Marcell Ruiz on Who Should Play Him in a Biopic

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Taking inspiration from dark-tinged teen films like ‘Carrie’ and ‘Jennifer’s Body,’ Netflix’s ‘The Body’ (November 11), follows a group of Catholic school girls grappling with spooky visions and a ritual grown awry. Starring an ensemble cast of YA favorites like Sofia Wylie, plus ‘Traitors’ and ‘Bachelorette’ alum Gabby Windey, ‘The Body’ will certainly thrust Marcel Ruiz into the spotlight. The Puerto Rican actor, and member of InStyle’s 2026 Breakthrough List, first came on the scene in the four-season family comedy ‘One Day at a Time,’ and he currently stars in ‘Summer of Three,’ which earned two prestigious awards at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival.

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00:00with performing or acting is the exchange of energies with the audience what's up my name

00:05is marcel ruiz and i'm on in styles 2026 breakthrough list i was in a whole milk commercial

00:12for a whole milk brand in puerto rico called tres monjitas which directly translates to three nuns

00:18performing is quite a scary thought and especially when you're younger i i feel like i have so many

00:23memories of me like curled up in a ball nervous in the hours leading up to an important audition

00:28or or an important like taping session of one day at a time and with performing or acting is the

00:34exchange of energies with the audience chewy they're an awesome young band from puerto rico

00:40that are currently touring with bad bunny they've already had a lot of breakthroughs in the past

00:44couple years but they're they're on the verge my first choice would be oscar isaac and robert pattinson

00:52because i think he can do anything he's like one of the best chameleons of actors out there

00:57i went into the off-white store at the time all of off-white was like designed by virgin lab

01:03law

01:03they had a a hoodie that was a collab with champion and it was purple i still have it interstellar

01:11classic encapsulates the human experience so i feel like i could watch that forever that bunny in

01:16the super bowl undeniable brazilian tiktok dances mixed with world cup highlights frank ocean in the

01:24met gala when he pulled up with like the green robot doll it comes to my mind all the time

01:30first

01:31i'm gonna say sorry to my mom and dad because it wouldn't be them not because they don't deserve it

01:36but because i'm gonna keep the best for last whoever impacted me the most or helped me the most for

01:42that

01:42specific role or project i made my first major booking when i was 12 years old so it was the

01:47other

01:47way around my parents picked me up at school they brought me to my favorite froyo place in the back

01:52of

01:53our car they had like ridden in like this like white chalk or whatever the fact that i had like

01:59gotten this role that i was auditioning for so they broke the the news to me i i wasn't calling

02:04anyone

02:04back then there's no such thing as a as a as a breakthrough i feel like everyone has ups and

02:09downs in their careers acting or performing is an endless pursuit and that's what makes it worthwhile

02:17while

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