LoveVictor's Michael Cimino says he watched LoveSimon '16 times' to prepare for his role
is best known for a supporting turn in the Warner Bros. horror film “Annabelle Comes Home.” But with “Love, Victor,” debuting June 17 on Hulu, he takes the title role in the series, a small-screen extension of the “Love, Simon” universe. Compared with Nick Robinson’s Simon, who is gay, Victor is still trying to understand his sexual identity. He reaches out to Simon when he moves to Simon’s hometown, and the two begin a social media friendship.
In preparation for this, I watched the movie [about] 16 more times. I just took his earnestness from that. Voiceover talent is so beyond and definitely watching the movie helped me set the tone for what to do. Nick did such a great job at it in the movie, so I took a lot from that, but also from our amazing directors really helped a lot too.The Latinx community is at a time when we’re not really in television all that much, and that makes it even more special to see ourselves on TV.
The show is premiering at a time when everyone is social distancing, so people’s usual support systems may have been disrupted. How do you think that affects the message of the show?
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