Actor Michael Peña and John Leguizamo explore Chicago’s Little Village

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  • Опубликовано: 7 май 2023
  • Chicago has the second largest Mexican population of any U.S. city. Chicago’s La Villita, or Little Village, contains one of the largest Mexican American populations in the midwest. “The Mexicans who settled here came looking for work and ended up creating the second biggest economy in Chicago,” Leguizamo says. Actor Michael Peña, a Chicago native, takes Leguizamo through the neighborhood and beloved family haunts.
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    Actor Michael Peña and John Leguizamo explore Chicago’s Little Village
    #Chicago #LeguizamoDoesAmerica #JohnLeguizamo

Комментарии • 373

  • @Elheffe312
    @Elheffe312 8 месяцев назад +148

    So proud of Peña , never knew he was from little village so happy to see someone representing us in a positive way.

  • @cristianrivas3475
    @cristianrivas3475 8 месяцев назад +237

    Love this guy. Great representation of us first generation Mexicans. We have similar stories

    • @OskieOmega
      @OskieOmega 8 месяцев назад +6

      Same here growing up here in the late 80s

    • @hernandezgg8720
      @hernandezgg8720 8 месяцев назад +6

      First generation chicano, you probably meant to say

    • @hernandezgg8720
      @hernandezgg8720 8 месяцев назад +1

      @Roxy_Penny8889 you're from the country you were born. If you was born into the US, you're not mexican

    • @hernandezgg8720
      @hernandezgg8720 8 месяцев назад +1

      @Roxy_Penny8889 even if your parents are mexicans

    • @chicanoinparadise
      @chicanoinparadise 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@hernandezgg8720lol, no he didn’t. He meant first Generation American.

  • @mickeynewlin
    @mickeynewlin 7 месяцев назад +75

    Puerto Ricans & Mexicans united, I LOVE IT

    • @derekkase7884
      @derekkase7884 7 месяцев назад +12

      John Languizamo is Puerto Rican and Colombian

    • @LocoMenteClaraOne
      @LocoMenteClaraOne 7 месяцев назад +5

      And Colombians
      Viva La Raza

    • @akaiseigo5664
      @akaiseigo5664 7 месяцев назад

      But don't sit them close in a football match.

    • @LocoMenteClaraOne
      @LocoMenteClaraOne 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@akaiseigo5664 Football meaning futbol?
      Not a real issue
      I'd day don't sit them close in a boxing match if and when the opponents are Mexican and Puerto Rican 😂

    • @jesv4026
      @jesv4026 7 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@LocoMenteClaraOneMexican boxers own Puerto Rican boxers

  • @rosariogaytan5852
    @rosariogaytan5852 8 месяцев назад +12

    I had no idea Michael Pena is from Chicago!!! Wow!!! I'm from Brighton Park and totally want to be a chicana in film , I loved you in a million miles away

  • @martinez209
    @martinez209 8 месяцев назад +104

    Thank you Michael Peña for making us Chicanos proud and playing the guy's character I grew uo with in east stockton Jose Hernandez. You did his character justice. 🇲🇽🇺🇲

    • @eg395
      @eg395 7 месяцев назад +6

      I grew up in Little Village, Chicago and I appreciate you coming back to your roots. One thing I was proud of in the movie “Fury”, you asked the new kid where was he from. You asked him if he was from Chicago.
      Thanks for representing Chicago bro!

  • @ILWU4Ever2024
    @ILWU4Ever2024 8 месяцев назад +34

    I’m from Los Angeles and I have family that lives in Chicago. One of the best cities in America! 🤙🏼

    • @user-ix7jp1nu6e
      @user-ix7jp1nu6e 8 месяцев назад

      It was beautiful now is full of scams Venezuela's destroying Chicago 😢

    • @eg395
      @eg395 7 месяцев назад +1

      Im also from Chicago and when I visited LA and I felt so at home.

  • @Danny-fs1hk
    @Danny-fs1hk 8 месяцев назад +40

    Chicago’s own Michael Peña! Stand & Deliver was an excellent film too.

