Actor Raúl Castillo Talks HBO’s Task, Staying Grounded in Hollywood, and His Respect for Matriarchs
Latino USA
My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Actor Raúl Castillo joins us at the kitchen table. Literally. He goes to Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa’s home to share chips and homemade guacamole. Since his last visit on the show five years ago, a lot has changed for Raúl. He’s gotten married, filmed one of the darkest scenes of his career on HBO’s Task, and will soon join the cast of The Walking Dead. But there are things that remain the same: Raúl’s respect for matriarchs, his rootedness in community and his moral compass.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, dear listener. |
| 0:08.8 | Did you know that you can join Futuro Plus to access extended interviews, bonus episodes, |
| 0:15.7 | and even live events? |
| 0:18.4 | This episode is a conversation with my friend, actor Raul Castillo. |
| 0:22.9 | And you can listen to the extended cut of our interview right now by becoming a Futuro Plus member. |
| 0:28.7 | And it's so good. |
| 0:30.5 | So definitely sign up at Futuromediagroup.org slash join plus. |
| 0:36.8 | And thanks. |
| 0:39.8 | Futuro. |
| 0:45.0 | So, Raul, I'm, um, I'm not a big chef. |
| 0:52.3 | But I do know how to make a me macaboni. Excellent. That's a good, that's a good trait. And I just need to add some. And then you're going to give me the taste best. Yes. And you have to just be honest. And the chips are from where? Echos. Echos. With tortillas from Chicago. Amazing amazing all right well you're this I don't I'm like I'm |
| 1:16.9 | feeling a little something no it's great it looks great what are you talking I'm not sure |
| 1:23.5 | it looks great you're gonna get to taste it. It looks fantastic. Alright, let's go. |
| 1:28.3 | I'm suddenly more. |
| 1:30.3 | It may, yeah, but it may need some more something. |
| 1:34.3 | Mmm, I'm not big on, like, I don't need tons of salt, but, um, but I think it's perfect. |
| 1:45.6 | Right. |
| 1:46.2 | Don't know. |
| 1:46.6 | No, no. |
| 1:46.8 | No. |
| 1:47.7 | From Futuro Media, it's Latino USA. |
| 1:55.3 | I'm Maria Inojosa. |
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