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Oscar Isaac tears up the big screen this weekend in the action, fantasy thriller “Sucker Punch” portraying the character Blue Jones a sinister man who runs an insane asylum.

Latino Film Chatter got to catch up with Oscar and discuss music, “Sucker Punch” and what’s next on Oscar’s agenda.

LFC: Man you’re all kinds of Latinos Guatemala, Cuba lived in Miami…. before we start I saw that you used to be part of a band, do you still jam on the guitar?

OI: Yeah, all the time. I write music, I’m putting together some songs, I play indie-soul stuff, with a little electronica. I like bands like “Radio head” and “TV on the Radio” so yeah I’m still doing it.

LFC: How did you hear about the project: Was it something you were pursuing? Something your team brought to the table?

OI: I had not heard of “Sucker Punch” the movie prior to being called in to an audition in New York. It was about 2 years ago, and I did a monologue as ‘Blue Jones’ and I started liking all the layers this character had. I met with Zack and heard and saw his vision for this project from there on I wanted in on this.

LFC: Three words that describe Blue Jones:

OI: Charming, witty & intelligent.

LFC: Did you get to work out with the girls during their training?

OI: Yes I did! I did, I was jealous they were training three month priors. I come in and I see them training with these military guys and I’m saying to myself I want to get in on that. Jena Malone and I would always compete physically it was great training that way. I trained for about a month when I came into the movie.

LFC: Ok, so I saw Sucker Punch and I read somewhere where it was compared to “Fight-Club” meets “One Flew over the cuckoo’s nest”: I thought ok. How would you describe the movie?

OI: Above all else it’s a wild fantasy flick, it’s really bold it has those elements of anime mixed in with “Molin Rogue” meets “All that Jazz” it’s really fun.

SUCKER PUNCH hits theaters Friday March 25, 2011
Directed by Zack Snyder

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Donnie Wahlberg is IN THE HEIGHTS………

// August 23rd, 2010 // No Comments » // What's Poppin

No not in the Broadway musical. He’s currently in Washington Heights shooting his new series.

Here is a fun picture of Donnie Wahlberg hanging out in Washington Heights during the production of his new TV series for CBS ‘Blue Bloods’ I just saw it on his twitter account and wanted to share