John Huertas

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703 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2025 last heard 8 Sep

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That Was Us · Deja and Malik's Big News | "Heart and Soul" with Jon Huertas (605) · 8 Sep 2026 podcast

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ago.

So Miguel, watching that is going to be, you know, it was hard to watch it the first time because it's so emotional, but watching it again is going to be tough.

together.

Let's do it together.

Maybe you and I should get together and do a live rewatch.

Let's do it.

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That Was Us · RE-RELEASE - Jon Huertas and Us | Miguel Rivas · 7 Jan 2025 podcast

You know, I think, first of all, when the audience reacts the way that they react, it's something that we as actors can sometimes take personally. Sure, sure, absolutely. And you know, you learn, when you study acting, you learn that, you know... You studied? I did, a little bit. I did, a little bit. How dare you? First of all, how very dare you.

But you want people to like, you want people to like your character, even if you're the villain. Like, you know, you want them to, you know, love to hate you or whatever. And so... that reaction was something that was a little bit jarring, but at the same time, as an actor, you like to be challenged too.

So I wanted to take on the challenge of saying, all right, you guys don't like this character now, but watch this. Exactly.

So I was on a show before that. What was the name of that show? Castle.

I did an episode of Castle when we got a chance to kick it. It was fun. That's right, that's right. So that show had gone down and I was like, oh shit. And I needed a job. I needed a job. And so, you know, calls started coming in and I was doing this chemistry read with Justina Mercado for... Love Justina. Yeah, she's great. For One Day at a Time for Netflix.

So same casting director as This Is Us. And so you guys shot the pilot. I was still doing Castle, whatever. And so I didn't know what the show was, but I kept doing this. I did two chemistry reads and Norman Lear, who I think we're going to bring up later, I didn't realize he was in the room when I was doing it. I just thought it was Bring Your Grandpa to Work Day.

I swear to God, there was an old dude sitting over there with a hat on. And I was like doing my thing with Justina. By the way, I know Justina for like two weeks.

Yes.

Anyway. I did. I was like, who's this dude? So I'm talking to Justina. And suddenly, the old dude was like, John, can you do it again? But I want you. Why is he talking to me right now? Director's here. Showrunner's here.

Right. And it's, and it's lit, you know, it's, it's a, they've got almost, it's like a set. So it's me and her on set. So it's lit and it's kind of dark like this. No, I'm white to some extent, but just so you know, Norman Lee. Nobody told me a legend was in it. I was like, I got it, bro. Thanks, man. He goes, and by the way, it's a sitcom, a multi-cam sitcom, double-spaced words.

okay and so i did it again and i wouldn't so i didn't do his no i didn't do his note you didn't do it i just did my thing i'll do it i do it my way you know what i mean i'm making my choices bro if you don't like it cool uh but i didn't know it was him so because everybody else is liking my so then i um so then i leave and they uh they i get a call and they're like yeah john they want you to come back and do it again because

Everyone loved what you were doing, except Norman Lear thought that you just weren't getting to where he wanted. I was like, who? Norman what? That was the old man? Because I thought Norman Lear was like, he was 94 when we were sitting in that room.

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