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Eugenio Derbez has surprised by the sincerity shown during a recent interview on the program of “ The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon “, where he states he would like to be taken into account to personify dramatic characters in movies.
Just a few days ago the actor was the guest of Jimmy Fallon to his successful program on the network NBC , where they had the opportunity to talk about his future movie plans and asked him about his participation in the recently released film “ Coda ”where Derbez plays a music teacher, this is his first dramatic role in many years.
Given this, the Mexican has revealed that he has had difficulty in being considered to play characters other than comedy a in the United States, because due to his long career in Latin America he is known mainly as a comedian.
He even said he suffered from being not taken seriously even by his children he said: “ It is because they don’t take us seriously, not even our children “, to which the presenter agreed with him, while Derbez did an experiment, as he explained that if said anything the public present in the forum was going to laugh, to which he said “ s yellow illa “, causing laughter from everyone including Fallon.
Despite the fact that wherever he goes he causes laughter in the people with whom he interacts even if this is not his intention, the film actor such as “ Overboard ” and the series “ On a trip with the Derbez “, he reflected on his intentions to do drama and even mentioned that other comedy greats did it as Jim Carrey and Robin Williams .