Sunday, November 17

Luis Gerardo Méndez applauds the opening of the Hollywood Academy with Latinos


Luis Gerardo Méndez aplaude la apertura de la Academia de Hollywood con los latinos
Luis Gerardo Méndez applauds the opening of the Oscar Academy with Latinos.

Photo: Archive / Ángel Delgado / Reforma Agency

With the invitation that Luis Gerardo Méndez and other Latinos received to be part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that awards the Oscars, the actor sees a step more towards the visibility of the community in the guild.

The star of “Medios Hermanos”, which has raised $ 3.2 million dollars at the box office, was invited by the Hollywood Academy , along with other figures such as Eiza Gonzalez or Wagner Moura , to join as voters for the election of the awards that are awarded annually.

“ It seems very important to me, and I am surprised and very grateful . I didn’t think it was going to happen, much less so soon. (In the industry) five percent of the characters are Latino, and the 20 percent of the people (in the United States) are Latino. I feel very honored to have a voice in the Academy , I think they are, as they say in the US , ‘baby steps’, that is, small steps (towards plurality) “, said in a telephone link the actor of” Charlie’s Angels “.

Today I was invited to be a member of @ TheAcademy .

With these names.

A teto boy from Aguascalientes.

Fuck and share.

There is the detail.

Nathan Lane.

WTF. pic.twitter.com/xDfGnLxJVu

– Luis Gerardo Méndez (@LuisGerardoM) July 2, 2021

While on vacation, in the Riviera Maya, the Mexican found out about the invitation through an email.

“I had turned off my computer, I had not checked emails and came as a surprise . And I love seeing that Eiza is invited, with whom I made my first novel like 20 years and Wagner Moura, with whom I have worked and I remember that we had conversations in court to eat, and we talked about the importance of the Latino community in Hollywood “, recalled the actor.

” stay in conversation over a dinner and we can vote! “, expressed Méndez, who just finished his participation in the series” Los Enviados “, by Argentine director Juan José Campanella.

Last Thursday the list of 395 invited to vote, among them are also the three Mexican winners Oscar winner for Best Sound this year: Michelle Couttolenc , Jaime Baksh t and Carlos Cortés .