09.26.2012 | By Karen Posada |
Maximiliano Hernández plays S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jasper Sitwell in The Avengers and Marvel One-Shot Item 47. In this interview, the Honduran American actor talks about joining Marvel, playing one of the few Latino characters in that world, and choosing roles that do not reduce Latinos to stereotypes. Read More
07.19.2012 | By Jack Rico |
*Updated December 2025
We can label 2012 as the year of superhero movies. There hasn’t been another year that has given us so many films based on comic books like this one: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, Dredd, and Man of Steel. But two of them, more than any other, garnered the worldwide attention of moviegoers like none other in their genre. Read More
05.4.2012 | By Jack Rico |
Movie fans! What would you do or give up to be an actor in one of the biggest blockbusters of all time – The Avengers? A better question to ask would be, how sickly talented do you have to be to even make it past the casting auditions!? Mexican-American actor Walter Perez can pat himself on the back with Thor’s Hammer with a grin on his face from here to Asgard because he achieved just that!
Perez is one of the up and coming rising stars in the highly competitive Hollywood business. It’s even more competitive when you are a Latino actor, because of the dearth of roles out there for Hispanics. But Perez, as is becoming the norm, managed to impress the casting crew and director Joss Whedon himself for a spot in the most anticipated film in Marvel history. Read More
05.3.2012 | By Karen Posada |
The Avengers hasn’t even opened in theaters in the United States and it has already made about $260 million worldwide. This alone describes the craze and buzz this movie has created. It is hard to deny, even without being part of the phenomenon, that this is a great action packed movie. Read More
