Exclusive: actor/ producer Eugenio Derbez on inspirational story Radical
Currently in theaters is the inspirational true story Radical, written and directed by Christopher Zalla and starring Eugenio Derbez.
The film also stars Daniel Haddad, Gilberto Barraza, Jennifer Trejo, Mia Fernanda Solis and Danilo Guardiola.
The film is based on a 2013 article written for Wired magazine by Josh Davis, which told the true story of Sergio Juarez Correa (Derbez), a teacher in the neglected town of Matamoros, Mexico, who suffered a mental breakdown after increasingly coming to feel that he’s failing to reach his students. When Correa stumbled upon a new form of learning via a TED Talk that might be more successful in doing so, he decided to try to implement it in order to turn his classroom situation around, to profound results.
Radical hails from Derbez’s production company 3PAS Studios. Derbez produced alongside partner Ben Odell and Davis, with Javier Williams, Josh Bearman, Avelino Rodriguez and Patricia Sanchez serving as EPs.
Best known for his comedic work, Derbez also appeared in the Academy Award-winning Apple TV+ film CODA, which won him, along with the rest of the cast, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. He also stars and executive produces the Apple TV+ series Acapulco.
