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* BilingualBonus: Often in his Rogue One interviews.

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* BilingualBonus: Often in his Rogue One interviews.interviews. On occasion, he even gets away with [[ForeignCussWord swearing in Spanish]] uncensored.



* DawsonCasting: A few notable examples. He was in his 20s when he played 16 year old Button in ''Film/OpenRange'' and 37 when he starred in ''Film/RogueOne'' where his character was officially 26 years old (but that's ''Franchise/StarWars'' time for you). It does have the effect of making Cassian look realistically hardened and weary from his lifetime of service to the Rebellion. The age difference is only going to be even more pronounced in the spinoff series ''Andor'', which takes place five years prior to ''Rogue One'', when Cassian is 21, and began shooting when Luna was ''41'', nearly twice his character's age.

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* DawsonCasting: A few notable examples. He was in his 20s when he played 16 year old Button in ''Film/OpenRange'' and 37 when he starred in ''Film/RogueOne'' where his character was officially 26 years old (but that's ''Franchise/StarWars'' time for you). It does have the effect of making Cassian Andor look realistically hardened and weary from his lifetime of service to the Rebellion. The age difference is only going to be even more pronounced in the spinoff series ''Andor'', which takes place five years prior to ''Rogue One'', when Cassian is 21, and began shooting when Luna was ''41'', nearly twice his character's age.



* MethodActing: In a small, very specific way- whenever he has to smoke on camera, he insists on using real cigarettes, not herbals (read: tobacco and nicotine-free). He insists that he can tell when an actor is smoking an herbal cigarette because, he says, they don't give you a "hit" and so the actor takes excessively long drags on it. (Also, he says, herbals taste terrible, like burning lettuce.) And so, for authenticity, he smokes real cigarettes onscreen, which sometimes bites him if there are a lot of scenes where he's smoking, like in ''Series/{{Narcos}}: Mexico'', where his character is either smoking or lighting up in almost every scene.
* OldShame: He hates talking about ''Film/DirtyDancing: Havana Nights'' because he finds his attempts at dancing in that movie embarrassingly bad compared to the dancing he witnessed in Puerto Rico while doing research for his role. As a result of that movie, he says, he is too embarrassed to dance even when he wants to.

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* MethodActing: In a small, very specific way- whenever he has to smoke on camera, he insists on using real cigarettes, not herbals (read: tobacco and nicotine-free). He insists that he can tell when an actor is smoking an herbal cigarette because, he says, they don't give you a "hit" and so the actor takes excessively long drags on it. (Also, he says, herbals taste terrible, like burning lettuce.) And so, for authenticity, he smokes real cigarettes onscreen, which sometimes bites him if there are a lot of scenes where he's smoking, like in ''Series/{{Narcos}}: Mexico'', where he burned up at least a pack a day due to his character is either smoking or lighting up in almost every scene.
* OldShame: He His telenovela work while he was growing up and a lot of his early English-language work seem like this to him, but he especially hates talking about ''Film/DirtyDancing: Havana Nights'' because he finds his attempts at dancing in that movie embarrassingly bad compared to the dancing he witnessed in Puerto Rico while doing research for his role. As a result of that movie, he says, he is too embarrassed to dance even when he wants to.
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* MethodActing: In a small, very specific way- whenever he has to smoke on camera, he insists on using real cigarettes, not herbals (read: tobacco and nicotine-free). He insists that he can tell when an actor is smoking an herbal cigarette because, he says, they don't give you a "hit" and so the actor takes excessively long drags on it. And so, for authenticity, he smokes real cigarettes onscreen, which sometimes bites him if there are a lot of scenes where he's smoking, like in ''Series/{{Narcos}}: Mexico'', where his character is either smoking or lighting up in almost every scene.

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* MethodActing: In a small, very specific way- whenever he has to smoke on camera, he insists on using real cigarettes, not herbals (read: tobacco and nicotine-free). He insists that he can tell when an actor is smoking an herbal cigarette because, he says, they don't give you a "hit" and so the actor takes excessively long drags on it. (Also, he says, herbals taste terrible, like burning lettuce.) And so, for authenticity, he smokes real cigarettes onscreen, which sometimes bites him if there are a lot of scenes where he's smoking, like in ''Series/{{Narcos}}: Mexico'', where his character is either smoking or lighting up in almost every scene.
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* MethodActing: In a small, very specific way- whenever he has to smoke on camera, he insists on using real cigarettes, not herbals (read: tobacco and nicotine-free). He insists that he can tell when an actor is smoking an herbal cigarette because, he says, they don't give you a "hit" and so the actor takes excessively long drags on it. And so, for authenticity, he smokes real cigarettes onscreen, which sometimes bites him if there are a lot of scenes where he's smoking, like in ''Series/{{Narcos}}: Mexico'', where his character is either smoking or lighting up in almost every scene.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: There's no single work that he considers his greatest, but he jokingly expresses a similar sentiment towards his appearance in Music/KatyPerry's music video for "The One That Got Away". He noticed that that video has gotten more views than all of his film and television work from his 30+ year career combined, so he jokes that when he dies, the headline's going to be "That Guy From Katy Perry's Music Video Dead".

