Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Happy-go-lucky, scatterbrained, and a beanie-wearing sweetheart, Todd Chavez isBoJack Horsemans most buoyant character.
Is Todd a Latino character?
The most undeniable clue, of course, is Todds last name: Chavez.
He had a good energy, and something about his spirit felt Todd-appropriate.
I didnt even realize that my friend in middle school was Latino.
But there might be a better way to move forward.
The only thing they told me was that Todd was not your typicalstoner-typeguy.
Todd is just straight-up full of mystery, Paul added.
We will continue to find out more and more about Todds past as the series goes on.
Todd might also just be a white-passing Latino.
Those Latinos exist in the United States.
I identify with Todd in that sense because I dont look like the cliched Latino we often see onscreen.
The reactions from the asexual community have beengenerally encouraging.
I love that Todd can somewhat be a voice to the asexual community, wrote Paul.
We didnt do it in a way that feels shoehorned in.
Bob-Waksberg then recruited Eva Longoria and John Leguizamo to portray Yolandas parents.
I have to give her a lot of credit for that.
Thats actually a great example of how diversity begets diversity a lot of times, Bob-Waksberg said.
We would draw on that experience more if we were to tell more of Todds story, he said.
We want to get it right.
Ultimately, there is no master plan for what comes next in Todds wacky journey.
In truth, Bob-Waksberg says, he is constantly discovering things about all the characters and adjusting accordingly.
Todd is in many ways a living, breathing thing.
I dont want to dissuade our Latino audience from seeing themselves in him in any way, he said.
