The "Psych" star details "deeply personal" decision, says he wanted to be "the most honest ally for my community."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 15, 2020 11:01 PM |
"I reclaimed my birth name instead of coming out. I split the difference!"
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 14, 2020 5:18 PM |
Has he lost any of that weight yet?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 14, 2020 5:19 PM |
I think it's a cool think to do. Actors being pressured to change "ethnic" names should be a thing of the past.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 14, 2020 5:22 PM |
Big mistake. He will get called in for every drug dealer role being cast and nothing else.
Hollywood is not enlightened. This will cost him. In any event, search your own family tree. You'll find dozens of family names that are part of your heritage. It's silly to be tied to any one of them.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 14, 2020 5:25 PM |
[quote]He will get called in for every drug dealer role being cast
He's as soft and pale as the Pillsbury Doughboy. I don't see him as Scarface.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 14, 2020 6:04 PM |
There you go, R6. He gets called in for those roles because his name is Rodriguez. Then he doesn't get the job because he doesn't look "Hispanic" the way that Hollywood needs him to look.
He's white and doughy and has blue eyes. If he's well established with his agent and his agent is willing to do a lot of extra work... then he might survive. But when he was starting off in the business, he absolutely had to change his name. No question.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 14, 2020 6:26 PM |
He's the new Cameron Diaz!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 14, 2020 7:52 PM |
It was easier than trying to reclaim his foreskin.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 14, 2020 9:50 PM |
[quote]It was easier than trying to reclaim his foreskin.
LOL - oh that wacky DL.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 14, 2020 9:54 PM |
R11, I don't know about now but I think for several years he was in a relationship with his "Psych" co-star, Maggie Lawson.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 15, 2020 12:34 AM |
[quote]his Mexican-American heritage was going to be a problem for Hollywood.
I hear you bro. I also don't get parts because I 'm Mexican.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 15, 2020 12:40 AM |
Some of you have no idea who James is. He's well established as a TV actor. His agency is not going to put him up for Gangbanger #4.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 15, 2020 10:24 PM |
[quote]for several years he was in a relationship with his "Psych" co-star, Maggie Lawson.
=PR
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 15, 2020 10:45 PM |
I'm going back to 'Desiderata'.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 15, 2020 11:01 PM |
