What's Up, Yul Vazquez? The Motherf**ker Scene Stealer on the Tonys, Chris Rock and What It Means to 'Van Damme'

You’ve seen Yul Vázquez onscreen in movies such as American Gangster, Traffic and The A-Team, and he’s a charter member of off-Broadway's LAByrinth Theater Company, which he playfully describes as “insane bikers with scripts.” Now Vázquez is a 2011 Tony nominee for his arresting portrayal of Bobby Cannavale’s flamboyant Cousin Julio in The Motherf**ker With the Hat. In a performance that’s hard to describe but impossible to forget, Vázquez invokes action star Jean-Claude Van Damme as he offers to defend Cannavale, while sharing health food recipes and dredging up family secrets. Broadway.com recently chatted with the easygoing actor about the attention he’s getting for his long-awaited Broadway debut.

What does the Tony Award mean to you?
It’s the pinnacle, the seal from the theater world. The gates have opened, and they’ve said, “Come in, young man!” I feel so honored, I can’t even tell you. Honestly, I am floored.

Six Tony nominations must feel like fantastic vindication for the play, which had some rocky pre-opening buzz.
People were gunning for this play—it’s a play with a sketchy title, a word you can’t say ...

Source: http://www.broadway.com/shows/motherfker-hat/buzz/156313/whats-up-yul-vazquez-the-motherfker-scene-stealer-on-the-tonys-chris-rock-and-what-it-means-to-van-damme/

chicago movie costumes