Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Movie Casts Lead Roles
The movie about the incredible story behind Sports betting site B Sports Flamin’ Hot Cheetos has found two of its leads. Jesse Garcia (Quinceanera) will play the lead, Richard Montanez, who is credited with creating the tasty, spicy snack. Annie Gonzalez (Gentefied) will play his wife, Judy.
The movie is directed by Eva Longoria, who makes her directorial debut with the project. The film is coming from Searchlight Pictures, which is a division of Disney now.
“It has been my biggest priority to make sure we are telling Richard Montañez’s story authentically,” Longoria said in a statement. “I am so happy to have two extremely talented and fellow Mexican-Americans on board in these pivotal roles Come from . Jesse and Annie have a deep understanding of our community and will be able to help tell this story of great importance for our culture.”
The report from Deadline also confirmed that Linda Yvette Chavez (Gentefied) has come aboard to write revisions to the script from Lewis Colick (October Sky).
As we reported previously, the story of Montanez is so compelling that it was likely only a matter of time before it became a movie. M…
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