"In a conversation from his living room in Los Angeles, Tona (as his friends call him, a moniker shorter than his stage name and much shorter than his real name, Tonatiuh Elizarrarz) admits that he sometimes feels out of sync, overwhelmed by all the work he has done and continues to do, only to return to his normal life every night."
"With a career in shorts and series going back a decade, he's now starring alongside none other than Diego Luna and Jennifer Lopez (who is also the producer) in the film Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by Bill Condon. The hotly awaited project saw Tonatiuh step into the shoes of the prisoner Luis Molina, who, while incarcerated, lives in a dream world of 1940s fantasy and film. For the film's production, the actor sang, danced and lost 44 pounds."
"I, as the son of immigrants, have always acted as the little lawyer, the little doctor and the translator, he says. He has long helped his parents with their English, as so many descendants of migrants have. And I have always felt a great disgust for injustice, he continues. When he was younger, he earned a scholarship to study law, but he now recognizes that he can't see himself as a lawyer. I would be unbearable, he laughs."
Tonatiuh is a 30-year-old Los Angeles actor who recently became a prominent figure in film. He stars alongside Diego Luna and Jennifer Lopez in Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by Bill Condon, portraying prisoner Luis Molina and undergoing singing, dancing and a 44-pound weight loss for the role. He is first-generation, born to Mexican parents, and long assisted his family with English, acting as a translator and informal advocate. He earned a scholarship to study law but does not envision a legal career. He feels overwhelmed by fame, lives a double life and continues advocating for causes important to him.
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