{"id":64360,"date":"2025-04-17T21:34:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T02:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=64360"},"modified":"2025-04-17T21:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T02:38:53","slug":"rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/rodriguez\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Rico Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>TV Interview!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64363\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rodriguez.png\" alt=\"Rico Rodriguez of the animated movie &quot;Sneaks,&quot; out in theaters April 28, 2025.\" width=\"178\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview with Rico Rodriguez of the movie &#8220;Sneaks&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 4\/14\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed this fun animated movie, and it was great to speak to Rico, who plays the sneaker name &#8220;Ice&#8221; in one memorable segment. You may remember that Rico played young Manny on &#8220;Modern Family,&#8221; where he grew up before our eyes.\u00a0 Sneakers (AKA tennis shoes, kicks, gym shoes, running shoes, etc.) have been very popular (particularly in the black community) with the advent of hip-hop music and celebrity endorsements by Michael Jordan and others, since the late 80s.\u00a0 This movie taps into those emotions and culture with its wonderful story and music. I think everyone should enjoy it because it has clever dialogue and well-crafted characters. It also boasts an all-star cast, including Anthony Mackie, Martin Lawrence, Laurence Fishburne, Keith David, Chloe Bailey and Macy Gray. It premieres tomorrow, April 18th in theaters nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Interview with Rico Rodriguez of the movie &quot;Sneaks&quot; by Suzanne 4\/14\/25\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s4DyvOcod9M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64364 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sneakskeyart.png\" alt=\"&quot;Sneaks&quot; key art\" width=\"164\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sneakskeyart.png 274w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sneakskeyart-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/>MORE INFO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sneaksthefilm.com\/\">Official Site<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OqAXtj1LQZE?si=DgPxJxaglBRFxWfR\">Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featuring New Music from Grammy Winner Mustard<\/p>\n<p>Starring Anthony Mackie, Martin Lawrence, Swae Lee,\u00a0Chloe Bailey, Macy Gray, Roddy Rich, Ella Mai, Quavo\u00a0with Keith David, Chris Paul, and Laurence Fishburne<\/p>\n<p>Additional Cast Include Young Miko, Amirah Hall, Kiana Led\u00e9, Bobbito Garcia, Sam Jay, Jonathan Kite, Amari McCoy, Donovan Louise Bazemore, Sky Brown, Rayssa Leal, Rico Rodriguez, Will McCormack, Michael Govier, Andrew Hawkins<\/p>\n<p>______________________________<wbr \/>______________________________<wbr \/>________________<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Synopsis:\u00a0<span class=\"il\">SNEAKS<\/span>\u00a0follows the adventures of Ty, a misguided designer sneaker who doesn\u2019t know life outside the comforts of his velvet-lined shoe box. After his sister is stolen by a shady collector, Ty must venture into NYC to find and rescue her. In his adventure, Ty meets a rag-tag group of footwear friends from all walks of life who help him find the courage to step outside of his shoe box and find his \u201csole-mate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Genre: Family\/Animation<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Directed by: Rob Edwards and Chris Jenkins<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Written by:\u00a0Rob Edwards<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Cast:\u00a0Anthony Mackie, Martin Lawrence, Swae Lee, Chloe Bailey, Macy Gray, Ella Mai, Mustard, Roddy Rich, Quavo, Young Miko, Amirah Hall, Kiana Led\u00e9, Bobbito Garcia, Sam Jay, Jonathan Kite, Amari McCoy, Donovan Louise Bazemore, Sky Brown Rayssa Leal, Rico Rodriguez, Will McCormack, Michael Govier, Andrew Hawkins with Keith David, Chris Paul, and Laurence Fishburne<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Produced by:\u00a0Len Hartman, Gil Cloyd, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland, Robyn Klein, Jeremy Ross, Meko Yohannes<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64362 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/greylawrencerodriguez.png\" alt=\"Macy Gray, Martin Lawrence and Rico Rodriguez of the movie &quot;Sneaks&quot; (photo from Rodriguez's Instagram)\" width=\"212\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/greylawrencerodriguez.png 328w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/greylawrencerodriguez-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Executive Music Producer:\u00a0Mustard<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Distributed by:\u00a0Briarcliff Entertainment<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Release Date:\u00a0April 18, 2025 in theaters nationwide<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">MPA Rating:\u00a0PG<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Rico Rodriguez<\/b> (born July 31, 1998) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Manny Delgado\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manny_Delgado\">Manny Delgado<\/a> on the <a title=\"American Broadcasting Company\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Broadcasting_Company\">ABC<\/a> sitcom <i><a title=\"Modern Family\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Modern_Family\">Modern Family<\/a><\/i> (2009\u20132020). He received several <a title=\"Screen Actors Guild Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards\">Screen Actors Guild Awards<\/a> for his performance. He has also appeared in numerous other television shows and movies\u2014both as himself and other characters\u2014before, during, and after the show&#8217;s run, such as <i><a title=\"Epic Movie\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epic_Movie\">Epic Movie<\/a><\/i>, <i><a title=\"Endgame (2015 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Endgame_(2015_film)\">Endgame<\/a><\/i>, <i><a title=\"El Americano: The Movie\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Americano:_The_Movie\">El Americano: The Movie<\/a><\/i>, and <a title=\"Nickelodeon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nickelodeon\">Nickelodeon<\/a>&#8216;s <i><a title=\"The Substitute (American TV program)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Substitute_(American_TV_program)\">The Substitute<\/a><\/i> and <i><a title=\"Nickelodeon's Unfiltered\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nickelodeon%27s_Unfiltered\">Unfiltered<\/a><\/i>. 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You may remember that Rico played young Manny on &#8220;Modern Family,&#8221; where he grew up before our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[98,620,425,2310,2311,2309],"class_list":["post-64360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-animated","tag-film","tag-movie","tag-rico-rodriguez","tag-sneakers","tag-sneaks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64360"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64369,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64360\/revisions\/64369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}