'A fantastic experience': Actor Tenoch Huerta talks new movie 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'
'When you're a kid, you dream to be a superhero, and it finally happened to me,' said the actor, who plays 'Namor.'
CHICAGO (WLS) -- In a new Marvel movie, Namor is from a "Talacon" a hidden aquatic civilization, descending from the Mayans.
He wants Wakanda to join his nation as conquerors, and there's a threat: be an ally or die!
"It's a fantastic experience, and a bit overwhelming, but good. It feels so good and I'm so happy," said Tenoch Huerta Mejia, who plays "Namor." "When you're a kid, you dream to be a superhero, and it finally happened to me."
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Huerta described his character as a protector.
"I think he's a guy who is protecting his people, protecting his kingdom, protecting his culture, what is meaningful to him," Huerta said. "At the end, the core of the character is just a simple human being, like a family guy."
Huerta brings a lot of cultural representation to the film.
"Of course I feel a big responsibility. At the same, time an honor, because in Mexico and Latin America, we have indigenous roots, and we denied those roots for a long time," Huerta said.
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