Being Afro-Latino In Hollywood with Johnathan Fernandez

Hyphenated with Joanna Hausmann and Jenny Lorenzo

Pitaya Entertainment

Us Latinos, Education, Comedy, Hyphenated, Pitaya, Jenny Lorenzo, Latinx, Joanna Hausmann, Society & Culture

5 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Joanna welcomes Afro-Latino writer/actor Johnathan Fernandez (Fox's LETHAL WEAPON; HBO Max's GOSSIP GIRL) as they discuss acting, auditions, not being considered for Latinx roles, and why colonialism and colorism in Latin America has made representation in mainstream media so difficult.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi everyone, I'm Joanna.
0:05.1	And I'm Jenny.
0:06.1	No, that's not Jenny.
0:08.1	We'll get to that.
0:09.1	And this is hyphenated, the podcast about living in the hyphen.
0:12.5	So today I'm actually joined by a very, very, very good friend of mine.
0:17.7	We've been friends for many years.
0:19.7	And you may have seen him on your televigione.
0:23.0	He was a star on Lethal Weapon on Fox, and he is now a lead character on the new Gossip Girl on
0:32.1	HBO Max. This is Jonathan Fernandez. Thanks for having me on your show. This is a huge honor and privilege.
0:40.1	And to be able to do this with someone that I know and love is a dream country.
0:45.4	I was trying to think how long we've been friends.
0:47.9	And I think it's been about eight years.
0:50.2	Yeah, it's shorter than what it feels like.
0:52.9	It feels like always.
0:54.6	You know, I was there the night you found out you booked lethal weapon, which was your first big, big, big.
1:03.2	I mean, you had been on girls.
1:04.4	You had been, I mean, you had been a day player actor on a bunch of shows.
1:08.7	But it is that thing of just like, it's so, there's nothing more accurate about careers,
1:15.3	like acting careers, especially where you just make it overnight in 20 years.
1:20.8	People are like, oh, you're new.
1:21.9	And it's like, yeah, I'm new.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Pitaya Entertainment, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Pitaya Entertainment and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.