Felix Solis – Ozark

By starrymag | May 17, 2021

By: Jennifer Vintzileos

 

 

Q) What can you share with us about the upcoming season of “Ozark?”

 

A) Obviously, I’m sworn to secrecy and would only spoil anything by giving you details, but what I can tell you is that we’re doing a fourth and final season, comprising of fourteen episodes, broken into two parts. Every character on the show’s storyline will be explored with exciting twists and turns. You won’t be disappointed.

 

Q) How did you prepare to get into the mindset of your character, Omar Navarro?

A) Omar Navarro and I share a similar trait: we both run businesses and are willing to explore all options in order to succeed. I am constantly able to draw on my life’s experiences for the references necessary for any given moment in his story. We are both hard-working men who want to provide for our families.

 

Q) With the events of Season 3’s finale, why do you believe Omar was motivated to take the Byrdes “under his wing?”

A) Sometimes difficult yet required decisions must be made in order to stay on top.

 

Q) In what ways can you relate to Omar Navarro and in what ways do you differ?

A) We are similar in that we have a high regard for truth, honesty, directness and loyalty. It’s funny, I have a hard time finding any differences.

 

Q) Which episode was one of your favorites to film?

A) The entire third season for me was a wonderful journey of collaboration, creativity, spontaneity and hard work that it makes it difficult to choose one episode. Shooting the entire season was my favorite.

 

Q) Tell us about one of your favorite moments on set.

A) Working with the two Bullmastiffs was a joy. They’re the biggest goofballs any actor could ask for as scene partners.

 

Q) As a Nuyorican (Puerto Ricardo raised in New York City), what are some of the biggest challenges you have faced in the entertainment industry and what advice would you give to someone taking a similar path as you?

A) The most difficult thing will always be breaking down the stereotypes and categorization we as Latinos in the industry have unfortunately had to face. My advice would be this: to quote Shakespeare in Act 1. Sc 3 of Hamlet, King Claudius’ chief minister Polonius, while giving his son Laertes his blessing before going abroad, he offers this, “This above all, to thine own self be true.”

 

Q) After “Ozark,” are there any new projects you can tell us about?

A) Yes, I direct our next film through my production company Subway Token Films. We begin principal photography in May.

 

Q) Aside from being in front of the camera you have also directed a few short films. How did being in the director’s chair help you in your acting career?

A) Well, to be clear, I’m an actor first and then a director. And having been so, my aesthetic as a director is based on an emotional, tactile and instinctual foundation, allowing for the importance of the story to be first and foremost.

 

Q) If given the opportunity, who would you love to work with in the future?

A) My earliest memory of anything outside of the real world revolves around a moment “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….”

 

Q) What would you like to say to everyone who are fans and supporters of you and the work you do?

 

A) It all begins with the deepest, most heartfelt explosion of gratitude for everyone who I have been able to, in any small way, entertain. I am an Everydayer who firmly believes that if I have been able to see into my future, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants. And in my storybook, those giants are the fans, both known and unknown, who have supported me along the way.