May 21 - 27, 2023
celebrityq&a
BY JAY BOBBIN
JD Pardo OF MAYANS M.C. ON FX
Rachael Ray, host of the syndicated daytime series “Rachael Ray”
Q: As your “Mayans M.C.” character — biker-group chapter president Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes — nears the end of his journey on the series as the fifth and final season starts, how do you see his arc? A: Especially when I think about it, when it comes to EZ, it’s in these dark places that there’s a sense like an awakening that happens. It’s like you almost have to go through the fire, and experience the lowest of the lows, to understand who you are and to test it. I think that that’s where you find these characters. Q: What do you think EZ represents on the broader scale of the human condition? A: It’s like a lot of times, we use people or situations as excuses and crutches because we are afraid to be who we are. We are afraid to acknowledge who we might be. What I have always loved about “Mayans M.C.,” and it’s a separation from “Sons of Anarchy” and other shows of this nature, is that this isn’t a character that just goes into prison and spends time there and comes out and it’s like, “Oh, it is just another day.” It is the story of this human being who goes to prison and who is transformed by it, who is traumatized by it, who carries that with him every day. Q: How do you think that manifests itself in who we now see EZ to be? A: He lost a bit of himself in there. He “died” in there. So, EZ has always been trying to go back to this place to regain who he used to be, when that’s just not the truth anymore.
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