Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo on Making Buddies On-line & Discovering Your ‘Chosen Household’ (Unique)

Of their new film Bob Trevino Likes It, stars Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo spark up a random friendship over social media due to a mixup over their shared closing title. With every of them battling factors at residence, the unrelated pair start to grow to be shut and be taught the which means of “chosen family.”

Connecting with others by Fb and Instagram and the considered discovering familial help from those who aren’t blood relations are issues that hit close to residence for every actors, who spoke with TooFab ahead of the film’s launch.

“I’ve met a complete lot of my mates from the net. Typically we’ve mutual of us, not full strangers out of nowhere,” Ferreira, 28, instructed TooFab. “I’ve been on the internet since I was 11 years earlier, so I’ve found a lot … nonetheless I’ve met a number of of my closest mates that I’ve from the net and type of being like uncommon, artsy weirdos, that being one factor that obtained us collectively.”

“I really feel that the net is de facto good for connection, significantly as soon as you employ it in a healthful means,” she added.

Whereas Leguizamo said he doesn’t truly be part of with “random of us” who contact him over DM, he added he has been recognized to strike up a dialog inside the suggestions a part of his posts. He said he has used social media to achieve out to of us like former Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro and David Brooks at Mother Jones.

“I associated [with Jones] on DM randomly, we met up and linked up,” he added.

Connecting by social media is just one technique to fulfill your of us currently, as an rising variety of subscribe to considered “chosen family” — ie: individuals who discover themselves there for you when your bio-family will not be. As actors in Hollywood, every Ferreira and Leguizamo said discovering completely different kindred spirits inside the enterprise is extraordinarily important.

“It’s a should to find that chosen family because you’re gonna need it,” said Leguizamo. “It’s a little bit unrealistic what happens to you and likewise you need people who you’ll have the ability to share with and unload and likewise you gotta uncover that group.”

“I moreover actually really feel as an actor, maybe I’m just a little bit bit overly delicate and just a little bit additional dramatic than most people, so it’s intently wished,” Ferreira added with amusing. “Notably, my character type, I want to hunt down people who truly contemplate in me and don’t see me as one thing other than who I truly am. It’s to help me.”

“So many people can see you as a money issue they normally merely throw you out after they don’t want you anymore,” the Euphoria actress continued, as Leguizamo said it’s “not simple to perception in our enterprise.”

“It’s a should to be careful,” he warned.

As a result of the duo’s characters meet due to their shared closing title, Trevino, we moreover wanted to ask — have each of them made bonds with each different Leguizamos or Ferreiras?

“I share the equivalent closing title as Sky Ferreira who’s an unimaginable artist so we love Sky Ferreira,” shared the actress. “Of us on a regular basis suppose we’re related nonetheless we’re not … we every merely have Portuguese closing names.”

“Successfully, my title is Leguizamo, so it’s essentially the most weirdest title,” quipped John. “There’s no one that shares my closing title. That’s not gonna happen.”

To see what director Tracie Laymon wanted to say about casting Ferreira and Leguizamo, along with additional regarding the true story behind the film, check out the video above.

Bob Trevino Likes It hits theaters March 21.