Tenoch Huerta is the new Marvel villain, in which films has the Mexican actor participated?

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Tenoch Huerta is the new Marvel villain, in which films has the Mexican actor participated?
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The name of Tenoch Huerta He is one of the most recurrent in terms of Mexican cinema, but the 41-year-old actor made global news this weekend after it was revealed that he will be the new villain of the film. wakanda forever in which he will give life to namorthe villain in the sequel to Black Panther.

Upon his arrival at the panel of this film from Marvel The actor spoke of inclusion and thanked all Latinos living in the United States: “Thanks to all countrymen, to all Latin Americans; you crossed the river and left everything you loved behind, thanks to that I am here”.

During Comic Con in San Diego, the Mexican actor was officially introduced as Namor in “Wakanda Forever.” (Reuters)

Although with this film Vegetable garden arrives at the great Hollywood blockbusters, this is not the first time that he has worked under the orders of international directors such as Mel Gibson, with whom he participated in the film Get the Gringo.

In 2021, the actor also starred alongside the Mexican Ana de la Reguera in The Forever Purge, fifth film in the franchise The Purge. In addition, he was also part of Narcos: Mexicooriginal series of Netflix in which he gave life to the drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero.

In the preview that was presented for the sequel to "Black Panther" Huerta can be seen as the villain.  (Marvel Latin America Official)
In the preview that was presented for the sequel to “Black Panther” Huerta can be seen as the villain. (Marvel Latin America Official)

For those who do not yet know the work of tenochfour feature films with which the Mexican managed to capture the attention of the public and international critics for his acting work.

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Nameless

In 2008, the American director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) traveled to Tapachula, Chiapas, in southern Mexico, as well as to Tegucigalpa in Honduras, to make his third film that tells the story of Sayra (Paulina Gaitan), a Honduran teenager who dreams of a better future and therefore, after reuniting with her father whom she had not seen since she was a child, the possibility of going with him and her uncle to the United States arises, where her father has a new family.

On the other hand, Casper, who is also called Willy (Edgar Flores), is a teenager from Tapachula, Mexico, with a more than uncertain future. He is part of the Mara Salvatrucha gang and has just brought a new recruit to his brothers, El Smiley (Kristian Ferrer), twelve years old, who is made to go through a brutal initiation.

Huerta plays Lil Mago, a member of the Mara Salvatruchas, a violent man without feelings.  (Universal Pictures)
Huerta plays Lil Mago, a member of the Mara Salvatruchas, a violent man without feelings. (Universal Pictures)

In this work, Vegetable garden plays Lil Mago, who is the head of a Mexican gang, he is very violent and brutal. The actor gained the attention of international critics by getting into the psyche of a person who does not feel compassion for the prisoners of the gang and likes to abuse girls.

The first screening of the film which is currently available on Netflix took place during the Sundance Film Festivala gala in which he won the awards for best director and best photography.

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It was in 2011 when tenoch was put into service Everardo Gout to work on this feature film that was selected for the Cannes Film Festival from 2011.

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Set in Mexico City, in the movie Vegetable garden plays Lupe, a young police officer convinced to do good and fight crime. His integrity is put to the test when he finds out that a close colleague of his has been involved in acts of corruption, and in his eagerness to fulfill his duty, he discovers a powerful network of kidnappers that puts him under threat along with his family.

Huerta plays a policeman and to give him more credibility he attended an academy where he was trained.  (ARP)
Huerta plays a policeman and to give him more credibility he attended an academy where he was trained. (ARP)

At the same time, the film narrates the tragedy of Susana (Dolores Heredia), a woman who must face a hard day to resolve the negotiations with the criminals who kidnapped her husband. Finally, the conflict of Doroteo, a young criminal and aspiring boxer who is in charge of taking care of his captive victim in a safe house, is intertwined.

To bring this character to life, Huerta enrolled for a couple of months in a police academy. It can be seen through Prime Video.

Gueros

Released in 2014, this black and white feature film directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios takes place in 1999 and tells the story of Tomás (Sebastian Aguirre), a troublemaker teenager who lives in Veracruz with his mother with whom he has a complicated relationship.

One day, when he throws a water bomb from a roof and hits a woman and her baby, the mother decides that she can’t take it anymore and sends the child to stay with his older brother, Federico, alias Sombra (Tenoch Huerta), a university student in Mexico City.

This film talks about racism in Mexico.  (Netflix)
This film talks about racism in Mexico. (Netflix)

The word “güeros”, a derogatory slang term meaning something like “pale face” or “blanquito”, is applied to Tomás, who is fair-skinned in contrast to his brother Sombra (Vegetable garden), which is brown.

Gueros, which can be seen in the service Netflixis the debut feature of the director Alonso Ruizpalacios and won the award for best film in the Panorama section at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

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The film tells the story of Estrella (Paula Lara), a 10-year-old girl who is orphaned after a drug cartel murders her mother. Without hope, the young woman flees with a group of children led by Shine (John Ramon Lopez), who must face drug traffickers after they steal a cell phone whose content puts the political career of the criminal boss at risk.

In this work tenoch is El Chino, one of the criminals looking for Estrella. Because of his work in this film that he is on the platform of Vix+, Vegetable garden was nominated for an award ariel in the category of box actor.

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