Showing posts with label Juice Ortiz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Juice Ortiz. Show all posts

Monday, 12 November 2012

Sons of Anarchy Actor David LaBrava as Happy

stock photo : LOS ANGELES - SEP 8:  David Labrava arrives at the "Sons of Anarchy" Season 5 Premiere Screening at Village Theater on September 8, 2012 in Westwood, CALet me start by introducing you to the interesting actor who portrays Happy. David LaBrava fits right in to Sons Of Anarchy quite well. Originally hired to be a tech manager, LaBrava ended up behind the camera acting after meeting with Kurt Sutter, the wrtier of Sons of Anarchy. Besides acting, LaBrava often helps with writing the show, he  as also been tattooing for over twenty years and owns his own tattoo shop. He recently created a clothing line which profits contribute to animal rescue, and he has created his own film company. Labrava is perfect for the show as both a contributing writer, tech manager, and actor because he is a five diploma Harley Davidson mechanic and has had cars and bikes he has built feature in magazines. To add to all this, Labrava is also a member of the Hells Angels, so he knows the ins and outs of a real motorcycle 'club'. 

LaBrava's character, nick named Happy, is the Sons executor. Although his name is Happy, he never is. He does hits for the group and takes out rivals when necessary. It is shown through the show that Happy actually enjoys his job and keeps a count of all his hits by getting a smile face tattoo after every hit, hence the nickname Happy. Throughout the seasons we see that nothing disturbs Happy, often times he will be the only one in the group not to cringe in some instances.

Check out this funny video of the cast talking about LaBrava.







If you want to read an interview with David LaBrava click here










Sources:
http://www.fxnetworks.com/soa/cast/happy/
http://www.zimbio.com/Hells+Angels/articles/b3iDA3BFJfZ/David+LaBrava+charged+two+counts+felony+drug
Image; shutterstock.com

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Juice Ortiz of Sons of Anarchy

stock photo : LOS ANGELES - SEP 8:  Theo Rossi arrives at the "Sons of Anarchy" Season 5 Premiere Screening at Village Theater on September 8, 2012 in Westwood, CAPortrayed by Theo Rossi, Juice Ortiz is the 'techy' member of the Sons of Anarchy crew. Often nicknamed Juicey Boy by chibs, Ortiz specializes in hacking and manages the clubhouses many video surveillance's. We often see him giving the Sons of Anarchy crew a heads up when the police are entering their property.
In the first few seasons of Sons of Anarchy Juice Ortiz didn't have the involvement in the group like he does now in later seasons. This is mostly due to the fact that he was one of the newer members of the group and needed to prove his trust and involvement with the rest of the Sons. Juice is so loyal to the group that he often finds himself at conflict. We witness this during season four. Juice was always expressive of his claimed Puerto Rican roots. During this time in season four it is discovered by a cop that Juice's real father is actually African-American. Out to get the Sons, the cop threatens to release this information to the group in hopes to turn Juice into his rat in order to expose the deep dark secrets of the Sons of Anarchy. With all this and other stresses of current happenings and bad deals in season four Juice attempts to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree. This attempt failed due to the tree branch breaking and Chibs shows up and finds Juice flustered. Later, Chibs confronts Juice about his change in attitude. Juice, realising Chibs concern, confides in Chibs and tells him everything. Chibs comforts Juice and assures him that the group would never view him differently and that they all love him.
To see how Juice Ortiz is doing now you need to tune into FX every Tuesday night!

Sources:Sons Of Anarchy DVD's S1-4 August 2009-2012
Image: Shuttstock