How Jon Huertas’ Casting on This Is Us Shaped the Miguel Role

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How Jon Huertas' Casting on This Is Us Shaped the Miguel Role

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This is us having our minds blown by Jon Huertas

In an unique interview with E! News, the This Is Us star exposed that his character, Miguel Rivas– friend to Jack Pearson (Milo Ventimiglia) and ultimate 2nd other half to Jack’s partner, Rebecca (Mandy Moore)– was really various on paper prior to he was cast on the NBC drama. Specifically, Huertas shared that the character was initially called Mike and was not recognized as a Latin American male.

“I was the only person of color up for the role,” he remembered. “I had actually originated from another chemistry check out for another program, One Day at a Time, and the casting individuals from that reveal idea, ‘Oh my god, possibly he’s a best Mike.'”

However, this was not shown Huertas till after the reality, as he initially believed that he was a “token” individual of color to audition for the program. He was gladly shown incorrect.

“Not even 30 minutes after I left the space after conference Dan [Fogelman], John [Requa] and Ken [Olin], they called me and stated, ‘If you desire Mike, he’s yours.'” he informed E!. “What’s fantastic about this task is that Dan, Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger constantly had an open door with me and enabled me to team up with them to develop out who Miguel is, and was, after being cast.”