Two iconic Breaking Bad characters are visiting Argentina

Within the framework of a new edition of the Argentinian Comic-Contwo actors who played iconic characters from the Breaking Bad series are visiting In our country. The duo of Honduran brothers appeared this afternoon at the event that brings together thousands of pop culture fans to get in touch with your local fans.

Luis and Danny Moncada rose to international fame when they put themselves in the shoes of the fearsome cousins Marco and Leonel Salamanca from the second season of the acclaimed series. Although they are remembered as a duo of relentless hitmen, with very brief words and very skilled hands to kill any DEA agent or enemy of the Juárez Cartel that crossed their path, in real life the Moncadas are far from that image that the public remembers and that he was able to revive briefly with his appearances in the spin-off prequel of “Breaking Bad”the also great “Better Call Saul”with Bob Odenkirk like the skilled lawyer Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman.

With seven prior years of acting experience prior to coming to the AMC sign strip, Luis disarms himself in words in front of each of the questions that he answered in a conversation with Télam, in comparison to his younger brother (uncovering the deceit of the series, which presented them as twins), who landed as a prepo in the production without previous experience in front of the cameras. In this sense, Danny commented that before actually embodying Leonel Salamanca he felt “a lot of nerves and pressure”: “I had never been on a set or a casting, and Luis had told me that he had to know everything from top to bottom and from left to right.and that at one point I was going to think I was ready, but not really,” he admitted.

“That’s how it was, because when I arrived I was stuck like an idiot. There the directors reassured me: ‘We know you’re not an actor, but imagine that everything is really happening. How would you act? What would you do? If you don’t remember the dialogue, it doesn’t matter, you continue. I did it twice in a row well, but it was half hard, it looked like a robot that had to be oiled,” said the Honduran.

For his part, his brother said that “since the casting they had asked two brothers to act as thugs”, and that when he told the executives that Danny had gotten a new tattoo—something they were looking for—”their eyes lit up and they were interested in him, but when they found out he wasn’t an actor, their faces changed.” “The next day we went, we did an improvisation in Spanish and a few days later they confirmed us, and two weeks later we were already in New Mexico filming”followed up on his arrival on “Breaking Bad”.

In addition, regarding the personification of the cousins, the eldest of the Moncadas commented that “Vince Gilligan always wanted less, always less, even in the last season of ‘Better Call Saul'”: “He told me that I could say everything I wanted but in a single word, and it came out super well. He always had the idea that less was more. I thought he was crazy, but when we looked at the finished product… It’s a genius. I was afraid it would be too cheesy, when I didn’t want to act like that, and I hoped the audience would react well.” added.

It goes without saying that both their performances and the series itself worked very well and the response from the audience and critics was even better, which to this day continues to uphold it as one of the best television productions in history: “I The first thing that occurs to me is that all the scenes were excellent, and that None of us who were there thought it would end up being what it was.”considered Luis about that overwhelming reception that “Breaking Bad” had.

“I always say, especially for Danny, this was his first show, and we’d just stand there and watch, learning from the masterful performances of Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. It came from heaven that we didn’t have to say much in the end, although later it was more comfortable, but they were the perfect roles. Anyway, just like opened doors for usand it has opened many for me and I am very grateful and it makes me very proud, others have closed us in the sense that they look at us like these characters”, appraised the actor.

Along these lines, his brother agreed, and maintained that “the person who has not seen ‘Breaking Bad’ seems strange, but they look at you and categorize you, they cannot see us as characters that are going to make you laugh, as parents or like anything else different”, and that they don’t look at them “passing on these characters”. Still, Luis doesn’t regret anything: “But would I want to follow another path and not have done ‘Breaking Bad’? No, I’d rather have done it and be told no”, concluded.