John Huertas
speaker
703 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 8 Sep
John Huertas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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If you see an old man in a hat.
That's Norman Lear.
So then I go back, but I still didn't want to, because I didn't want to play a Latinx character. I hear you. That was, you know, an abuser. I didn't want to portray that type of character at that time in my career. Yeah. I did it the second time, the exact same way. Norman was there again. This time I knew who he was. I was like, yes, Mr. Lear. And he gave me the note.
He was like, I just don't feel like you want to kill her because it's not on the page, man.
so i was like and i don't like to go in for anything unprepared yeah i was like i but it was you know it was yeah tells you i was like you know their office and i like i love them so yeah they were like they think they think you could do this and so i drove up there and to Paramount, and they were having meetings with other guys.
But I was driving back to Venice, and then I got the call to turn around and go back to Paramount. Okay, got you. And so they were seeing people. LA geography, got you. Yep. They were seeing people and I walked in and I was like, is there any material? Do I need to read? They were like, yeah, yeah. And I see other guys there. All the other guys are like 45 to 50, salt and pepper hair and white.
And I was like, oh, they want to make sure they see at least one. Yeah. So they could say, we tried. That's what I thought it was. I literally did. And they're all looking at their side. Look at all these sides.
Right. And so I go down the hall asking somebody, so is there sides for me? I mean, they were like, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll go get you some real quick. And then all the other guys were like... Yeah, just four pages. So they literally handed me some sides. And I was like...
and like 10 minutes I'm going into the room and I go into the room and it's John and Glenn and Norman Lear and Dan Fogelman how did he get here faster than me so all those guys were in there and I walked in and then they just started like talking to me and like we started laughing Dan Fogelman was like my dad's a huge fan of yours he loves Castle it was this whole thing and they were like do you want to read
And I was like, not really. Because I just got this stuff. And they were like, don't worry about it.
I don't want to. This is it. No, and so then I left. This is what you're asking for. I left. I got a call. They're like, yeah, man, you're the one. They're going to put you on the show. And then I was like, so then I was chilling for a couple of weeks.
And then I get a call. They want you to go up to the valley, Deep Valley, to this makeup, special effects makeup house. And they're going to do a live cast. I was like, this isn't Star Trek. This is us.
I was one of the 50 million people that watched the trailer. I'm not an alien. And so I go up there and I'm like, I'm asking them when I get there, I'm like, why are you doing a life cast? And they're like, oh, for the old age makeup. And I was like, old age makeup? They're like, yeah, you're married to Rebecca in the future. And I'm like... They think I'm Milo. No, I don't play Jack. I play Mike.
I play Mike. That was you initially. Michael. That was it. Michael with the salt and pepper hair. And they were like, no, no, no, no. You're married to Rebecca in the future. What? I didn't even know.
Yes, they broke it to me while I'm getting stuff slathered on my face. You probably knew before a lot of us. You knew before I did, that's for sure. Oh, really? Yeah, clearly. So that's how I got on the show. That's the story. I'll see you guys later.
No.
Because I didn't have any time to prepare it.
I mean, I felt it, but I loved, I wanted to embrace that challenge. Like, it's like, yeah, let's turn him around. Let's figure it out. Like, it's going to be fun.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, Dan, I would have a sit down with him at the beginning of every season and Isaac and Elizabeth as well once they took over. And we would just talk about, like, you know, they would assure me, like, we're going to turn people around.
Well, do you remember when we first were in our old age makeup and we were like, all right, how do we play old people? Older people. And we kind of didn't like, cause you know, there's the Saturday Night Live version where it's like, hey, come here. We didn't do that, but we talked about it and we did. And I think we like, I would just stare at Steve Beers. I can't.
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