by Antonio Mejia-Renta
Latina Online
November 1999

Wilson Cruz's career hasn't stopped since he played the troubled, gay teenager on the TV drama My So Called Life. On his way to his current TV role -as Victor, the nanny on Fox's Party of Five- he did a one year stint on the Broadway musical Rent and played a heroic computer engineer on the sci-fi big screen thriller Super Nova, opening in January.

Latina caught up with the soon to be 26-year-old actor at Los Angeles' Café Espresso Mi Cultura, where he chatted about roles, Puerto Rican food, and heaven.

L: Some groups have called for Latinos to stop watching TV.
C: You know, I can't sit here and say that I completely disagree. At the same time, I want people to see me and the work I'm trying to do on Party of Five.

L: You don't do the Hollywood premieres?
C: If I have a friend in the movie. I went to the premiere of Mod Squad because Clare [Danes] was in it. I'll go to support the people I know and love.

L: What's your idea of a romantic date?
C: I think the nicest romantic thing is having a nice little dinner at home with my boyfriend, watching TV, and just cuddling in the couch.

L: Favorite song, and or artist?
C: There's a song by José Feliciano that [makes me] cry. "Un pedacito de cielo," I think it¹s what it's called. I know that's what it says in the song. I love José Feliciano.

L: Do you cook?
C: Not as much as I would like to. My boyfriend cooks, he's Puerto Rican, so we get all the good stuff. I make a mean white rice [laughs] which is the Puerto Rican version of the salad.

L: Do you believe in heaven?
C: Yes.

L: Do you believe in anything else?
C: I don't believe in hell. I believe in heaven. I believe that we are God, collectively.