The Checkup with Doctor Mike

How Cristo Fernández' Knee Injury Led Him To Ted Lasso

01.05.2024 - By DM Operations Inc.Play

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Cristo Fernandez was a start soccer player in Mexico, well on his way to playing for the national team, when a horrific knee injury sidelined him for the rest of his life... or so he thought. The life-altering injury sent Cristo down a new path, eventually taking him the the UK where he studied acting, and eventually landed himself the role of Danny Rojas on the hit Apple+ series, Ted Lasso. Now Cristo is starring in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and shows no signs of slowing down, knee injury and all.

Follow Cristo here: https://www.instagram.com/cristofernandez.mx/

00:00 Intro

00:55 Acting vs. Futbol

03:22 Knee Injury

07:31 Life Outside Futbol

10:50 Hardest Acting/Futbol Exercises

15:17 Life Advice

16:39 Transformers

18:26 Relationship with Health

19:36 Mexican Food

Executive Producer and Host: Doctor Mike Varshavski

Produced by Dan Owens and Sam Bowers

Art by Caroline Weigum

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