Santo Domingo.- When he was running through the streets of the populous Las Palmas de Herrera neighborhood as a child, Jean Cruz never imagined that getting on a plane at the age of 8 to leave his homeland would make him the great actor he is becoming. today.
Playing impressive roles, the young actor can be seen in two Netflix productions, one in the new Spanish series “La noche más Larga”, and in “La cocinera de Castamar”, both number one in Latin America.
In “The Longest Night”, available now on Netflix, he is seen in the role of Diego, one of the main works of this Spanish series.
Speaking a little more with Jean, who was born in Santo Domingo and grew up in Madrid, he says that he is very happy with what is currently happening with his acting career. Although he left this country when he was very young, he highlights that “I like the culture of my country, the people; the Dominican character is unique, it has saved me from many.
The Dominican is capable of laughing in the worst circumstances and that is nothing more than emotional intelligence, a necessary lifeline for the times we live in.”
Upon arriving in Spain, Jean discovers that acting would be one of her passions, when she participated in an audition held at her school, for the film “800 bullets” by Alex de la Iglesia; as a result of that moment the tingling of art did not leave her mind.
The takeoff of his career came when he participated in series on Spanish channels, such as Telecinco and TVE1, from the latter television network the daily broadcast series “Mercado Central” where he plays Jhonatan.
How did it get to Netflix?
I entered Netflix with «La cocinera de Castamar». This year with “The longest night” if the opportunity to work directly with them has been given.
The opportunity to work on the latter is given in the most surreal way you can imagine.
I was doing an interview for a media outlet in the center of Madrid and I ran into the casting director on the street. The character of Diego already had several pre-selected candidates to play him, but the casting director saw me and suggested that I try out as well. I did it two days after that meeting and on the third day they confirmed that she was inside », she says. Cross.
— Cine local
Although he is outside the DR, he knows a lot about local cinema, which is why he highlights the grandeur of films such as Rafaela, Liborio, Carpinteros and Cocote, productions that, in his opinion, are at the level of great world productions.
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