Oscars: Roma star Jorge Antonio Guerrero could miss ceremony after being denied US visa three times
The actor, who plays Fermin, said officials thought he was a worker seeking employment
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Your support makes all the difference.One of the stars of Roma is worried he’ll miss the Academy Awards as he’s been prevented from entering the US three times before.
Jorge Antonio Guerrero, whose co-stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina De Tavira have been nominated in two key categories, was unable to participate in any press events outside of mexico as he had his visa continually rejected.
He revealed the news to El Sol de Acapulco after learned that the Alfonso Cuarón film had scored 10 Oscar nominations, tying with The Favourite as the most recognised film of 2019
Guerrero – who plays Fermin - said that he was first denied entry as a tourist before Roma first premiered at the Venice Film Festival, but that the following two times were when Roma became an awards favourite.
He also added that, one of the times he attempted to enter the country, United States Embassy officials in Mexico City were concerned he was a worker seeking employment.
“What I want to interpret is that it is a matter of procedure,” he said. “It is a procedure that I want to do and that I have been denied by the interviewers that have touched me.
“I want to think that, because if we could find a way for a consular officer or someone in the embassy to read those letters of invitation, one could understand the artistic figure that I have and the cultural exchange that is taking place between two nations.”
Guerrero will try to have his visa approved before the Oscars take place 24 February.
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