster took two days) as well as insight into how the rehearsal process helped shape the film, and what kinds of stories he wants to tell in the future. Note: this interview was conducted ahead of the announcement of the RW&RB sequel] - Розваги
I could hear Taylor talk for hours, he's so passionate and professional and intelligent, and I'm so glad we had him as our Alex! thanks so much for this interview! ☺️🙏🏻
Love how passionate Taylor is. His own production company? Bring it on! 🧡🧡🧡
Taylor has so much to give, so much talent and insight to share. I hope all his dreams come true!
Thank you for this, it's great to know the vision that Taylor has for us, the Latino people, and how much he wants to represent us on screen, thank you for wanting to give your voice
thank you both for the interview!
Love Taylor and him being passionate with what he does, very nice interview! Thank you so much for this!
Goodness gracious, Taylor is so smart and conscious and articulate - it makes me love him even more! I, too, am disappointed that gun violence is considered “safer” to show on screen than sexual situations. Such a double standard. Can’t wait to see what Taylor does with his production company. His vision for it is incredible.
Great interview with interesting questions. Taylor is really one of the kind and hope to see more of him.
This by far is one of his best interview to date. He was so articulate and honest about his feelings and the way he put it forward was very inspiring. I loved how he passionately spoke about Latino community and its representation on tv. Now that he spoke a little bit about his own production company I can’t wait to see what he is going to bring to the table. I’ve no doubt it’s going to be amazing and wonderful just like he is. Also I wanna say thank you to the interviewer for asking really good questions. Taylor did a fantastic job of answering each of them with sheer clarity and accuracy ❤
So friendly and articulate. Great screen presence. Hope he’ll get a lot of interesting parts going into the future.
Gotta say, Taylor dropping statistics so casually is hot AF
MOVIES PRODUCED BY TZP its a NEED!!!!!
we know this man its going to be THE BEST producer in this business. this industry that lack representation needs someone like this incredible man.
honestly i can’t wait for the future, can’t wait to see every remarkable work that TZP has in mind. this man is so intelligent, TZP's words are remarkable and beautiful to hear.
Thank you AwardsWatch! Rooting for Red, White & Royal Blue to get that Emmy
such a lovely interview with really great questions :)
Love love taylor so much!!! So well spoken and so lovely ❤
I love listening to taylor talk, he is so passionate, intelligent, and well informed. I am so grateful that a celebrity like him is out there speaking loudly and proudly about latin representation AND actually doing something about it. I’m so proud of him. I know his career is so bright
That's my man 😭❤️
Such a great interview, this man is really smart, love how he talks, how he express himself, as a latin myself what he's trying to achieve is so important to me, another reason to love him even more ❤❤❤
Bendiciones in your new project ❤
Taylor is so passionate and I love that ❤️🤍💙
Good interview. Congratulations!
Thanks for this interesting interview 👏❤️
Mr Taylor remembered I'm your fan from El Paso Tx,,,, love you guys. You're so talented and handsome, young actors
God he’s so articulate and smart… I love you tay
Beautiful voice ❤
He is so smart.
Love Tay ❤❤❤
amazing interview!! so beautiful and at ease. I'm sooo excited about his strive towards an upward trend in Latinx representation. I got a warm feeling when he used "Mestizo" and knows so much about current standings
Love that Taylor is so passionate about representing the Latin community. And a production company too? Which means he & Nick will each have their own company? Coincidence much? Best of luck in TZP's Emmy campaign 🫶🏻
Somebody do an hour long interview with Taylor. He's so smart and has got so much to say, that I think it's hard for him to condense his answers sometimes. But I want to hear all his thoughts!
Well, there is a podcast from 2019, Kahn Conversations with Taylor, that's longer than an hour (it's on Spotify and Apple Music I think). It's a fantastic episode! Check it out.
I can listen to him talking for hours! His voice❤️
i can't this man is so beautiful gosh
Is it just me or does the interviewer keep getting distracted??
Taylor though, as passionate as ever 🫶🤩
His Internet was probably lagging a bit.
I agree with you.
taylor throwing status for us latins is my new religion
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Let’s be honest, this movie was given an R rating because it was a queer love story. We have all seen movies with much more graphic sex scenes showing more nudity that were rated PG-13 because it was a straight couple. The love story was beautiful in this movie and the characters were wonderful but because they’re queer, we can’t let teens see it. The hypocrisy makes me crazy.
It's an R?! It's rated age 12 in the UK lol
It’s a shame because in the uk it was given a 12 so not even PG was needed. I think the US is more conservative and close minded in things like this. The love scenes were beautiful and beautifully shot
So what does the line about the difference between rugby and football? It would make sense if Alex was talking about British football, what we call soccer, as there is so much physical contact in rugby and very little in soccer. But Alex being American, I would think, would call it soccer. (Although the way Alex says it, the meaning is more in the way he says it and not so much what he says.)
And when Alex and Nora are talking after the New Year eve party (a month later), while they are talking, another staffer comes in without knocking and then looks embarrassed interrupting their private discussion. Wonder why that was in there.
PS - like so many others, completely obsessed with the movie - in a good way.
Taylor ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Yeah it's The First Son him ❤️🤍👑💙
Yes here in American violence is permitted, while sex is not.
OMG SHUT UP INTERSTELLAR
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