Diego Boneta remembers when he took guitar lessons with Tom Cruise

Diego Boneta was 15 and was close to acting The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. “They did a casting in Mexico City, they took me to Los Angeles to rehearse. It was my first audition for a feature film and my first audition, period … It was somewhere in between ben barnes and I”.

Barnes eventually landed the role, but the experience inspired Boneta, who grew up in Mexico City, to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in Hollywood. As he remembers Variety, “For years I’ve been trying to get more auditions for Mexican movies and they didn’t want to see me because they were like”No, you don’t look Mexican enough‘”.

His first time, in Rock of Ages

His surname was first heard in 2012 working with Tom CruiseAlec Baldwin and Julianne Hough the musical love story of director Adam Shankman Rock of the Century. “Tom put me under his wing,” she told the same store.We take guitar lessons together… so we got together a lot of times. “

Boneta appeared later scream queens Y Terminator: Dark Destiny, but if we are writing this cute guitar anecdote it’s because his name exploded in the lead role in Luis Miguel.

Now there’s more: Boneta, already a star who can buy a villa for three million dollars, goes to Broadway. It is known that she almost starred in a revival of avoid about three years ago, but the matter was left in the dark due to issues on the agenda. To the future? “It may be, yes, it’s on my wish list,” she says.

the father of the bridehis last major role was a big hit for hbo max. Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan playing a couple on the verge of divorce whose daughter is a lawyer (Adriana Arjona) announces that she and her boyfriend (Boneta) are getting married and moving to Mexico to work for a non-profit organization.

Isabela Merced and Chloe Fineman round out the cast. “Was Gaz Alazraki, our fantastic director, who called me and said: ‘Diego, I’m directing the new version of the father of the bride“.

“In the beginning,” he said Variety“I was a bit skeptical because it’s a very classic movie, from the version of Spencer Tracey until the remaking of Steve Martin“.

“But then I read the script and realized it was a completely different movie. There is the divorce between the character of Gloria and the role of Andy, which is a big difference from the other films. I didn’t want to be in a new version. from , ‘Oh, it’s the same movie, but it’s a new Latin version.’ “

Gloria Estefan, almost a godmother

Boneta and Estefan get along well. “You could say she has become something like my godmother.” A lot, Diego? “Look, working with her on the film was everything and more. She is so, so humble, so balanced and disciplined …”

Will you be kidding? “I was willing to do it get their hands dirty do whatever was necessary for the role. It was truly amazing to see. She never complains about anything. We managed to communicate at 4am and the next day she was the first to arrive on the recording set. Exceptional professional, inspiring. It is a force not to be underestimated “.

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