Andy Garcia, so you're no Italian!

"So are you fluent in Italian now?" asked my friend as he knows I may be travelling to Rome for business. Speaking of Italians I would never slip mentioning my interest toward Andy Garcia, the Hollywood star whom I loved watching his movie in When a man loves a woman with Maggie Ryan. A breif moment later a message came back, "He's not even Italian. He's Cuban!" Are you saying that I couldn't even tell them apart? I felt a little accused.

"You googled, didn't you?!"
"I did not."
"Yes you did!"
"You need to
go Italy to see what real Italians are like."

So really [reale, davvero, infatti!] Andy Garcia is no Italian. He was born in Havana and left for Miami when he was five years old, no trace of Italian at all, has not lived in Italy or anywhere Italian. So what was he doing in God Father then?

Yes, just an actor. An actor who did a fine job of being an Italian was what a well performed artist could do. So Google can't be wrong. I was dumbfounded and felt a little betrayed. I scrolled up my instant messenger trying to find comfort that someone could have been as mistaken as me for the past decade. Yes, I did find my comfort.

Not going to claim I like Italians anymore, I like Cubans!