I think it's also one of those movies where kind of like you get everything out of a movie that you want, right? You laugh, you cry, you're angry - you feel all the things you've had all the feels by the time you left the movie. When I first heard about his story, it was years ago, I said, “That's gonna make a good movie someday - someone's gotta do a movie about that,” and you know, a couple years later, I got the part. JG: I was promised junk food - ice cream, Flamin' Hot donuts, and like Flamin' Hot sugar cookies… haven't seen any! They're just two different animals, you know? action movies, normally not dialogue-heavy, you know what I mean? It's like few lines here and there to get some story plots and information going and then running and jumping and fighting crashing cars and stuff, and then something like Flamin' Hot where there's a lot of talking, a lot of relationships, and I think Flamin' Hot's one of those special movies where it's a universal story that everyone can relate to that kind of touches everyone on a deep, emotional level.ĬP: Is that what drew you to the project? I was curious if it was that, or if maybe you were promised a lot of junk food for life or something. ![]() Jesse Garcia: Flamin' Hot wasn't an action movie? Jesse Garcia-Flamin' Hot interview A still from Flamin' Hot courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.ĬlutchPoints: I noticed you've done a lot of different movies - you've done big action movies like Ambulance, and you were in The Mother this year - and I was wondering if you could kind of compare that experience of doing a film like that and then something a little bit smaller, like Flamin' Hot. He also spoke about creating the film's iconic poster and about the upcoming Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day reboot for Disney+. We covered all bases including jumping from studio action flicks to smaller independent ones, his working relationship with Eva Longoria - who directed Flamin' Hot - and a monologue that got cut from the film. The leading man, Jesse Garcia, is wonderful in the leading role and carries the emotional weight of the film.ĬlutchPoints spoke with the film's star Jesse Garcia at the junket. ![]() In one of the most unexpected turns this year, Flamin' Hot is quite good! I consider it the snack food industry's answer to Air - it's another story about a working man betting on himself - and it's one of the most heartwarming and inspirational films this year.
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