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Judi Lynn

(160,631 posts)
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 09:16 PM Jan 2019

'Roma' actor Jorge Guerrero has been denied visas to the U.S. -- and might miss the Oscars

Source: Los Angeles Times


By CAROLINA A. MIRANDA
JAN 24, 2019 | 12:55 PM

Alfonso Cuarón’s 1970s drama “Roma” is a critical darling with 10 Oscar nominations to its credit. But one of its stars — Mexican actor Jorge Antonio Guerrero Martínez, who plays the brooding militant Fermín — has not been able to secure a visa to attend screenings and other industry events in the U.S., according to an interview the actor gave to the Mexican lifestyle magazine Quién.

In that interview, which was published Tuesday, Guerrero said he has been denied visas to the U.S. on three occasions, despite the fact that, at one point, he submitted a letter from the film’s producers as evidence that he had official invitations to appear in the U.S.

“Specifically, I took a letter and they refused to read it,” he told Quién. “On my second attempt, they said I was going to go work, and I said that, no, I had been invited.”

In a separate interview with the Mexican entertainment program “De Primera Mano,” also released Tuesday, he said specifically that the letters came from Cuarón and Netflix (the production company for “Roma”) and reiterated that they went unread.


Read more: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-mn-roma-actor-denied-visa-to-us-20190124-story.html

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'Roma' actor Jorge Guerrero has been denied visas to the U.S. -- and might miss the Oscars (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2019 OP
This needs to be the current zentrum Jan 2019 #1
Totally inappropriate to deny Visa to come here for awards iluvtennis Jan 2019 #2
More likely a high-priced "escort" visa. Lonestarblue Jan 2019 #3
High priced??? I wonder what she'd go for in Nevada. akraven Jan 2019 #4
Guerrero is missing the silicone tits. fierywoman Jan 2019 #7
If only he could have a kidney procedure. nt dflprincess Jan 2019 #9
More naked raciscm from the Amerikkkan government. Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #5
Yup! burrowowl Jan 2019 #6
If he goes back to his car and gets a different hat... B Stieg Jan 2019 #8

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
1. This needs to be the current
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 09:24 PM
Jan 2019

....ME TOO at the Oscars.

When Roma starts winning oscars, I'm sure pointed speeches will be made. Hollywood needs to be outraged.

I remember Marlon Brando refusing his Oscar because of the treatment of indigenous people in America.

iluvtennis

(19,876 posts)
2. Totally inappropriate to deny Visa to come here for awards
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 09:30 PM
Jan 2019

ceremony. Didn’t Melanie come on an “Einstein” visa.

B Stieg

(2,410 posts)
8. If he goes back to his car and gets a different hat...
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 11:12 PM
Jan 2019

(and fake mustache) maybe he'll be able to get in!
MAGA! ( )

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