In honor of the 86th Academy Awards I couldn’t help but to think about the movie 12 Years a Slave. Then, it occurred to me that there are two characters that my mind drifted upon especially when to comes to playing roles for a possible “I Juan de Pareja” move. I thought Chiwetel Ejiofor would make a good Juan character and Lupita Nyong’o would make a good Lolis.
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Looking at Juan de Pareja I feel literally like I am looking to myself in the mirror……we have the same facial traces and unbelievably our life story sort of Merges to an extent.
So if you need someone that really looks like Juan de Pareja I would be willing to apply for the role