![]() Rather than waiting in suspense for weeks, Ramirez heard back from his agents almost immediately. He left and went about his day, telling himself not to get too excited. “It was one of those where, based on their look, ‘Oh, there might be something here,’ ” Ramirez recalls thinking. He was getting the same feeling he had auditioning for On My Block. Marvel seemed pleased, and they asked if he had any other ways he could try the reading. It was a journey that began as such journeys do: shrouded in mystery.Ĭasting director Sarah Finn invited Ramirez to her office, where he performed a scene, with no information on the project or the character he was reading for. Only after filming was complete did I find out he had a fear of flying. I couldn’t be more proud of what he and the rest of the cast were able to accomplish on this film.” “The only time I saw his enthusiastic smile fade was after pulling a series of stomach-churning, high-G maneuvers on our first day of aerial photography. “Danny’s talent and work ethic are going to take him very far,” says Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski. Like the rest of the core cast, he trained for months to film in an F/A-18 Hornet, piloted by U.S. Not long after On My Block, Ramirez booked his biggest role to date in Top Gun: Maverick as a pilot with the call-sign Fanboy. The response to On My Block, which centers on Latinx and Black teens, showed Ramirez the power of representation. “Being Hispanic myself, I’m proud, not just because we know him, but because there’s a void that needs to be filled - and he can do it.” “Being a Latino actor, he fills a void,” says On My Block co-creator Eddie Gonzalez of Ramirez going on to even bigger projects. He showed a range rare in a young actor, and he was offered the part on the spot. ![]() He auditioned with a heartbreaking, funny monologue from the pilot about how high school is an opportunity for reinvention. That ethos served him well when he shifted to acting at New York University.Īfter appearing in the 2018, Russo Bros.-backed movie Assassination Nation and moving to Los Angeles, Ramirez booked a small role on the breakout Netflix comedy On My Block as Mario Martinez, the older brother of Ruby (Jason Genao), one of the show’s high school protagonists. Ramirez once had dreams of playing professional soccer, a pursuit that taught him to practice the little things, to do something over and over until it was perfect. All of those early days, just soaking it all in like a sponge.” “Every beat, every opportunity he was given, he jumped on it, like a consummate professional. “I saw in his face what my face must have looked like my first day on Captain America: Winter Soldier. When he and I first Zoomed several months ago, Ramirez was wearing a Top Gun t-shirt (totally unintentional – he likes to wear free stuff from productions).įor Mackie, Ramirez’s bright-eyed view brought him back to his own early Marvel days. You’ll also hear that he’s a genuine fan of the projects he’s involved in. If you talk to people who work with Ramirez, you’ll hear the same things again and again. ![]() “It’s so much more resounding and impactful than I could have possibly imagined,” says the Chicago-born Ramirez, whose mother is Mexican and whose father is Colombian. Messages in Spanish, messages from Honduras, from Mexico - even one from a second cousin in Colombia whose young son couldn’t believe there was a Marvel character who looked like him, much less one he was related to. The episode introduced Ramirez to a portion of Disney+’s 100 million-plus subscribers, many of whom connected with the actor’s earnest, heroic performance as Joaquín Torres, a member of the Air Force and ally to Mackie’s Sam Wilson.Īs soon as the episode hit, Ramirez was flooded with social media messages of gratitude from Latinx audiences. On March 19, the actor made his debut on Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the Disney+ series that the streaming service says was its most-watched premiere ever. Marvel' Embodies the Essence of Teendom, as MCU Tees Up Young Avengers
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