ICYMI: Last week, I had the most incredible conversation with @ActuallyRafa, where we spoke openly about his early days as an actor, his first series regular role as a police officer on #911LoneStar and his newfound activism on social media.

Read more: https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33441711/911-lone-star-season-2-rafael-silva-interview/

The response to this piece in the last few days has been absolutely amazing & I’m just really grateful that I was able to tell a small part of Rafa’s story.

With Rafa’s permission, I will be posting a few extra quotes from our interview, so please keep reading this thread...

Just an FYI:
• Most of the quotes in this thread were cut at some point during the editing process, so they can be considered an extension of the themes discussed in the piece.
• If you plan to use these quotes anywhere, please credit both myself and @digitalspy.

In his junior year of high school, Silva says that his fear of public speaking came to a head, as he remembers involuntarily sweating & losing his voice while giving a presentation on Maya Angelou in history class. In order to face his fear, he signed up for a play at his school.

Rafael Silva on working with Ronen Rubinstein: “[Our chemistry read] felt like a conversation—it just flowed, it was fun and it just made sense. I love acting with him and I think this was established completely accidentally or not from the audition.” #Tarlos #911LoneStar

A day after completing his screen test for #911LoneStar, which he thought he had blown, Silva was watching a movie at a local cinema in California when he received a call from his agent and his manager.

Fearing the worst, he received some news that would change his life forever.

. @ActuallyRafa: “I’m very close to my mom & she is somebody I’ve always watched throughout my life. She’s the type of person that if a thought comes up, she gathers her things & goes to do it. So growing up, watching somebody like that, I took it upon myself to mirror her.”

Finally, I asked @ActuallyRafa if he had a message for his fans, who have remained extremely supportive throughout the entire process of shooting and airing #911LoneStar.

Here was his response:

To end this thread, I will leave you with a video of @ActuallyRafa dancing from last night (with an awesome t-shirt).

Thank you for reading!