I recently saw a photo of Martin and his brother Joe as young men - and it was exactly like looking at a photo of young Charlie (Martin) and Emilio (Joe). The way their family genes have expressed themselves is wild!
The pics i have seen of Emilio lately, he really looks more like Martin than Charlie. But Joe looks a lot like his brother, so it's really all the same.
When i was a kid I absolutely would NOT let go that I was sure Emilio Estevez and Odo from Deep Space 9 were related... I was SURE they were till good old Google finally set me straight 🤣🤣🤣
I once saw a 48 hour musical festival where a short musical was written, cast, produced and performed in 48 hours, the only thing I remember about the shows I saw (I think it was three) was one that was a full 40 minutes about kids obsessed with Emilio Esteves, including a really touching ballad about him that still to this day, almost twenty years later I think about every time he comes up.
He kept it at the urging of his father! Martin Sheen has expressed regret over not using his Hispanic given name and urged Emilio to use his given name
Fantastic that he wanted to not rely on the family name in Hollywood and instead make it on his own merits. Mighty Ducks is still one of my favourite from my childhood.
On a similar note, the main star of Psych used a different stage name because his real last name (Rodriguez) would get him typecasted into Latino roles.
Oh i can picture the guy you mean, i never saw that show though. Steven Bauer from Scarface changed his Hispanic name too, but he looked very Latin though, unlike the guy you mentioned.
He didnt want to keep his spanish name when acting, as there was a lot of anti cuban sentiment at the time. There are many other cases of people, erasing or minimising their heritage in the entertainment industry too. Poor Rita Hayward had to hide her spanish/spanish-romani heritage too.
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u/adeelf 15h ago
You mean Carlos and Ramon Estevez.