I’ve done almost all of my own stunts in movies and in television and I’ve been injured a lot. What was it like to shoot that?Ĭruz: Well, I’m very physical. RT: When you beat them with the cane, it’s so violent. But then I have to equate it to something that’s horrible. RT: So that comes from a place of you not really knowing that means.Ĭruz: Right. He’s trying to figure it out, but he knows it’s not good. It’s funny because when we were shooting that I was like, ‘What the hell does that even mean?’ and you can see it in the character. RT: The fact that he’s so angry with those two kids is less so that they’re trying to pull one over on him and more that they called his grandma a - what was it?Ĭruz: Biznatch. Tuco’s very loyal to the things he cares about, which is basically his family. But you can see that he doesn’t hold back. RT: But the Tuco that we see in Better Call Saul isn’t there yet.Ĭruz: Right. He was laughing and it was almost like he was superhuman, so that always stuck with me. Breaking Bad‘s Tuco was high on this drug that doesn’t even exist in Better Call Saul.Ĭruz: It’s interesting because when I was working on him and trying to find him, I remembered when I was a kid, I saw a guy who was high on PCP, he was naked, he got on top of a police car, and he kicked the windshield. When we were doing Breaking Bad, everything he did was altered by the blue meth that he was taking because it heightens everything. I never found parameters for Tuco - emotional or mental. With a lot of characters, when you’re reading them and trying to build, you’re looking at what the parameters are. He’ll take emotionally what he’s getting from you and then he doesn’t hold back. They feel you out… We saw that with Breaking Bad. He’s not the most cerebral guy, but he is smart - I’m talking about street smarts. I just look at what he’s doing and how he’s trying to do it. I don’t think I’ve ever looked at any character. Where does he fall into that range for you?Ĭruz: I never thought of him as a bad guy.There are lots of people who say, ‘He’s terrible he’s evil.’ I’ve never looked at the character that way. RT: How would you characterize Tuco? I’ve seen him described as a psychopath and I’ve read the interpretation that Tuco just does what he knows. I’ve been doing Major Crimes for the last 11 years and she likes that character a lot… Tuco is this wild beast. When you’re building these characters, you’re not only changing and altering your thought process, but when you’re looking for the emotional support to the character, it’s all energy, so it’s a whole different feel than what she’s used to. RT: I had read an interview with you a couple of years ago and you were saying that it was really difficult and that your wife wasn’t really into it.Ĭruz: My wife hated it. ‘Wow, I don’t know if I really want to go back and revisit this character.’ It’s really difficult to do that character. When they were getting ready to shoot, when they were writing, they contacted me and asked me if I would do it, and I was like, Raymond Cruz: I heard they were doing a prequel to Breaking Bad that was going to take place about five or six years prior, but I didn’t know they were going to want me to do the show until they were already in production. Sarah Ricard for Rotten Tomatoes: How long have known that you would be reprising the role of Tuco and how did you find out? Rotten Tomatoes talked with Raymond Cruz about how he kept the role a secret, where he found the real-life inspiration for his character, and whether or not Tuco’s that bad of a guy. Better Call Saul is finally here and one of the biggest surprises this week has been the reemergence of Tuco’s character.
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