BPS 227: How To Write & Direct Your Dream Project With Adrian Martinez

Today on the show we have returning champion Adrian Martinez.

Adrian Martinez has over 100 television and film credits
including several standout sidekick roles -“Focus,” opposite Will
Smith and Margot Robbie, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,”
opposite Ben Stiller, “Casa de mi Padre,” opposite ‘Mexican’
Will Ferrell, “I feel Pretty,” as Amy Schumer‘s office
buddy, ‘Mason,’ and as ‘Elliot’ the dog catcher in the CGI and
live-action re-imagining of Disney’s Lady and the Tramp.

Adrian also co-stared with Will Smith and Margot Robbie in the film
Focus.

Will Smith stars as Nicky, a seasoned master of misdirection who
becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot
Robbie). As he’s teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too
close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later,
the former flame—now an accomplished femme fatale—shows up in
Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes racecar circuit. In
the midst of Nicky’s latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his
plans for a loop…and the consummate con man off his game.

On the television front, Adrian recently starred in ABC’s
crime drama series “Stumptown” alongside Cobie Smulders, Jake
Johnson, and Michael Ealy, and in the CBS all access comedy, “No
Activity,” produced by Will Ferrell and Funny or Die.
Adrian was also a series regular playing computer hacker,
‘Dumont’ in “The Blacklist: Redemption,” on NBC, opposite
Famke Janssen and Ryan Eggold.

Adrian’s directorial debut, “iGilbert,” a drama he wrote starring
himself, Dascha Polanco (“Orange is the New Black”) and Raul
Castillo (”Looking”) was recently released by Gravitas Features and
currently available on demand and in select theaters.

iGilbert is a future fairytale about being seen and feeling unseen.
Gilbert feels isolated from the world, life, and people, and is
starving for human connection, as he reaches for his cellphone to
connect with the world, with dangerous consequences.

“There is beauty among the broken in writer/ director
Adrian Martinez’s iGilbert, a dreamlike ode to human
connection at a time in which our phones keep us safely cradled in
our own bubble of safety….”  — Filmthreat.com 

Enjoy my conversation with Adrian Martinez.

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