  • @chicanoinparadise
    @chicanoinparadise 7 месяцев назад +42

    I’m also first Generation American. Straight up Chicano. Straight from the Pico Union Killings fields of the 90’s. Most my homies are dead, druggies or locked up. It’s good to see other Chicanos being a good example for our youth. Much love Michael and thanks MSNBC For the upload.

    • @PraiseOnMyLips
      @PraiseOnMyLips 7 месяцев назад

      New sub

    • @David-um4dy
      @David-um4dy 7 месяцев назад +1

      Puro Psycho Realm

    • @dalzvert9206
      @dalzvert9206 10 дней назад +2

      if you from Chicago and from other areas from the Midwest then you’re not Chicano.
      you’re just Hispanic-American of Mexican ancestry, Chicanos are from the Southwestern US.

    • @JulioRodriguez-dn9kf
      @JulioRodriguez-dn9kf 10 дней назад +1

      @@dalzvert9206 I think they’re in denial cause they arent chicano not even in the slightest

  • @MrDinglin2694
    @MrDinglin2694 7 месяцев назад +17

    Mexicans and Colombians always get along
    No doubt 🇲🇽 🇨🇴

    • @raycontreras422
      @raycontreras422 6 месяцев назад

      Leguizamo is PUERTORICAN.

    • @curtisbradley5171
      @curtisbradley5171 2 месяца назад

      Leguizamo is Colombian, he was born in Bogota, grew up with Boricuas in Queens.​@raycontreras422

  • @6demon6gang63
    @6demon6gang63 8 месяцев назад +33

    Was just in little village yesterday getting food and some alcohol and i gotta say as someone who speaks very little spanish but enough to kinda get by, everyone was very supportive and helped me out a lot and there was so much culture there and so many local entrepreneurs and its gotta be one of my favorite areas around chicago by far

  • @Milofchg
    @Milofchg 8 месяцев назад +100

    As a patron of Atotonilco's Chicago Little Village since it opened in 1977 (when I was 6 yrs old) I still go there. It's nice to see the family still kept everything as it should. Great to see some of the older family members (owners wife, sister) remember my family and I when we get a chance to go there. Very little has changed in 46 years in that establishment which is a good thing. This was one of the first Mexican restaurants in Little Village, maybe the first east of Central Park ave for sure back in the 70's. The best tacos Al Pastor in Chicago. The best Horchata's (rice water), and the best ham Tortas outside Mexico City. This place set the standard on how tacos are prepared in Chicago. Most taco establishments try to emulate Atotonilco's.

    • @josemariabaquero8204
      @josemariabaquero8204 7 месяцев назад +2

      Atotonilco taqueria is my favorite taquería in the world. I haven’t found better tasting tacos anywhere, not even in Mexico.

    • @dustywagon298
      @dustywagon298 7 месяцев назад +2

      The Al pastor tacos are world class

    • @josemariabaquero8204
      @josemariabaquero8204 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@dustywagon298 Been to hundreds of taquerias throughout Mexico and I have not found better tasting pastor.

    • @eg8580
      @eg8580 7 месяцев назад

      You should try the adobada/al pastor from TJ.

    • @dustywagon298
      @dustywagon298 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@josemariabaquero8204 fr me too. I go to Mexico every other month for work. Nothing comes close

  • @Robd07
    @Robd07 8 месяцев назад +17

    I love Michael Pena! Awesome actor whose done a lot of roles! 30 seconds or less was real funny!

  • @DannyMartinezMusic
    @DannyMartinezMusic 7 месяцев назад +10

    Love these two guys together. So proud of our Latinidad! So much to be proud of! Felicidades!

  • @jessevalencia9689
    @jessevalencia9689 8 месяцев назад +25

    What a great episode! We need more of these two gentlemen. I’m originally from Joliet and we would go to taqueria Atotonilco on 26th street as a kid with my family.

  • @brianh2176
    @brianh2176 9 месяцев назад +8

    Wow, RUclips.....why isn't this more popular? Why are you hiding this?

