On October 6, Maurice Benard posted a video on his Instagram account to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month, which celebrates and honors Hispanic and Latino cultures from September 15 to October 15. In the reel, he explained his heritage and joked about why everyone assumes he’s Italian like Sonny. “I am full-blooded Spanish,” he shared. “Nobody really knows that because I’ve been playing an Italian gangster for about 30 years.”
This video is not the first time Benard’s commented on his heritage and how it clashes with Sonny’s Italian persona. In an interview with Soaps She Knows, Benard joked about not knowing what Sonny’s ethnicity was when he debuted as the character, and how he fell into playing up his Italian roots.
“When I first started playing Sonny, I didn’t know if he was half-Greek or half-Cuban or what, I just played him Italian and now everybody thinks he’s Italian,” he told the outlet.
Post source: The List
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