Eight-year-old TikToker Brice Gonzalez can now see himself on the big screen.
Gonzalez was cast for Eva Longoria‘s Cheetos origin film Flamin’ Hot in 2021, after rising to fame alongside his late father, Randy Gonzalez, on their shared TikTok account Enkyboys.
Randy, who passed away from colon cancer in January, was the account’s original star, but when he began including Brice, their audience grew exponentially–from 190,000 followers in November 2020 to 500,000 in December. Within nine days of hitting 500,000, they were already at a million, Time reports.
Their videos showed off Brice’s ability to memorize and lip sync lines, and that caught the attention of Flamin’ Hot producer DeVon Franklin. He Dm’d Randy on Instagram, and soon, Brice had his very first Hollywood role.
Flamin’ Hot, now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, tells the story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), who claims to have invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Brice plays Montañez’s son Steven,...
Gonzalez was cast for Eva Longoria‘s Cheetos origin film Flamin’ Hot in 2021, after rising to fame alongside his late father, Randy Gonzalez, on their shared TikTok account Enkyboys.
Randy, who passed away from colon cancer in January, was the account’s original star, but when he began including Brice, their audience grew exponentially–from 190,000 followers in November 2020 to 500,000 in December. Within nine days of hitting 500,000, they were already at a million, Time reports.
Their videos showed off Brice’s ability to memorize and lip sync lines, and that caught the attention of Flamin’ Hot producer DeVon Franklin. He Dm’d Randy on Instagram, and soon, Brice had his very first Hollywood role.
Flamin’ Hot, now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, tells the story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), who claims to have invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Brice plays Montañez’s son Steven,...
- 6/13/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
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