Damian Chapa

What is? Ratliff.

Remember Ratliff played by Damien Chapa?

Was he the bad guy? He was, yeah.

With that name, yeah.

According to De Souza, the film was weeks away, and two key male leads, Ken and Ryu, were still undecided.

Damian Chapa, who'd play Ken, initially turned down the role.

Fresh off the gritty crime drama Blood In Blood Out, the actor wanted to take more serious roles, like Al Pacino, one of his lifelong inspirations.

Chapa remembers his son's reaction.

[upbeat music] A star on Earth.

The cast met for the first time at an al fresco dinner along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, and it clicked, netting that euphoria that often hovers over beautiful, young, freshly rich people.

At some point in the meal, a herd of assistants beckoned a frail man to the table, seating the figure across from Byron Mann and Damian Chapa.

Neither young actor recognized the mysterious figure as Raul Julia.

He's the one who's, uh-

Damian Chapa I think

...

Ry- he, I think he's Ryback's, Ryback's, um, comedy-

Miklo is the main character of this movie.

So his name is Niclo in the movie, and the actor is called Damien Chapa.

He ended up being in jail.

So I took him out.

This is

the actor that played Chapo?

Yeah, yeah, Damien Chapa, yeah.

Yeah, very good.

Yeah.

Oh, Saints and Sinners is Scott Plank, Scott Plank and Damian Chapa.

And I, you know, this is the movie Saints and Sinners is a lesson for any actor or somebody who, like me, I had, I don't know, it was like a therapist, psychic, shaman kind of person who pointed out to me that Scott Plank could not wait to get his starring role, you know?

Mm-hmm.