Juan Pablo Raba and Teresa Ruiz are in the new film The Marksman. A story about compassion.
The Synopsis
Hardened Arizona rancher Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson, ‘Taken’) simply wants to be left alone as he fends off eviction notices and tries to make a living on an isolated stretch of borderland. But everything changes when Hanson, an ex-Marine sharpshooter, witnesses 11-year-old migrant Miguel (Jacob Perez, ‘Papa Bear’) fleeing with his mother Rosa (Teresa Ruiz, ‘Narcos: Mexico’) from drug cartel assassins led by the ruthless Mauricio (Juan Pablo Raba, ‘Peppermint’). After being caught in a shoot-out, a dying Rosa begs Jim to take her son to safety to her family in Chicago. Defying his cop daughter Sarah (Katheryn Winnick, ‘Vikings’), Jim sneaks Miguel out of the local U.S. Customs and Border Patrol station and together, they hit the road with the group of killers in pursuit. Jim and Miguel slowly begin to overcome their differences and begin to forge an unlikely friendship, while Mauricio and his fellow assassins blaze a cold-blooded trail, hot on their heels. When they finally meet on a Midwestern farm, a fight to the death ensues as Jim uses his military skills and code of honor to defend the boy he’s come to love.
Teresa Ruiz is a Mexican actress that has won several International awards for the 2010 film Viaje Redondo. Ruiz made her International debut playing the Mexican drug cartel leader Sandra Avila Beltrán “The Queen Of Cocaine” on the Netflix series Narco: Mexico. She has made several television appearances that include the TNT hit series The Last Ship and Days of Our Lives. She is currently filming the anticipated second season of the Netflix Luis Miguel: The Series.
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Juan Pablo Raba is a Colombian actor. In Bogota he initiated his career as a model, then went on to acting at the Colombian TV channel Caracol. Eventually he transferred to the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. As soon as he started auditioning, his career in Latin American and the US began. He has been seen in films like The 33, Shot Caller and Peppermint. Internationally he is known for playing Pablo Escobar’s business partner Gustavo Gaviria in the Netflix series Narcos. Currently he can be seen in the new CBS series Coyote.
I had the opportunity to connect with Juan Pablo Raba and Teresa Ruiz via Zoom to talk about their participation in The Marksman. They both spoke about their character and their experience working with the admirable actor Liam Neeson. In addition, Raba shared a little info about a change from the original script and his reason for hesitating playing this role.
You can follow Jan Pablo Raba on Instagram and Twitter and Teresa Ruiz on Instagram
The Marksman can be seen in theaters today!
Source: LRM Online Exclusive, Briarcliff Entertainment
