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Every from time to time you come throughout a TV character who you are not alleged to be interested in – they’re impolite, they’re manipulative, they’re harmful, they’re “the bad guy” – however you simply can not help your self. It’s why you discover Jamie Dornan’s serial killer character in The Fall irresistible typically (it is OK! Just admit it!) and why you crush so hard on Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones regardless of his, um, sister drawback. Well, we’ve one other addition to the problematic crushes checklist: On My Block‘s Oscar “Spooky” Diaz.
Netflix’s coming-of-age comedy has rapidly turn into considered one of our favorites due to the diverse cast, the incredible soundtrack, and that truly shocking finale moment, however we can also’t deny that we’ve a smooth spot for Cesar’s older brother, Oscar. The character is a gang chief of their LA neighborhood who simply bought out of jail and has no drawback forcing Cesar to affix up, ordering him to skip college to make drug offers. Later he even fingers Cesar a gun and tells him to maintain some enterprise. But there’s additionally a extremely candy, protecting facet to Oscar that we see in “Chapter 8.” He makes it clear that though he is tough round the edges, his primary precedence has at all times been retaining his little brother alive.
*cue the barely responsible swooning*
If your not-so-secret Oscar obsession has you questioning about the actor who performs him, look no additional than Julio Macias! To be completely trustworthy, we did a double take after we noticed his IRL picture. Without all the neck tattoos and Oscar’s shaved head, Macias seems completely totally different (albeit nonetheless ridiculously engaging).
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Before showing in On My Block, he scored an element in the TV miniseries La Vida es Como el Cine in addition to Game Shakers, Jane the Virgin, and numerous movie shorts. Just as a result of we’re nonetheless ready for affirmation that On My Block will return for season two (c’mon, Netflix, all of us want extra Oscar in our lives), that does not imply Macias must be out of your life fully. You can see him subsequent in the thriller The Last Boat to Alcatraz, which is due out someday this 12 months, or catch up on his life via Instagram.
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