While movie goers are stampeding into theaters este fin de semana to watch Heath Ledger’s final act as The Joker in Batman thriller: The Dark Knight, we’ll be hitting el cine to to check out the film’s Latino cred. You’d never know it from the ads, pero Cuban-American actor Nestor Carbonell (Cane, Lost) is playing the Mayor of Gotham (sooo fancy) in the latest Batman installation. We were excited to catch up with Nestor and hear what it was like to be cast in the flick del verano:

Cuando recibí la oferta del alcalde de la ciudad gótica fue una cosa increíble, pensé que se equivocaron y no sabía si era verdad, pero, nada, estaba tan contento y bueno, el primer alcalde latino de la ciudad gótica ahí tratando de representar, pero, nada, fue una experiencia bárbara.

There was no mistake mijo! Nestor has been paying his dues long enough and it’s about time we see Latinos run the city!

The Dark Knight is playing now nationwide. [MTV Tr3s Radio Noticias]

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