NEW YORK — Nine years ago, Julio Torres played Miranda Hobbes in a live staging of “Sex and the City.” The production boasted a cast of nearly all gay male comedians, save for one heterosexual woman. Despite performing at an off-Broadway theater, they put on the episode “Escape From New York,” in which Miranda attempts to let loose on a trip to Los Angeles.
The door bursts open to reveal Torres and his three immediate family members, who came to visit for the “Problemista” premiere. His father, also named Julio, and mother, Tita, beam as they say hello and goodbye to the reporter set to interview their son. Torres’s younger sister, Marta, accompanies their parents. Her dark hair is dyed a vibrant hue, a trademark look of her brother’s, as well.
Torres didn’t know any screenwriters growing up but was determined to become one. He lacked the grades and savings to guarantee a future in New York after graduating from his private school in 2005 but decided he would apply to the New School, anyway. He got in. But it took three more years — during which he attended advertising school in El Salvador — and another round of applying to secure a sufficient amount of financial aid.
Torres doesn’t do subtle. He can appreciate when other people look hot in jeans and a T-shirt, but he says he is most comfortable dressing like a Christmas tree. The colorful outfits exude the wacky self-indulgence that comes through in his work, which makes sense: His personal aesthetic has always been part of the shtick.
“I think it was a tax write-off for NBC,” Torres says. He was flown out to Los Angeles as a finalist in 2013 and, though he didn’t win, found a manager who helped him submit packets to TV shows. In 2016, SNL asked him to audition as a cast member, instead. “I show up with glitter on my face,” he explains, “and Lorne Michaels is like, ‘I don’t know about an actor, but maybe he should be a guest writer.’”,” the first of three vignettes to imagine the first lady’s stream of consciousness.
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