![]() “I guess I thought it would be full of scripts and I’d get a big house. Tomei, a member of New York’s Naked Angels theater company, appeared in the Public Theatre Shakespeare in the Park Festival’s “Comedy of Errors” and Williamstown Theatre Festival’s “The Rose Tattoo.”Ī best supporting actress Academy Award winner for her wacky turn in “My Cousin Vinny,” Tomei’s post-Oscar life hasn’t changed appreciably: It’s the way your mouth starts forming the words. It’s just something that comes to me.” She said she also used a reference tape to stay “in accent. Regarding Dottie’s accent, Tomei said, “I do it mostly instinctively, I think, because of growing up in New York. “She just painted me,” Tomei said, referring to her makeup person’s daily on-set task. ![]() Tomei wore tan makeup “head to toe” as Dottie. Pirelli, Carmela Perez’s suitor in “The Perez Family,” has his own take on ethnic roles: “A studio says that ‘I can’t put $15 million in the film with unknowns.’ “ ![]() It’s like saying only Danes can play ‘Hamlet,’ “Ĭhazz Palminteri, who plays Lt. I think the idea that only Latinos can play Latinos is a bit ridiculous. “I think what Latino actors are saying is that we need to have an equal opportunity to play Latin parts. Molina, who is Spanish-Italian, called only allowing the casting of ethnics to portray ethnics “cultural racism. “I think that there’s a curse to political correctness,” Nair said, adding that screenings of “The Perez Family” have been well-received by the Cuban community in Miami where the film was made.Īlfred Molina plays Juan Raul Perez, Cuban political prisoner and husband of Carmela Perez (Anjelica Huston, unavailable for interviews). Nair, Harvard University-educated native of India who directed “Mississippi Masala” and the best foreign language film Oscar-nominated “Salaam Bombay!,” said of the 78 speaking roles in “The Perez Family,” 76 are by Cubans. “I fell in love with her mouth,” said Nair. However, she said, once she met Tomei, she thought her perfect for the part, as long as she gained 20-25 pounds and developed muscles in her forearms and thighs. Mira Nair, director of “The Perez Family,” said she “went on a dogged search for the ultimate Cuban actress” to play Dottie. The soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri was released by Music Box Records, paired with his score for Clean Slate.Tomei said during research in Miami’s “Little Havana,” she made “many good friends who are Cuban, who coached me in accents, mannerisms and attitude.” The Perez Family received mixed reviews from critics, as it holds a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 20 reviews. Ranjit Chowdhry - Indian immigration officialĪrchival footage of Jimmy Carter and Fidel Castro also appeared in the film. ![]() The potential for a real romantic relationship between the couple sets the basis for much of the rest of the film. Immigration officials assume the two are married, because of the common last name. Dottie Pérez ( Marisa Tomei) is a former prostitute, who Juan meets. Set in 1980 during the Mariel boatlift, the movie shows Juan Raúl Pérez ( Alfred Molina), a former aristocrat and newly released political prisoner, seeking to return to his wife, now in America, after 20 years. The premise was that a group of unrelated people, who happened to share the last name "Pérez", realized they could more easily stay in America if they pretended to be family. It was based on the 1990 novel The Perez Family ( ISBN 0-06-097401-X) by Christine Bell. It stars Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri, and other well-known actors. The Perez Family is an American comedy film released in 1995 about a group of Cuban refugees in America who pretend to be a family.
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