Luis Guzmán, the actor who has been confused with another for 30 years because of a role he never played

The Puerto Rican actor tells in an interview how he was confused for years with Rick Aviles, who gave life to murderer Patrick Swayze in ghosthas defined his career.

Didn’t shoot. Willie wasn’t A burglar who’s been running after him in the dark of New York, Sam Witt (Patrick Swayze) is actually dead, as a spirit, after receiving his shooting that reached his heart. He wasn’t responsible for Molly (Demi Moore) shaking her lover’s corpse, trying fruitlessly to keep him alive. Because he , luis guzman, I didn’t play Willy Lopez, the bad guy ghost al that really gave life Rick Avels (He died in 1995 as a result of infection with HIV), although they remember him as part of the cast of the hit movie of the 90s.

This was stated by Guzmen himself (66 years old) in a an interview In a program The Rich Eisen Show. Puerto Rican actor who is occupying my viewers screens these days WednesdayBased on Adams family (Netflix), revealed it for years He congratulates him on his role in ghostwhich he never did, and they asked him about it expertise In the movie starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze. “To this day, you could walk into an airport, or a shopping mall, and someone might say, ‘Why did you kill Patrick Swayze? “How did it feel to work with Whoopi (Goldberg)?”

That is, although the actor Rick Avels passed away five years later From the filming of the film, and physical resemblance With Guzmán causing this confusion continues to this day.

In the same interview, the actor admitted that he’s devoted himself for a while to getting people right, though I quickly got bored. “I was in Detroit once, on a layover, and a 90-year-old lady came up to me: ‘Oh, my God. I loved you in ghost’. I felt bad and explained to him: no, no. It was someone else. Then he said, “So, what movie did I see you in?” And I say to him: Have you seen before Count of Monte Cristo? ‘. She said, “I love this movie.” It was a great movie!’ So I told him, “Well, I was Jacobo.” And she answered me: “No, I did not see you there.”

Undoubtedly funny moments that ended up with the actor with a great philosophy “In the end I thought: I will always be the boy from ghost“.

Luis Guzmán is best known for his role in Roul in the masterGonzalo Rodríguez Gacha in Narcos also carlito way, Where she shared photography with legends like Brian De Palma or Al Pacino, In addition to his work in Salton Sea s Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Eventsamong others.