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* MagnumOpusDissonance: There's no single work that he considers his greatest, but he jokingly expresses a similar sentiment towards his appearance in Music/KatyPerry's music video for "The One That Got Away". He noticed that that video has gotten more views than all of his film and television work from his 30+ year career combined, so he jokes that when he dies, the headline's people are going to be "That Guy From like, "Oh, that guy from Katy Perry's Music Video Dead".music video's dead."
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* NeverLiveItDown: Early in the promotional tour for ''Film/RogueOne'', he mentioned offhand that he'd always wondered what Jabba the Hutt feels like, or as he put it, "the texture of Jabba" (pronounced "Yabba" in the Latin Spanish dub). Nobody has let him forget it since, and you can expect the [=YouTube=] comments of any Star Wars-related video he's in to have at least one to the effect of, "Okay, but has he felt the texture of Yabba yet?" Initially, he seemed a little exasperated by it because people kept sending him Jabba the Hutt merch and even (mostly jokingly) [[CrackPairing shipping his character in the film with Jabba]], and he claims that he wasn't expecting it to attract this much attention because, according to him, nobody much cares what you say in Mexican film and TV promotions. A few years on from that film, he seems to have accepted it, and tweeted in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that he was quarantining in good company, with a photo of a giant plush of Jabba the Hutt.

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-->'''Creator/ConanOBrien:''' Please, I’m sure you didn’t say that. I’m sure you said something much more appropriate for television.
-->'''Diego Luna:''' Can I say it in Spanish?
-->'''Conan:''' Sure, you can say it in Spanish.
-->'''Diego:''' Can I say [bleep] in Spanish?
-->'''Conan:''' Yeah. He’s allowed to swear in Spanish, right? Go to town! (to producer off to the side) What do you mean ‘no’? Why not!?! […] You don’t know what he said!
-->'''Producer''' (able to be lip-read): I know what ''that'' meant.

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-->'''Creator/ConanOBrien:''' Please, I’m --->'''Creator/ConanOBrien:''' "Please, I'm sure you didn’t say that. I’m I'm sure you said something much more appropriate for television.
-->'''Diego
television."
--->'''Diego
Luna:''' Can "Can I say it in Spanish?
-->'''Conan:''' Sure,
Spanish?"
--->'''Conan:''' "Sure,
you can say it in Spanish.
-->'''Diego:''' Can
Spanish."
--->'''Diego:''' "Can
I say [bleep] in Spanish?
-->'''Conan:''' Yeah. He’s
Spanish?"
--->'''Conan:''' "Yeah. He's
allowed to swear in Spanish, right? Go to town! (to producer off to the side) What do you mean ‘no’? 'no'? Why not!?! […] not?! [...] You don’t don't know what he said!
-->'''Producer'''
said!"
--->'''Producer'''
(able to be lip-read): I "I know what ''that'' meant."


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* MagnumOpusDissonance: There's no single work that he considers his greatest, but he jokingly expresses a similar sentiment towards his appearance in Music/KatyPerry's music video for "The One That Got Away". He noticed that that video has gotten more views than all of his film and television work from his 30+ year career combined, so he jokes that when he dies, the headline's going to be "That Guy From Katy Perry's Music Video Dead".
* NeverLiveItDown: Early in the promotional tour for ''Film/RogueOne'', he mentioned offhand that he'd always wondered what Jabba the Hutt feels like, or as he put it, "the texture of Jabba" (pronounced "Yabba" in the Latin Spanish dub). Nobody has let him forget it since, and you can expect the [=YouTube=] comments of any Star Wars-related video he's in to have at least one to the effect of, "Okay, but has he felt the texture of Yabba yet?" Initially, he seemed a little exasperated by it because people kept sending him Jabba the Hutt merch and even (mostly jokingly) [[CrackPairing shipping his character in the film with Jabba]], and he claims that he wasn't expecting it to attract this much attention because, according to him, nobody much cares what you say in Mexican film and TV promotions. A few years on from that film, he seems to have accepted it, and tweeted in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that he was quarantining in good company, with a photo of a giant plush of Jabba the Hutt.
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-->'''Diego:''' Can I say *bleeped* in Spanish?

