I saw this guy’s movie “Bella,” which was a great pro-life film. He is a former boy-band star from Mexico, who I understand made a conscious decision to limit his work to projects that “send the right message,” and I think that’s pretty awesome. Here’s a quote from Wiki about him:
“Film Bella that stars Verástegui and first film of Metanoia Films, co-founded by Verástegui was considered by critics as an “anti-abortion” film.
Verástegui is a pro-life advocate, through the organization “Mantle of Faith”. Verástegui recounts an anecdote about his beliefs: supposedly, he was offered a role in a certain film and had gone to an abortion clinic to “research his role”, but, shocked by what he saw, he dropped the idea of taking part in the film altogether. On his way out, he saw a pro-life rally that introduced him to a Hispanic couple who were going to the clinic for an abortion. The campaigners offered that Verástegui try to convince the couple by talking to them in their native Spanish. He says that, recognizing him from his telenovela roles on Mexican television, they reconsidered their decision and went home without going ahead with the abortion. Immediately after their child was born, they called him to tell him the good news and thanking him and asking for his permission to name the child Eduardo after him. He also made a point of meeting “little Eduardo” weeks later.[6][8]
In 2008, he released a long video message denouncing the high rate of abortion in Hispanic communities in the United States and speaking out loud about alleged targeting of the Hispanic communities with pro-choice messages by the Barack Obama campaign during the presidential race.[9]
Verástegui also took part in the 2008 campaign for passing of California Proposition 8 releasing his own messages in Spanish language in support of the “Yes on 8” campaign encouraging the Hispanic population in California to vote for the passing of the “California Marriage Protection Act” known as “Prop 8” calling for “Elimination of Rights of Same-Sex Couples to Marry”. He was quoted on the message saying: “As a Latino man proud of my community, I feel I have been called to fight for traditional marriage between a man and a woman”.”
My kind of guy. If there were more stars like this guy, I wouldn’t hate Hollywood as much as I do...
LOVED Bella. I own it. Did you know that 2 of the many “civilian” sponsors of that film — people whose money paid for the distribution of the film — were Gov. Jeb and Mrs. Bush?
But, why waste Eduardo on a robo-call? Such a beautiful face should be in a TV ad. He had a small part in “For the Glory” too — more recently.