Like the movie shows, Longoria says being told 'no' has an upside — and has the stories to prove it.
When Richard Montañez was told “no,” the Frito-Lay janitor-turned-executive made an elaborate plan to disrupt the food industry. “Flamin’ Hot,” the Eva Longoria-directed biopic told from Montañez's point of view, sets out to show just that.
“I’m just excited that the world is going to know who Richard Montañez is. Flamin’ Hot is a multibillion dollar brand,” Eva Longoria told TODAY.com. “And to know that it came from the head of a Mexican- janitor, it just proves that there are stories from our community worth telling and that we are amazing storytellers.”
Adding, “I really, really thought that when I moved here. I was like, ‘Oh, gosh, I can’t wait to see what unfolds next.” “He goes, ‘Which part you going to read?’ I go, ‘All of them.’ He goes, ‘All right,’” Garcia said, sharing that he ended up reading three parts “and I killed them all."
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