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Walter Perez: A Latino In ‘The Avengers’!

2012/05/04 at 12:00am

Walter Perez: A Latino In ‘The Avengers’!

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

An Intimate Chat with Walter Perez from ‘Fame’!

By Jack Rico

2009/09/04 at 12:00am

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An Intimate Chat with Walter Perez from ‘Fame’!

09.4.2009 | By Jack Rico |

Back in February, we outscooped every news media outlet, with an EXCLUSIVE interview with Walter Perez from FAME. Take a look at the interview from back then and wait for a new one coming up on the week of the 14th.

If you don’t know too much about him, here are some tidbits… he who grew up in South Gate, California and is of Mexican descent, plays Victor Taveras in the new remake of ‘Fame’ out in theaters on Sept. 25th. We caught up with the Latin heartthrob to chat about the his experience on the set of his new film, the theater, NYC, his dreams and of course “FAME”!

Walter’s film credits include, HBO’s “Walkout”, “Emilio, “August Evening” which received the John Cassavetes Award, “Inhale” alongside Dermot Mulroney and Diane Kruger and “A Beautiful Life” opposite Dana Delany and Debi Mazar.

What you should also know is that he’s no stranger to television, Perez has made several guest appearances including, “CSI: Miami”, “The Closer”, “Free Radio” and a five episode arc on “Friday Night Lights” where he played Bobby “Bull” Reyes.