And the Lazzie Award goes to John Leguizamo
Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Latina magazine has unveiled the first “Lazzie Awards” for the worst in Latin entertainment. And the winner of the first “The John Leguizamo Award for Bad Acting (Movies)” is John Leguizamo himself!
In naming the award Latina.com snipes: “We named this award in honor of one of the consistently worst – and, ironically, most successful – of our Latino actors,” which didn’t care for his turn in “Love in the Time of Cholera.” Who could butcher a critical role in an epic romance like Johnny?
Personally, I kind of like John’s acting, but what do I know?
Some of the other lucky recipiants of the dubious awards include:
Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Love in the Time of Cholera. “Too bad her performance was plagued by bad acting.”
Adrian Grenier, Entourage. “We wouldn’t be surprised if Pablo Escobar himself returned from the grave to give Vinnie Chase a serious beat-down for his pathetic rendition of the Colombian drug lord.”
Carlos Mencia, The Heartbreak Kid. “Uncle Tito’s dialogue may have kept us in stitches, but his waaay over-the-top Mexican accent was no laughing matter.”
Adrienne Bailon, The Cheetah Girls. “Verb-conjugation recitations in high school Spanish class sound better than Adrienne’s grating accent.”
Eddie Matos, Cane. “When this uber-hot Puerto Rican got plucked from the ranks of daytime soaps to star opposite Hector Elizondo and Rita Moreno in CBS’s drama Cane, it was the chance of a lifetime. Unfortunately, Eddie hasn’t been able to break free of his soap-star schtick and step up his game for primetime. At least he’s pretty to look at.”
Zulay Henao, Feel the Noise. Jennifer Lopez hand-picked Zulay for the role of a Puerto Rican dancer with big dreams of making it in New York. Something tells us, after this performance, her future is looking more fly girl than international movie star.
Nadine Velasquez, My Name is Earl. “After a successful run playing roles like “Attactive Woman at Conga Club” in Chasing Papi and “Brunette on the Beach” in Kings of South Beach, Nadine tries her hand at comedy in this successful sitcom. Sadly, her role as illegal immigrant-stripper-maid Catalina is tragically unfunny.”
Worst Film of the Year Franc Reyes’ gangster drama Illegal Tender. Aiming for the cult-classic status of 80’s movies like Scarface, Illegal Tender doesn’t even make it into the “so-bad-it’s-good” category. File this one under “unwatchable.
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