Édgar Ramírezgot to satisfy his sweet tooth — and fulfill a childhood fantasy — in his new movieYes Day.
“I am a professional ice cream eater,” Ramírez told hostJimmy Kimmel. “Since I was a kid, I’ve been practicing for what, like 35 years?”
Edgar Ramirez in Netflix’s Yes Day.MATT KENNEDY/NETFLIX
Ramírez went on to tell Kimmel, 46, that his love for ice cream began at a very young age while growing up in several different countries, including Venezula and Columbia, before moving to the u.S.
“I remember — I don’t know if it was in Venezuela or Columbia or maybe both countries — there was this commercial with this little kid that was my age, maybe 6 or 5 at the time,” he recalled. “He would dress as an adult to this fancy restaurant with all adults and he would come to the table and then he would start to order ice cream and then the fancy, kind of snide waiter would come and give him the most spectacular ice cream bowl. He would eat it, and then ask for more, and eat it.”
“And that stayed with me forever,” added Ramírez. “Little I knew that I would fulfill my childhood’s fantasy as an adult inYes Day.”
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After Ramirez confirmed that the ice-cream eating scene was all him and “no stunt double,” Kimmel questioned theZero Dark Thirty actor about his all-time favorite ice cream.
“That is hard to tell, because I’ve been very dedicated,” Ramírez said, before Kimmel interjected that his personal favorite ice cream is the gelato shops in Italy.
“That’s the great thing about Italy,” said Ramírez, “you have one every corner. Every corner you have a gelato or gelateria and it’s fantastic.”
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Yes Daywas a major shift for Ramirez’s acting career, given his past roles in dramatic projects likeThe Bourne Ultimatum,The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime StoryandThe Undoing—but the actor has said he thoroughly enjoyed his foray into a new genre of film.
“I had a lot of fun doing this movie,” Ramírezsaid in a behind-the-scenes clipfrom the film. “It was my first comedy but it was a beautiful experience,I loved it.”
Yes Dayis now streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
