Could it be that you are the ignorant sort that believe that Hispanics are an actual race? And that they must stereotypically look like Pancho Villa or somebody to be authentic? Well, you are seriously misinformed. There are people in Mexico who look like Heston. There are even Blondes with blue eyes. Don't forget, some Mexicans are of pure Spanish descent, Spain which is in Europe, by the way.
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People are looking waaaay too closely into Heston's race...people need to remember its a movie and he is easily passable as a Mexican. That guy who was on Desperate Housewives as the gardner was Hispanic, but looks like he could pass off as white.
I goddamn near lost my nose. And I like it, I like breathing through it.
He doesn't pass off as a Mexican at all. His spanish pronunciation is extraordinarily bad.
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The problem I had was being way into the movie before my wife and I even realized he was supposed to BE a Mexican. So to the extent that being Mexican was important, it failed for us.
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It's literally stated very early on that he works for the Mexican government, as an anti-narcotics agent.
shareAgain, then why was Heston given a "brown" makeover?
It's obviously a matter of the particular character itself, and the setting, which seemed to be lacking in White Mexicans(less than 10% of the population by the way).
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Heston was great in TOUCH OF EVIL, it's one of his finest performances. Chuck also played a Mexican in the radio version of VIVA ZAPATA.
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... I think it's because of the Ed Wood thing :)
"You're not a real actor in this business until you've played a bitch. Or a psychopath killer."
being Hispanic, my problem with it is that he's painted to have a darker skin tone, his spanish and pseudo-Mexican accented English are TERRIBLE and it just completely takes me out of the movie.
It's the same thing as painting someone who is white, black. And then acting totally normal about it...sorry, it just doesn't work!
if they hadn't painted his skin dark and just let him be natural, i wouldn't have had as much of a problem with it. But then you also add the horrible, MST3K style acting by Heston and it's just...ugh.
DONDE ESTA MY EPOSA?
I sometimes just burst out saying this and then i start to laugh out loud, and nobody understands what's got me. Lol.
"You're not a real actor in this business until you've played a bitch. Or a psychopath killer."
....What's funny about the complaints, many think it was imposed by the studio, when it was actually Welles' own suggestion. Burton's "Ed Wood" even supports this notion.