Exclusive: Luis Gerardo Méndez and Connor Del Rio Talk Focus Features Comedy ‘Half Brothers’
Coming out this week from Focus Features is the comedy Half Brothers, starring Luis Gerardo Méndez and Connor Del Rio. The film will hit select US theaters starting December 4th.
Directed by Luke Greenfield from a screenplay is written by Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman, co-stars included José Zúñiga, Vincent Spano, Pia Watson, Juan Pablo Espinosa, and Jwaundace Candece.
Renato, a successful Mexican aviation executive, is shocked to discover he has an American half-brother he never knew about, the free-spirited Asher. The two very different half-brothers are forced on a road journey together masterminded by their ailing father, tracing the path their father took as an immigrant from Mexico to the US.
BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Méndez and Del Rio about working together on this universal themed story and.
Best known for his lead role and executive producing Netflix’s first Spanish-language original comedy series, Club de Cuervos, Méndez also had supporting roles in Murder Mystery starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, Charlie’s Angels with Kristen Stewart. Del Rio most recently starred in the Blumhouse thriller Unfriended: Dark Web and will next be seen in the indie comedy Donny’s Party. BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Méndez and Del Rio about working together and with Greenfield on this universal themed story.
