I’m Not Latino, I Just Play One on the Big Screen

By Lee Hernandez | 01/11/2012 - 10:37 | 11 Comments

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Italian actress Caterina Murino has been tapped to star in the English-language film In Search of Ingrid, a biopic about former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. We have to admit we're a little bummed that a Latina wasn't cast to portray the former Colombian senator and anti-corruption activist. Still, this isn't the first time a non-Latino has portrayed a Latino on the big screen. Here are 11 non-Latino actors who have played nuestra gente on the big screen.

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Ethan Hawke in Alive (1993)
Based on the true story of an Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes Mountains on October 13, 1972, Alive stars Ethan Hawke in the role of Fernando “Nando” Parrado—one of the sixteen Uruguayan survivors of the plane crash. Hawke isn’t the only non-Latino (playing a Latino) in the film: Josh Hamilton and Illeana Douglas also play Uruguayans.

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