    • @treyoftriphorya
      @treyoftriphorya 9 месяцев назад

      Bc he didn’t go to Farragaut and bc he didn’t wanna take a pic a Chuy garcias B**** a**

  • @Nunyabznis
    @Nunyabznis 11 месяцев назад +12

    Had me at Peña then added a Leguizamo? Awesome.

  • @MrLeecho
    @MrLeecho 8 месяцев назад +13

    This was so wonderful to see, what a shame it was not displayed to a major audience.

  • @alejandrogarcia3694
    @alejandrogarcia3694 8 месяцев назад +27

    I love going to Little Village. I have family there and it's nice to be around the Raza. Reminds me of back home at el DF. Barrio Mexicano

  • @sirenloud
    @sirenloud 7 месяцев назад +7

    The chemistry these two guys have I want to see a buddy cop movie comedy

    • @eg395
      @eg395 7 месяцев назад

      A funny cop movie would be awesome.

    • @MegaLBreezy
      @MegaLBreezy 7 месяцев назад

      Pena already did Last of Watch, but put these 2 in something!

  • @MariaHernandez-jd2bi
    @MariaHernandez-jd2bi Год назад +11

    I was raised in Little Village back in the late 60's and early 70's. Worked on 26th street.

  • @orlandovega6958
    @orlandovega6958 7 месяцев назад +19

    My parents were migrants. Grew up on southside chicago. Made it out 11 years ago and now in college and three beautiful kids. Stay strong brothers.

  • @eddieelprimoflores5620
    @eddieelprimoflores5620 8 месяцев назад +20

    Much love to the both of them.there both really good actors and it's nice to see that they came to the barrrio.

  • @mikelopez9817
    @mikelopez9817 7 месяцев назад +7

    Love these two talented gentlemen, would be great to see them in the same movie!

  • @demelom2596
    @demelom2596 7 месяцев назад +1

    I’m just glad that I’m able to understand what they are saying without the subtitles.

  • @wendyalvarado8626
    @wendyalvarado8626 7 месяцев назад +2

    I didn’t knew I needed this collaboration, but I need more! There so funny together 😂

  • @user-wo9jv3rb9u
    @user-wo9jv3rb9u 7 месяцев назад +2

    I did not know Michael pena was from Chicago wow😮

  • @rmarroquin2577
    @rmarroquin2577 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you guys.

  • @thomengel9720
    @thomengel9720 8 месяцев назад +6

    Two of my favorite actors.

  • @lauragarza1432
    @lauragarza1432 Год назад +10

    Love for you both from Pilsen 🧡
    Part 2?!

  • @NoshirtNickJohnson
    @NoshirtNickJohnson 7 месяцев назад +5

    These two need to make a movie together...I love Them! 🎥💯

  • @angelgabriel4642
    @angelgabriel4642 Год назад +15

    I remember when the high school I attended in Massachusetts celebrated the one puertorrican that graduated with honors. I was so disgusted that the counselor was so proud of one! One puertorican where they were hundreds of them.

  • @Splatpope
    @Splatpope Месяц назад

    it's always nice seeing twin brothers spend a nice evening together

  • @kevincreighton594
    @kevincreighton594 7 месяцев назад +2

    Little village is literally one of most dangerous parts of Chicago for Michael Peña to get out of that neighborhood and make it to where he did is resilient and a miracle

  • @bryntookool
    @bryntookool 9 месяцев назад +7

    My two favorite Latino actors

  • @trinicarillo4179
    @trinicarillo4179 8 месяцев назад +9

    It bothers me that they keep saying they went to terrible schools. They should rephrase this as they went to underfunded schools. Super Mexican is also something we need to move away from as well. Being Mexican isn’t levels, he was proud of his culture and exhibited. Much like the Irish and Italian do.

    • @rubilinastudio
      @rubilinastudio 7 месяцев назад +2

      Something that bother me as well is that they keep saying Mexicans dress this way we in fact we all don’t..

