‘At Midnight’ Star Diego Boneta Unpacks Beauty of Mexico in New Rom-Com

*The new romantic comedy “At Midnight” centers the beauty of Mexico at the heart of this bi-cultural tale of lost love, rebound, and romance.

“At Midnight” will debut this week on Paramount+ and we caught up with the film’s star Diego Boneta to dish on the importance of representing in the rom-com space as a Latino actor.

Per the official synopsis: AT MIDNIGHT centers around Alejandro (Diego Boneta, “Father of the Bride”), an ambitious hotel manager, and Sophie (Monica Barbaro, TOP GUN: MAVERICK), a movie star navigating the politics of Hollywood. He’s focused on opening his own boutique hotel. She’s trying to focus on shooting her new superhero film, “Super Society 3,” in hopes of getting her own spinoff, but catches her co-star (and boyfriend!) Adam (Anders Holm, HOW TO BE SINGLE) cheating. Fate strikes when the shoot brings them all to Alejandro’s hotel in Mexico. Despite their radically different lives, Alejandro and Sophie begin to secretly meet At Midnight.

Directed by Johan Feingold, “At Midnight” also stars Casey Thomas Brown (“Father of the Bride”) as Chris, Sophie’s talent manager and old friend; Catherine Cohen (Netflix’s “Catherine Cohen: The Twist … ? She’s Gorgeous”) as Rachel, Sophie’s loyal and free-spirited best friend; Fernando Carsa (“Acapulco”) as Tachi, Alejandro’s best friend and bartender at the hotel; Whitney Cummings (“Good Mourning”) as Margot, a powerful Hollywood agent who represents both Sophie and Adam; and Maya Zapata (“Selena’s Secret”) as Aurelia, the hotel manager and Alejandro’s strict boss.

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EUR’s Ny MaGee spoke exclusively with Feingold about what he’s most excited about fans of the rom-com genre experiencing with his new film. Boneta, meanwhile, touched on the film’s use of Mexico as a character. Check out my 2-part conversation with the pair via the clip below.

“At Midnight’ premieres on Paramount+ on Feb, 10.