Does Fred Armisen Speak Spanish? He Stars in a Spanish-Language Series

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Fred Armisen stars in a new HBO horror-comedy, 'Los Espookys.’ Except, twist: It's in Spanish. So, does Fred Armisen if truth be told speak Spanish?

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Written by means of Ana Fabrega, Julio Torres and Fred Armisen, it follows a workforce of buddies who turn their love of horror into a business the place they provide spooks to someone who wishes it.

And the truth that this display is in Spanish with English subtitles (for essentially the most phase) is prompting everyone to wonder: Does Fred Armisen speak Spanish?

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Does Fred Armisen speak Spanish?

We had been wondering this too, particularly given as Fred, who performs Tico, Renaldo's parking-valet uncle at the show, handiest speaks in heavily accented English in the trailers and clips released forward of the premiere.

And unfortunately, we additionally simplest noticed Fred speaking in the same Spanish-accented English in the first episode, "El exorcismo," which we suppose is sensible, since he's taking part in a valet in Los Angeles — although everybody else at the birthday celebration he's running apparently speaks Spanish.

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As it turns out, Fred identifies as Latino! In an interview with OPB, which he gave completely in Spanish, by way of the way in which, Fred tackled a very often asked query about him: where his family is from.

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"I am Venezuelan," he mentioned, "but my dad is from Germany and his dad is from Japan. So my dad is a Japanese German and my mom is full Venezuelan, so I am pretty much a Venezuelan." What's extra, he was raised talking Spanish, which makes us all the extra keen to look him put his Spanish chops to use in Los Espookys.

"It is a very important thing," Fred stated of being raised to speak Spanish. "When I was a boy, I did not really understand why, but now it is something I know is very important for me."

Fred additionally instructed Latina that he attracts inspiration from his circle of relatives every time he does a persona with a Spanish accent, like Tico.

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"I think my [Venezuelan background] helps when I'm covering a character with a Spanish accent," he mentioned. "My mother has one since she's Venezuelan and my maternal side of the family, so that always helps."

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Los Espookys is not Fred's first Spanish-language undertaking.

Finding movies of Fred Armisen talking fluent Spanish with a Venezuelan accessory are not the absolute easiest to return upon, but that's why you will have us. We just lately realized that Fred Armisen and Horatio Sanz created an offshoot of Lorne Michael's company, Broadway Video.

Fred and Horatio's section in Broadway Video is heading Más Mejor (actually, "more better"), a hilarious web platform that seeks to make Latino comedy extra mainstream. They do that by means of uploading weekly content that comes with topical sketches and web videos, however instead of "pandering to Latinos," as Remezcla notes, Más Mejor's content as an alternative reflects the Latino creators' own experiences.

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And that incorporates Spanish-language sketches (there's a lot of English ones as well) by way of head honchos Fred Armisen and Horatio Sanz. I laughed for the entire duration of this unboxing video, however what stuck out to me maximum was that Horatio's Spanish is impeccable, while Fred's accessory is excellent however his delivery and vocab could use some follow.

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But it sounds as if I'm not the primary one to catch onto this. "I thought I was fluent," Fred admitted in a fresh episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers. "Around my friends, I sound like I'm from Venezuela and immediately [my co-creators on Los Espookys] were like, 'No, you have a thick American accent.'"

Fun truth: Fred additionally voiced Speedy Gonzalez in 2011's The Looney Tunes Show. Wild, right?!

New episodes of Los Espookys air Fridays at Eleven p.m. on HBO.

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