  • @slappygilmore7653
    @slappygilmore7653 7 месяцев назад +2

    I love watching these two as actors but seeing them in this one on one interview and seeing them are normal human beings is amazing I'd love to just spend a day with the both of them just once and hear these stories in person

  • @sirenloud
    @sirenloud 7 месяцев назад +2

    Me hizo la boca esa torta

  • @AndreaHernandez-nj8md
    @AndreaHernandez-nj8md 7 месяцев назад +4

    Grandes Actores😊 Felicidades y que Dios los Bendiga🙏

  • @jayzrat
    @jayzrat 8 месяцев назад +3

    Two amazing actors!

  • @blackam41
    @blackam41 7 месяцев назад +2

    Such amazing and beautiful people

  • @jaymartinez8208
    @jaymartinez8208 7 месяцев назад +1

    (Stand And Deliver 1988) Was A Great Movie About The Raza That Inspired Our Youth The Previous Generation And You Could Tell That Michael Peña Inspired The Next Generation Of Raza With The Great Professor And Philosopher In The Film (Walkout 2006) And (Caesar Chavez 2014) Based On True Stories About Raza Overcoming The Struggle. I WILL FOREVER BE THANKFUL FOR FILMS LIKE THAT, THANK YOU! 💪🏽😎

  • @HopeOverComesFear369
    @HopeOverComesFear369 8 месяцев назад +8

    I appreciate seeing this video because i felt outcasted from little village because am Puerto Rican and felt unwelcome in little village because I learned that Puerto Ricans are not well received their but I hope everyone sees this video to see them 2 together makes a statement in many ways .

    • @reneriley8132
      @reneriley8132 8 месяцев назад +3

      I feel you brother, being from Mexican heritage in Humboldt park was rough.
      I’ve Never felt welcomed.
      Never understood why the animosity between Mexican and Puerto Rican.

    • @donatello4041
      @donatello4041 8 месяцев назад +2

      That drama is more prevelant in schools than the hood. From little village i went to Prosser and Sabin Magnet

    • @HopeOverComesFear369
      @HopeOverComesFear369 8 месяцев назад

      just don't understand it h. park didn't show me to hate Mexicans if anything I saw and learned that Mexicans were happy to have friends of P.Rican I had friends growing up Mexican and once I moved their I learn how Mexicans in little village hate us for what .
      @@reneriley8132

    • @HopeOverComesFear369
      @HopeOverComesFear369 8 месяцев назад

      the crazy thing is I never had a reason to hate Mex. my brother is Mex and he died at birth and my sisters are Mex I have family of many decent9if thats the right word to use) both I could believe what I had to intake from little village sideways hate I aint down with that.
      @@donatello4041

    • @lotusgrl444
      @lotusgrl444 7 месяцев назад +1

      Isnt he Colombian!? Nonetheless, when I was in 7th/8th grade, I had curly hair, this was back in the 90s and as a Mexican I hated when ppl would say I looked puerto rican bc of my curls..it was silly but there was real beef back then between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans..now I love me some jibaritos and even visited La Isla Del Encanto!!

  • @maymoon8851
    @maymoon8851 7 месяцев назад +2

    Wait nooo I need more 😢😂😂😂

  • @jessiechairez914
    @jessiechairez914 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wow!!! I did not know Michael Pena was from Little Village. I love Michael even more now!!!

  • @mponce661
    @mponce661 7 месяцев назад +2

    John LeguizaMo really asking, “what’s creama ?”, is comical

  • @rockyroadsundays4560
    @rockyroadsundays4560 7 месяцев назад +1

    These two are great actors and have always reminded me of each other!

  • @user-xb2pk4lt9b
    @user-xb2pk4lt9b 7 месяцев назад +1

    Two of my favorite actors

  • @user-xr7ld2zx1m
    @user-xr7ld2zx1m 8 месяцев назад +4

    ❤ una película juntos 😊

  • @samuelcorona9214
    @samuelcorona9214 7 месяцев назад +2

    I wana see them both in a movie now

  • @on1-4life
    @on1-4life 8 месяцев назад +1

    2 of my favorite actors 😮

  • @d1zturbed221
    @d1zturbed221 7 месяцев назад +1

    My two favorite human beings on earth. God bless your energies.

