Soap Opera Acting with "Telenovela" Star Jencarlos Canela

Soap Opera Acting with "Telenovela" Star Jencarlos Canela
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Cue the wind machines! The YH Studio is en fuego when "Telenovela" star Jencarlos Canela pays us a visit to tell us all about his hilarious NBC comedy starring Eva Longoria, which happens to be familiar territory for the actor, as he has appeared in several actual telenovelas himself! To that end, we quiz him about on-screen kissing, some of the wackier storylines he's been involved in, and we challenge him to a good old-fashioned Telenovela Face-Off!
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Are you ready?
Yeah.
All right. 1, 2, 3. I broke. I broke. I broke. I broke. Here with Jen Carlos Candu Canela. Oh, Nikki No Chance. I told her I was going to call her that forever now. Yo, I love being with this. You just called Thank you for coming in. I'm I really love that you're here.
No, I love that I'm here as well.
How do you pronounce your name? In Spanish, it would be Jen
Can you do it in a very romantic Telenovela kinda way?
Oh God. I'd rather you do it in a very romantic Telenovela way. How?
Jen Carlos Canela.
Wow. Yeah. That was impressive. Oh, you'll find out soon that I am
Can I record you doing that? Just so I can
I am born to be on a Telenovela. That was amazing. I love how you rolled the R.
Oh, I can roll the R's all day long.
And no, if you rolled an R even where there wasn't an R.
That's right. I make up R's.
That's creative. And then and then the remote at the end. That was your nice way of saying I said it all wrong.
No, I loved it. I enjoyed it. I thought it was great. You had me hooked.
Okay. You did. Will you say Nikki No Chance Novack with uh Telenovela.
Sure. I'm going to give it a I'm going to give it a shot.
Okay. Can I set it up for you?
Sure.
I'm like, you've wanted me. Okay, you've wanted me. Since the moment I saw you. Since the moment you saw me. Okay. Since the moment you laid eyes. Okay. But I'm married to your brother.
Wow. Okay. So, you gave me that backstory just so I can say your name. Nikki No Chance. Yeah. You've got no chance 'cause I'm married to your brother. Okay. Nikki No Chance Novack.
Okay. Nikki No Chance Novack. Okay, first of all, you are a huge star. You've done Telenovelas before. Now you're on this NBC show with Eva Longoria.
There was so much going on and I'm primarily a musician and singer before an actor. So it wasn't something that I really wanted to do. And then one night, I get a phone call from from Eva which out of the blue and and her and I had we don't talk or anything.
Well, back then. Now you do.
She just now we do. Of course, now we're now we've gotten much closer.
Now you have nicknames for her.
Now we have nicknames for each other exactly. Yeah. She calls me and she's like, look Jen, uh there's a character. He's going to be you know, he's a singer. He's an actor based in Miami. And he's my love interest in the show and I was like, hey girl. That's enough. I'm done. You could have started there. You could have started there. You could have started with that.
So give me a good tip because I'm assuming in your Telenovela career, you've done some kissing. Yeah. What how do you make a good on-screen kiss? Because you can't kiss like you normally kiss, right? Because then your face is are too mashed in. Is that true? Don't you have to extend the lips more?
I had this thing where at first when I'm going to do a scene like that with someone. I just I like to talk to her first and say, hey, look with much respect. Is there something you feel uncomfortable? some
I love it that you talk dirty to her first. I'm like, wait, what? That'll do it. That works.
You imagine. It's like how do you like it baby?
So you work with Pitbull.
I have.
You know what I love that you know what I love about that song is that he says your name in the beginning. He's like, yo, yo. Carlos. Says my name. Yeah. Yeah. I've always wanted Pitbull to shout out. To say your name. Yeah.
Oh, we can we can make that happen.
Should we call him? Yeah. Are you chat with him?
It's my boy.
Um okay, so I have a couple little games for you. Okay. First of all, I want to know did you we're going to play did you ever? Did you ever do this when you were a Telenovela star? Did you ever have these plot lines on you know for your character on any of the shows you did? Okay. Did you ever come back from the dead?
Yes.
You're one for one. Did you ever find out the baby you thought was your baby wasn't your baby?
No.
Did you ever have an evil find out you had an evil You did?
Yes, thank God.
Two for two. Did you ever find out you had an evil twin brother?
No.
Did you ever get taken hostage?
Yes.
I love this. Did you ever ride a horse on the beach with no shirt on?
Yes.
Nice. Had a shirt on. Okay. Was it open flowing? Nice. Did you ever do a scene? A love scene in red satin sheets? I feel that that question is not on there and you just made it up. I want to know that.
It's written on there. I swear it's on my cards.
Okay. All right. What was the question? Did you ever do a love scene in red satin sheets? You seem so excited. You're like, are you kidding me? You ever do a love scene? I saved the best for last. Your eyes were like wide open. They're popping.
I'm popping for the red satin sheets. Like I'm kind of sad if I say no now. Like I kind of want to say yes.
Say yes.
Yeah, sure.
All right. I'm really excited. Okay. And last but not least, I have a challenge for you. I think like I said in the beginning, I should I could do some Telenovela acting. Okay. So I'm going to give us some scenarios and then we're going to do the face or whatever together. Okay. Are you game?
I'm game.
I'm putting you on the spot. But are you game?
Let's do it. I love challenges.
Let's do the end of scene stare. Okay. And I know you got a no over the shoulder situation. Let's do it. Yeah. I'm ready. One. What are you thrown into camera? What type of stare is it though? Are we upset at each other? Are we in love with each other?
Okay. We're upset at each other. We're upset, but we're also in love.
Okay. Oh, both. Okay. One. Wait. Oh, sorry. You have to get into character. I'm going to laugh. I feel like I'm going to laugh. Okay. Okay, are you ready?
Yeah.
All right. One, two, three. I broke. I broke. I broke. I broke. 1 2 3. I don't know. But did I do it?
Okay. That was amazing. Okay. I feel like you were going to like bite me.
Listen, there was a chance. Um, number two. Um, the I'm not going to cry lip quiver. You just did the some you your lip was moving in ways I've never seen a lip move before.
I was born to do the lip quiver.
Can you lip quiver? It is dangerous to date this girl. Because you can I feel like you can fake a cry very well. With that lip quivering? I've never gotten a speeding ticket. I'll put it that way. Look, I I knew it. Okay, lip quiver. Can you do it?
Yeah.
Was it good? Yeah. I never tried. Can we do a fake face slap?
Sure.
It has to be fake. No. You want to smack me? Go ahead. Oh, you want to slap me? Oh, you want me to hate you? I thought you were slapping me. Okay. Yeah. So I'll go this way. You can really deck me though. It's fine. Okay, ready? Okay. How could you cheat on me?
I'm sorry.
You can get a little closer though. Okay. How could you cheat on me? I I did. Did it look real? I'm over here. Okay. Last but not least, we're going to faint. We're going to faint. In a very dramatic way. Okay. And then I guess that's how we're going to take you out of the segment. Thank you for coming in. One, two, three. Bye. Bye.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Jencarlos Canela
Main guest, star of 'Telenovela'
- Nikki Novak
Host of the interview, mentioned by name and role
- Eva Longoria
Co-star in 'Telenovela', called Jencarlos to offer him the role
- Pitbull
Musician, Jencarlos worked with him
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