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/

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...
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.
• 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.
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:
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!
Thank you for reading!

