by Chad Damiani
CD: What's your favorite
movie and why?
Konnan: There are so many. I would have to say the Godfather trilogy
and Scarface. I like the way the Mafia operates; I've always
found it intriguing. The way they work around the law, it reminds
me of the street-life I grew up around. And I identified with Scarface because
it was about a Cuban refugee from Miami. I grew up in Miami
and a lot of my relatives were Cuban refugees. A lot of things
you saw in Scarface, I watched happening around me in Miami.
RMJ: The Vanishing. It just makes you think. You're in a gas station
and your wife goes in to buy something and she's not there anymore.
It makes you realize how many crazy people there are, out there
in the world.
CD: Would you be interested in doing television
and film?
Konnan: I already have, in Mexico. I've done three soap operas and
a comedy show, which was very popular. I've also done a rap album.
Rey and I have always talked about doing a movie for somebody like HBO.
Life in the barrio, the hood or the ghetto. A movie where we
can represent hispanics. Something where we can represent our
people. You have some people like Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, and Edward
James Olmos, but really there aren't that many people who represent
us.
RMJ.: I have to stick with his idea. There's a lot of Latinos who
are sponsoring and representing their country. Even in sports,
Oscar De La Hoya is doing all kinds of commercials, letting the Mexican population
know that there are Latinos out there representing the sport.
Same here, in wrestling.
CD: Do you think Latinos are represented
well in film?
Konnan: I think they are because actors, both black and Latino, aren't
going to sell out. They know they have to answer to their people
when they go out on the street. You just can't go out there and pretend you
didn't do it or say, "I was just doing my job." We're just not
having that anymore. I do think we are under-represented. You
have to remember, in two years, we will be the biggest minority in the
United States.
RMJ: I think he said it all.