  • @lucio.martinez
    @lucio.martinez 2 месяца назад

    Uff, qué padre!
    Yo soy mexicano, en el USA, desde guachito. Conozco estas dos culturas, el colombo-boricua y el chicano mexicano.
    Yo soy pocho, nacido mexicano, con cultura algo chicana, pero más mexicana.
    I remember el Leguizamo from, "Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar", y "Mambo Mouth".
    Saludos from Florida y'all!
    🇲🇽🇺🇸

    • @dalzvert9206
      @dalzvert9206 10 дней назад +3

      Michael Peña isnt Chicano because he isnt from the Southwestern US, hes Hispanic-American of Mexican origins from the Midwest all the while John Leguizamo is Hispanic of Colombian origins from Latin America and he has no Puerto Rican origins

    • @charlesxavier9485
      @charlesxavier9485 10 дней назад +1

      @@dalzvert9206 real 💯

  • @DCnativeArtist
    @DCnativeArtist 7 месяцев назад +6

    John Leguizamo had me dying laughing 😂

  • @shhhhhh2777
    @shhhhhh2777 3 месяца назад

    I love Michael he is my favorite comedian ❤. I wish he was in more movies lol 😂

  • @michaelking9963
    @michaelking9963 8 месяцев назад +4

    Little village is a dangerous place when your black…when I was a child living in the suburbs of Chicago…there was areas where it was only Mexican…I was told not to go there…But I did ..first food I ever had was a torta ..then the candy..and stuff from the bakery…it was different on that side …they had there own business and they was circulating there money…when I got older I went to that side and Latin Kings …hated me and I was lucky god was with me…My girlfriend is from Mexico City I met her in California…we moved back to the Midwest…The culture is a beautiful thing ..I wish we all could unite …But on this side or anywhere it will never happen

  • @patriotacienxciento1083
    @patriotacienxciento1083 7 месяцев назад +1

    Man .. that store it's nice..

  • @MrEarthquake213
    @MrEarthquake213 8 месяцев назад +4

    Yes very true about family. My friend is white. He trips out on how my Mexican family is close & that we are always together. He says he doesn’t have that in his family. Yet he loves hanging out with us.

  • @zackketz
    @zackketz 7 месяцев назад +1

    Pena is top tier and criminally under utilized.

  • @smjjm
    @smjjm 7 месяцев назад +2

    John Leguizamo looking like Chalino Sánchez

  • @eliassalcedo5229
    @eliassalcedo5229 7 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent video, bring some more.

  • @treyoftriphorya
    @treyoftriphorya 9 месяцев назад +2

    It was cool seeing him there

  • @TheAvargas687
    @TheAvargas687 8 месяцев назад +1

    Huge fan of this dude , grate actor mr, peña is us up on the screen

  • @Sunshinegal317
    @Sunshinegal317 8 месяцев назад +1

    I love this video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @MariaHernandez-jd2bi
    @MariaHernandez-jd2bi Год назад +6

    Back then there was Goldblatt's and a Woolworth on Pulaski.

  • @cassie1dueces
    @cassie1dueces 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love this 2 one of my faves arriba nuestra gente

  • @stevenvia2452
    @stevenvia2452 7 месяцев назад +1

    These 2 dudes need a show on tv

  • @bobtorres7949
    @bobtorres7949 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wait holdnon Michael John's been here for many films & shows

  • @talisha5863
    @talisha5863 7 месяцев назад

    Absolutely love this duo💕

  • @breej69
    @breej69 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love both of these actors!