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-->'''Diego:''' Can I say *bleeped* [bleep] in Spanish?
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* OldShame: He hates talking about ''Film/DirtyDancing: Havana Nights'' because he finds his attempts at dancing in that movie embarrassingly bad compared to the dancing he witnessed in Cuba while doing research for his role. As a result of that movie, he says, he is too embarrassed to dance even when he wants to.

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* OldShame: He hates talking about ''Film/DirtyDancing: Havana Nights'' because he finds his attempts at dancing in that movie embarrassingly bad compared to the dancing he witnessed in Cuba Puerto Rico while doing research for his role. As a result of that movie, he says, he is too embarrassed to dance even when he wants to.
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* OldShame: He hates talking about ''Film/DirtyDancing: Havana Nights'' because he finds his attempts at dancing in that movie embarrassingly bad. As a result of that movie, he says, he is too embarrassed to dance even when he wants to.

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* OldShame: He hates talking about ''Film/DirtyDancing: Havana Nights'' because he finds his attempts at dancing in that movie embarrassingly bad.bad compared to the dancing he witnessed in Cuba while doing research for his role. As a result of that movie, he says, he is too embarrassed to dance even when he wants to.

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-->'''Conan O’Brien:''' Sure, you can say it in Spanish.
-->'''Diego Luna:''' Can I say *bleeped* in Spanish?
-->'''Conan O’Brien:''' Yeah. He’s allowed to swear in Spanish, right? Go to town! (to producer off to the side) What do you mean ‘no’? Why not!?! […] You don’t know what he said!

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-->'''Conan O’Brien:''' -->'''Conan:''' Sure, you can say it in Spanish.
-->'''Diego Luna:''' -->'''Diego:''' Can I say *bleeped* in Spanish?
-->'''Conan O’Brien:''' -->'''Conan:''' Yeah. He’s allowed to swear in Spanish, right? Go to town! (to producer off to the side) What do you mean ‘no’? Why not!?! […] You don’t know what he said!



* OldShame: He hates talking about ''Film/DirtyDancing: Havana Nights'' because he finds his attempts at dancing in that movie embarrassingly bad. As a result of that movie, he says, he is too embarrassed to dance even when he wants to.



* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/GaelGarciaBernal; they have known each other practically since birth. After both did Mexican telenovela work as children, co-starring in the film ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'' essentially brought them to international attention and they later went on to co-found Canana Films and Ambulante A.C. Each continues to describe the other as their best friend and, fandom being what it is, there is more than one tribute to their {{Bromance}} out there on the internet [[https://www.popsugar.com.au/fashion/Diego-Luna-Gael-Garcia-Bernal-Friendship-Photos-42961331?utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=US:AU&utm_source=direct]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOL72MsLTWc]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7i5Xu7Qtmc]].

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* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/GaelGarciaBernal; they have known each other practically since birth. After both did Mexican telenovela work as children, co-starring in the film ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'' essentially brought them to international attention and they later went on to co-found Canana Films and Ambulante A.C. Each continues to describe the other as their best friend and, fandom being what it is, there is more than one tribute to their {{Bromance}} out there on the internet [[https://www.popsugar.com.au/fashion/Diego-Luna-Gael-Garcia-Bernal-Friendship-Photos-42961331?utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=US:AU&utm_source=direct]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOL72MsLTWc]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7i5Xu7Qtmc]].

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* DawsonCasting: A few notable examples. He was in his 20s when he played 16 year old Button in ''Film/OpenRange'' and in his late 30s when he starred in ''Film/RogueOne'' where his character was officially 26 years old (but that's ''Franchise/StarWars'' time for you).

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* DawsonCasting: A few notable examples. He was in his 20s when he played 16 year old Button in ''Film/OpenRange'' and in his late 30s 37 when he starred in ''Film/RogueOne'' where his character was officially 26 years old (but that's ''Franchise/StarWars'' time for you).you). It does have the effect of making Cassian look realistically hardened and weary from his lifetime of service to the Rebellion. The age difference is only going to be even more pronounced in the spinoff series ''Andor'', which takes place five years prior to ''Rogue One'', when Cassian is 21, and began shooting when Luna was ''41'', nearly twice his character's age.
* StarMakingRole: ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'' landed both him and Creator/GaelGarciaBernal international acclaim- then-20-year-old Luna had been known mostly as a teen heartthrob at time and Bernal had to talk the director into hiring him. ''Film/RogueOne'', however, is when he started getting bigger roles and leads in major American productions.
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* BilingualBonus: Often GettingCrapPastTheRadar in his Rogue One interviews.

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* BilingualBonus: Often GettingCrapPastTheRadar in his Rogue One interviews.

