(6) Celebrity Guest: Cesar Garcia @officialcesargarcia
Collective Con 2021
Cesar Garcia is best known for his roles in Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Fast & Furious 4
Garcia enthralled the socially distanced audience at Collective Con 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida on March 12, 2021 with stories about how he began as an actor and what it was like working with his favorite co-stars.
Breaking Bad with Bryan Cranston
Garcia is well-known for his portrayal of “No-Doze” in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul – a henchman, drug-dealer involved in a range of villainous behavior from theft to attempted murder. “I was really bummed-out when the character died in Breaking Bad,” he told the panel crowd.
Bryan Cranston is one of Garcia’s favorite actors to work with. “He is quiet and low-key yet he cracks jokes all the time,” Garcia said, noting Cranston is “a very unique and humble person of great talent.”
photo credit (above): www4.fusionmovies.to
Fast & Furious 4 with Paul Walker
Garcia is notable in his portrayal of a suspect who steals a gun from a security guard to use on the lead character, played by star Paul Walker.
“Paul is one of the most down-to-earth people I’ve known,” he said, adding Walker “was very fun to work with and is missed.”
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Growing up in east L.A. and "the big break"
Garcia’s Background Garcia explained to the audience that he was raised by his single mom in east Los Angeles, California, a predominantly Mexican American community otherwise known to locals as the “hood.”
His early memories included at age five witnessing someone die, being arrested before puberty, and numerous trips to trauma centers. Soon after he joined a gang, whose older members became Garcia’s role models. He never experienced, nor graduated from, high school. But he was involved with correctional facilities and drug/alcohol abuse centers.
Compounding it all was the death of his younger brother at age 19. “I thought I would spend the rest of my life in a jail cell with my closest friends or die like my younger brother,” Garcia explained during the Collective Con 2021 panel.
Garcia’s "Big Break"
While they were financially poor, Cesar was wealthy in talent. He went to a music video production where an agent, who thought Garcia had a “good look and attitude,” approached him about being an actor. “Acting fell into my lap,” Garcia said. He immediately dedicated himself to the craft of acting. “I got a feel for it and I kept going,” he said.
photo credit: @actorcesarg
Garcia's calling in life is to inspire inner-city kids on a bad path
Garcia told the audience his purpose in life is to work with inner-city kids. The actor speaks to juveniles who are in detention centers, prisons and drug rehabilitation facilities. “Acting is my vehicle to turn around children who are headed down a bad path,” he said.
The video (right) is documentary where he talks about the streets, drugs, alcohol and gangs. Executive Produced by Suspect Entertainment - Manny Jimenesz Sr., music by Lil Rob.
The short film "Chuco"
Garcia co-wrote and produced a short film called "Chuco," which also starred Lil Rob. The video (left) demonstrates Garcia's talents beyond acting.
Cesar Garcia (right) with Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine co-founder Dewey Caruthers (left) at Collective Con 2021
