'The Infiltrator's' Benjamin Bratt Talks Latinos in Hollywood: 'Things Are Worse'

Benjamin Bratt TheInfiltrator interview

Benjamin Bratt is once again playing a Latino crime boss, this time in THE INFILTRATOR starring Bryan Cranston and John Leguizamo, but he originally turned it down because he didn't want to play another Latino stereotype. After a nudge from his friend and INFILTRATOR director Brad Furman, the actor gave the script a chance, and he fell in love with the character of Roberto Alcaino who was Pablo Escobar's top lieutenant in the notorious 80s drug cartel.  Bratt tells CineMovie Hollywood isn't offering versatile roles for actors of Latino descent and things have only gotten worse since he started out as an actor 30 years ago.