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Originally Posted by blankall
There are lots of white people from Cuba. Lopez is also supposed to be a Jewish immigrant to Cuba who later immigrated to the USA. So you would expect him to be relatively white skinned. Robert Loggia, the Italian American actor who played Frank Lopez, did a bang up job in my opinion. He's also of 100% sicilian descent, which doesn't exactly make him the pale face you describe him as.
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They say hes a Jewish immigrant? I must've missed that part before. Haha why'd they make his last name Lopez then, and make him talk with a Cuban accent? Not saying youre wrong, just that it doesnt ad up. And yep there are lots of white people in the Caribbean, what with all the Spanish/Portuguese colonization back in the day. I just think with the name/deep tan/accent they gave him, white isnt what they were going for with these characters.
I think he did a good job too, im just commenting on the cheesiness of casting all these white American actors in these roles, you can tell its from 30 years ago. I just always found it funny. I don't think they'd take that approach anymore.