I've been in all kinds of roles over the last thirty years but I'm usually cast as a hot head guy or a rival to whoever the hero may be. Joe: Do you feel like you get cast in these hothead roles like Rufio and Zuko?ĭante Basco: To a degree, you know. And then the newer generation that knows me as Prince Zuko is kind of a phenomenon that happened 15 years later, so honestly it's kind of even depending on where I'm at and the generation of people that I'm around. So I can get into Bangarang chats any day of the week and I think a lot of people recognize me as Rufio, as a "90's baby". I think for my whole life I've been "Rufio" to the world at large longer than I haven't been. Which would you say you get recognized for more, Rufio or Prince Zuko?ĭante Basco: Thanks man. Joe: And your hard work definitely paid off. And you know, with Dustin Hoffman being one of the greats, I would just come to set on my days off in order to study and watch the greats work. So many things were going on and I was there watching. and Close Encounters and so many things, especially with Robin Williams. Joe: Sure, and speaking of greats, what was it like to act under Steven Speilberg at such a young age?ĭante Basco: Yeah, I mean, again, I was very fortunate to be amongst some of the literal legends and gods of our industry and I didn't take it lightly you know? I was fifteen at the time and I had been studying since I was ten so I knew who all of those people were and I was a huge fan of things like E.T. I think people will be pretty excited about it. Joe: That's awesome man, everyone loves Rufio!ĭante Basco: Yeah man, if we can get that off the ground, that'll be awesome. He grew up with Hook and it's one of his favorite films so we met at a club in Los Angelos and he pitched me the full short and I said let's collaborate and do it! So we raised some money for it and it actually went viral so now there are some things in the works for the development and finishing a Rufio origin story. Can you tell me a little bit about that?ĭante Basco: Oh yeah! I was approached by some filmmakers, Jonah Feingold, who is a USC Grad with his production team. Joe: I was chatting with my friend Noah, and he had told me a little bit about a short film you had done called Bangarang which is a prequel for Rufio. Give it a look below and don't forget to listen to the full audio interview after at the end. We were recently able to speak with Basco on Comic Book Movie about his role on the Twitch series and his Hook spin-off Bangarang. In the film, he and Robin Williams share many scenes as they compete to see who will continue to lead the lost boys against the tyranny of Captain Hook.īeing one of his first movies, Basco stole the show with his performance and has since led a prosperous career as both a live-action and voice actor, lending his voice to Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender and A Goofy Movie and most recently in live-action with the Twitch series, Artificial: Remote Intelligence. However, one of the star out performances of the film, which has been on par in iconography with William's Pan and Hoffman's Hook, has been then-newcomer Dante Basco's role as leader of the lost boys Rufio. Steven Spielberg's Hook is widely considered to be one of his best works and, for many, is the only true sequel to Peter Pan. Among other allocated, it has potentially even been one of Robin William's best performances of his career, playing the high flying hero Peter Pan.
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