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Today we have a talented Cuban American actress.
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She's modeled, she's worked for J Lo and now she's starring
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alongside Vince Vaughn in the new show,
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Bad Monkey, a dark comedy series on Apple TV.
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Plus. Please welcome Natalie Martinez.
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Thank you. I'm so excited.
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You're here. You're from Miami and raised,
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born and raised. So is your character?
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I see a strong connection there.
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How did you infuse some of that Sazon into the character in
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one, I always bring the Sazon always.
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you know, normally you have to kind of separate yourself a
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little bit. You try to build a character and give it
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its own backstory and to give it all,
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it's different, you know,
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where she came from and things like that.
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And this one, I mean,
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it's everything that I am besides,
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you know, working in a morgue.
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But no, even the way she is with her family,
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you know, and everything and what I really liked about this
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is I didn't have to take back my accent at all,
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you know, sometimes it's,
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I got to be a little Miami.
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I got to be put her serious.
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But I got to ask what is the Miami accent?
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Because I hear this everywhere and you mentioned it and I just
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I mean, Miami accent is just a Miami accent.
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It's just that it's very,
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very unique to Miami the way we say salmon or salmon.
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Like the way we say literally for literally everything,
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there's a lot of different things that are just very unique to
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Miami. I don't know where it comes from if it's a
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mix of the Spanglish with east coast and then a little bit
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of a Spanish accent into it.
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But yeah, bringing myself to her was a lot of fun
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because I got to just kind of let it out and you
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know, the way that we were in our scenes with our
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parents and the way that I was with my sister is just
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very close to home if I ever got a role and I
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was able to embrace my Colombian American identity.
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I just know my family would go berserk.
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They, they go crazy.
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How is your family's reaction to you being able to represent a
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big part of who you guys are?
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You know, I think a typical Spanish form,
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they didn't even pay attention to that.
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They were just happy that it was Vince Vaughn.
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You know, they were like,
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oh my God, he's so big.
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They're huge fans, you know,
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and they're always like when you do something in this family,
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it's always like, but look at them,
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they were happy, you know,
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I think it was really cool that I got to go back
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home and they were excited for that.
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I got to have my goddaughter come on set.
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I had my family come on set.
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You know, I had family that played in the background on
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yeah, exactly. It was a lot of fun and I
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got to just be home.
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I mean, there were some days where we would be on
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set and I had a large lunch break and I was able
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to go see my hra and go have lunch with my grandmother
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100%. I was working in Doral.
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My grandmother lives right there in Westchester.
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I was like, just hop the little street over and things
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like that. You know,
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I got to really bring my family to work and then on
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my off days I got to just casually go to my aunt's
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house and have dinner.
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You know, those kind of things were more special to me
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than anything that's so special.
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Like no need for crafty.
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Speaking of that, I mean,
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I get to order Havana Harry's.
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I get to order La Carreta.
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I mean, I would lead to Sergio's all the time to
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eat like they would have their catering.
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Like you guys, you guys do that.
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I'm going to go to Sergio's.
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I can't tell you how many times I order Pine Crust Bakery
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to set like I just can't,
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I love it. So what was it like working?
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I'm gonna, I'm gonna act like your family right now.
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What was it like working with this?
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It was good. It was fun.
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I mean, he is such a legend,
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you know, and I got to do my scenes with him
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which I feel like just elevated everything in one of my
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career and just like the scenes I got pushed by him a
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lot in the sense of like,
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you know, you got to be prepared on your character.
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You got to be prayed on everything because this man,
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he talks so fast and he's so witty and everything he comes
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up with in the spot,
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you know, and it's fun.
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I mean, it was a point where he was doing a
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scene and I just was like watching him and then I forgot
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if I was watching a movie and I forgot that I was
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in the middle of shooting some in this too.
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Yeah, he's so captivating to watch.
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It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot and
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you know, it was something that will always be with me
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You know, my first comedy,
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I got to go head to head with Vince Vaughn.
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So wait were you able to put him on to any Cuban
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Sazon, Cuban dishes,
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anything? Oh, I guess he was,
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bro a lot. I love that.
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We were shooting a lot of it in the Keys as it's
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based in the, and my husband and I would go to
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this little hole in the wall on the side of the road
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Everyone there is literally from Cuba.
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You know, that just got to the States and they have
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the best panco at that place.
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So we would go there,
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Vince went with us one day.
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Loved it so much that he ordered 250 sandwiches to set the
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next day so that everyone can have some.
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So I'd say about the cecil,
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you definitely did. You put them on.
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I love that so much and,
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and the fact that everyone on set got to enjoy it too
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So, do you have any hidden Miami gems that we have
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to check out if we are?
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I would have to say one of the best Miami's like little
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kept secret, which is not a very big secret because it's
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right on Bird, which is one of the main roads.
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But no one of the best kept secret in Miami is
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Frankie's Pizza. There's only one and it's been there since like
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the fifties and it's so so amazing.
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A very unique pizza.
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it's only one shop you got to go down to,
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you know, West Chester to go eat it.
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And it's amazing. It's my favorite pizza.
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I have it every time I go,
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they even cater my parties.
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They cater my baby shower.
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I love it. I love it.
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Frankie's pizza. I owe you a visit.
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Oh, Natalie Martinez.
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Thank you so, so much.
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It was lovely to speak with you.
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So, where can we stay tuned and follow you online?
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you can follow me on my social in Instagram.
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I am Natalie Martinez.
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And then every Wednesday we still have episodes coming out on Bad
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Monkey, which is on Apple TV.
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Plus I look forward to seeing it all.
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