Who? Gabriel Chavarria
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 1:08PM When word broke that the next Planet of the Apes film (due July 14th, 2017) had both a title and a new leading man, we were like: "Sure" and "Who?" The latest in the 47 year old franchise will be called War of the Planet of the Apes and the star is Gabriel Chavarria. Well, the star other than Andy Serkis of course who will return as lead ape Caesar. The young Latino actor (age unknown) currently stars in the Hulu Original Series East Los High. If you are unfamiliar with that (and many will be) he was previously seen in small roles in the Hilary Swank vehicle Freedom Writers and the illegal immigrant drama A Better Life but this will be his second lead in a feature. His first, already filmed, comes next year with Lowriders (reuniting him with Oscar nominee Demián Bichir who will play his father this time).
Thankfully for the first blockbuster he will not be buried in motion-capture suits like so many Apes cast members in the past because: look at him...
from his facebook
the headshot
from his instagram
He also did a book trailer "Chain Reaction"
And because stardom is still relatively new, his web presence (instagram, twitter) doesn't feel super pr driven quite yet - though it does feel Hollywood with a tinge of (I regret to inform) Entourage bro-ness -- so you still get things like this YouTube video with his friends while drunk (guessing).
Or this adorably excited Facebook post...
Let the unknown be known.
Heh.
Reader Comments (6)
I love him in "East Los High" but admittedly because he's hot. I don't think he's very good in the show, but I have yet to see his other work. Still, it's good to see diversity in Hollywood especially in blockbusters.
Yay for diversity. Boo for pretty boys with blank expressions. I'll tune back in when he's done something noteworthy.
He's probably my least favorite actor on East Los High - doesn't have the most emotive face - but I do wish him luck.
Hmmm that's three votes ffor not a great actor on his show. This makes me sad because I'm always happy when Hollywood takes a chance with racial diversity for leading roles.
HEY PAPI
HAWT!