  • @curlyvseedstar2108
    @curlyvseedstar2108 7 месяцев назад

    Love them! Great underrated actots🎉

  • @rickroser59
    @rickroser59 7 месяцев назад

    Both are great actor's , and should be in more movies together

  • @2800sawyer
    @2800sawyer Год назад +2

    That's the spot right there amo lil village

  • @romeog5579
    @romeog5579 8 месяцев назад +3

    It’s Benny from the Bronx

  • @user-nc6sf7yt2h
    @user-nc6sf7yt2h 7 месяцев назад +1

    Familia primero ,God bless 🙏

  • @logogonzalez6083
    @logogonzalez6083 7 месяцев назад +1

    Aqui te nemos 2 primeros actores Latinos DOS grandes' de Verdad

  • @GodisKing1219
    @GodisKing1219 7 месяцев назад +1

    Best actors!

  • @rubensalais1502
    @rubensalais1502 6 месяцев назад

    I heard this two orgullos de nuestra cultura and make me feel really proud of my heritage, keep it up guys

  • @user-ug7sz6eq7b
    @user-ug7sz6eq7b 8 месяцев назад +8

    Cabron michael siente te orgulloso de ser mexicano brown pride vato

  • @JohnDoe-cd6ro
    @JohnDoe-cd6ro 7 месяцев назад +1

    HAVING SUPPORTIVE PARENTS IS ESSENTIAL!

  • @Goldone99
    @Goldone99 11 месяцев назад +2

    This Guy reminds you of one of your favorite Uncles

  • @eddievenuto1862
    @eddievenuto1862 7 месяцев назад +1

    Those two guys great

  • @jessecantu5130
    @jessecantu5130 2 месяца назад

    These are some real brothers right here 👍👍por Vida

  • @Quietbear7
    @Quietbear7 8 месяцев назад +1

    We need an action movie with Michael and John
    Stay tuned you'll never know 😮

  • @carlosmartoral6268
    @carlosmartoral6268 7 месяцев назад

    My Favorite actors and entertainers!

  • @nolames9084
    @nolames9084 7 месяцев назад

    2 of my favorite actors.....

  • @JoseGonzalez-zo2zn
    @JoseGonzalez-zo2zn 8 месяцев назад +1

    Oh gosh 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

  • @jarrodlewis123
    @jarrodlewis123 7 месяцев назад

    Love both these guys!😊

  • @jtjtrs8806
    @jtjtrs8806 3 месяца назад

    Michael man your representing in a mayor way for mexican americans , please keep on doing it !!

  • @kobralockhart3908
    @kobralockhart3908 7 месяцев назад

    Michael Pena IS THAT GUY!!! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

  • @briancantu144
    @briancantu144 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wheres the part.2 to this if any.?

  • @ozziev3966
    @ozziev3966 7 месяцев назад +1

    Bro what!? John looked fkn dope haha been a big fan of his since i was a kid ❤ now he dressing like us thats crazy 🤣🤠

  • @jimboh4311
    @jimboh4311 7 месяцев назад +1

    Atotonilco Restaurant ..Wow 😮

  • @melanieguzman4184
    @melanieguzman4184 7 месяцев назад

    A million miles away. Oscar winning movie, all around dead on.

  • @miagy5088
    @miagy5088 7 месяцев назад +1

    I did the same thing I moved 3 of my 4 sons to better schools out of the hood big difference.

  • @desareereynoso1005
    @desareereynoso1005 7 месяцев назад

    These two make me proud!!

  • @casksj356
    @casksj356 7 месяцев назад +1

    They’re at Atotonilco! Best tacos Al Pastor in the city! My family’s been going there since the 90s. :D

  • @tarango1986
    @tarango1986 9 месяцев назад +2

    Where's the second part

  • @Robertjgamer
    @Robertjgamer Месяц назад

    I loveee michael peña❤

  • @chanisamor8701
    @chanisamor8701 7 месяцев назад

    That’s my hood all the way! I’m from Chicago and that taco place they eat, I lived a block away. Aww 🥰 good time for sure. Chi-town baby!!!

  • @RogerLoera
    @RogerLoera 7 месяцев назад +1

    Pena, you blend perfect now,lol!!