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* ''Series/{{Narcos}}'' (2018) as Felix Gallardo

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* ''Series/{{Narcos}}'' (2018) as Felix GallardoMiguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
* ''Wander Darkly'' (2021) as Matteo
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** Untitled Creator/DisneyPlus series (TBA)

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** Untitled Creator/DisneyPlus series ''Andor'' (TBA)


* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Creator/GaelGarciaBernal, and really emphasising the “Life” aspect of the trope as they have known each other practically since birth. After both did Mexican telenovela work as children, co-starring in the film ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'' essentially brought them to international attention and they later went on to co-found Canana Films and Ambulante A.C. Each continues to describe the other as their best friend and, fandom being what it is, there is more than one tribute to their {{Bromance}} out there on the internet [[https://www.popsugar.com.au/fashion/Diego-Luna-Gael-Garcia-Bernal-Friendship-Photos-42961331?utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=US:AU&utm_source=direct]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOL72MsLTWc]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7i5Xu7Qtmc]].

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/GaelGarciaBernal, and really emphasising the “Life” aspect of the trope as Creator/GaelGarciaBernal; they have known each other practically since birth. After both did Mexican telenovela work as children, co-starring in the film ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'' essentially brought them to international attention and they later went on to co-found Canana Films and Ambulante A.C. Each continues to describe the other as their best friend and, fandom being what it is, there is more than one tribute to their {{Bromance}} out there on the internet [[https://www.popsugar.com.au/fashion/Diego-Luna-Gael-Garcia-Bernal-Friendship-Photos-42961331?utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=US:AU&utm_source=direct]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOL72MsLTWc]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7i5Xu7Qtmc]].
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** ''WesternAnimation/Trollhunters'' (2016 - 2018)

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** ''WesternAnimation/Trollhunters'' ''{{WesternAnimation/Trollhunters}}'' (2016 - 2018)

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' (2018 - 2019) as Prince Krel Tarron

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**''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' (2018 - 2019)
**''{{WesternAnimation/Wizards|2020}}'' (2020)
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* {{Adorkable}}: Watch any interview with him being asked about ''Franchise/StarWars''.
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Diego Luna Alexander (born December 29, 1979) is a Mexican actor, producer and director.

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Diego Luna Alexander (born December 29, 1979) 1979 in Toluca, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, producer and director.
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He is not related to Creator/GabrielLuna.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' (2018 - present) as Prince Krel Tarron

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' (2018 - present) 2019) as Prince Krel Tarron
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'' (2016 -- present) as [[Characters/StarWarsRogueOne Captain Cassian Andor]]:

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* ''Film/TheBookOfLife'' (2014) as Manolo Sanchez ([[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor English and Latin American Spanish dubs]])

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* ''Film/TheBookOfLife'' ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'' (2014) as Manolo Sanchez ([[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor English and Latin American Spanish dubs]])



* ''Film/RogueOne'' (2016) as [[Characters/StarWarsRogueOne Captain Cassian Andor]]

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* ''Film/RogueOne'' (2016) ''Franchise/StarWars'' (2016 -- present) as [[Characters/StarWarsRogueOne Captain Cassian Andor]]Andor]]:
** ''Film/RogueOne'' (2016)
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'''Diego Luna Alexander''' (born December 29, 1979) is a Mexican actor, producer and director.

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'''Diego Diego Luna Alexander''' Alexander (born December 29, 1979) is a Mexican actor, producer and director.



* "[[Music/KatyPerry The One That Got Away]]" (2010) as The Boyfriend

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* "[[Music/KatyPerry The Music video for Music/KatyPerry's "The One That Got Away]]" Away" (2010) as The Boyfriend
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* OneOfUs: Loves Star Wars, has been wanting to be in a film since he was six. Has mentioned that he wants to touch Jabba many times. Best summed up in this [[http://dog-of-ulthar.tumblr.com/post/154652745590/vivelareysistance-lmwechirrut-hes-an-amazing post.]]
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Variable. He has played some very nasty types, including Gabriel from ''Film/SoloQuieroCaminar'' and Jonah from ''Film/BloodFather''. But on the other hand, other characters he’s played, such as Enrique Cruz in ''Film/TheTerminal'', are as {{Adorkable}} as the actor himself. It’s also possibly worth mentioning that at least two directors, Creator/GarethEdwards and Creator/NeillBlomkamp, have stated that either his inherent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p46V90PDlgs “likeability”]] and/or his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpTpGweD74A ability to evoke sympathy from the audience]] were part of the reason they cast him.
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* ''Series/{{Narcos}}'' (2018)

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* ''Series/{{Narcos}}'' (2018)(2018) as Felix Gallardo
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