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For the first 10 years of his career, Mexican American actor Michael Peña says he could only audition for the 14th-most important role in a production (or worse). The casting breakdowns for the first 13 roles, he says, were explicitly “Caucasian only.” That’s when his mother chimed in with some sage advice that Peña still carries with ...
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