Modern Family angelic kid Rico Rodriguez, 24, transforms his look with long hair and a beard
Modern Family star Rico Rodriguez looked grown up while attending the premiere of Shazam! Fury of the Gods in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old actor, who rose to fame as angelic child star Manny Delgado on the hit ABC series, showed off his more mature look as he sported longer, curlier hair and sported a beard for the event.
Rodriguez showed off her fresh style in a black and white letter jacket, a pair of black jeans, and olive-hued sneakers.
The Texas-born artist accessorized the outfit with a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a silver chain.
The star-studded Shazam! The Fury of the Gods premiere also featured appearances by Helen Mirren, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, and Meagan Good, among other stars.
Grown-up: Modern Family star Rico Rodriguez, 24, looked like a grown-up at the premiere of Shazam! Fury of the Gods in Los Angeles; (Right) Pictured as Manny in a still from Modern Family
2019’s Shazam sequel is the first of four DCEU movies hitting theaters March 17, followed by The Flash (June 16), Blue Bettle (August 18) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (August 25). December).
Late last month, Warner Bros. released the new trailer for Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which showed new action-packed footage.
Zachary Levi returns as the lead character: the adult superhero Billy Batson (Asher Angel) becomes after being granted incredible powers by a wizard (Djimon Hounsou) in 2019’s original Shazam.
Rodríguez became part of the cast of Modern Family when he was only 10 years old.
He played a sweet and intelligent boy with a great sense of humor, who was overprotective of his mother.
The sitcom chronicled the daily lives of three linked family units, which were very different from each other.
Modern Family aired for 11 seasons, 250 episodes, over 10 years, from 2009 to 2020 with Rico playing the son of Gloria Delgado Pritchett (Sofia Vergara) and the stepson of Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill).
The show also starred Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Sarah Hyland, Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Ariel Winter, among others.
New look: The actor, who rose to fame as angelic child star Manny Delgado on the hit ABC series, sported longer, curlier hair and sported a beard for the event
Handsome: The Texas-born star accessorized his look with a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a silver chain
Cool boy: Rodriguez showed off his cool style in a black and white letter jacket, a pair of black jeans and olive-toned sneakers
Despite his young age, Modern Family was not the actor’s first role.
She had previously had small roles in My Name is Earl, Nip/Tuck, ER and NCIS, after following her sister Raini into acting.
Ahead of the show’s final season, he shared how hard it would be to say goodbye to his on-screen family.
‘That’s going to be hard. I’ve been on this show for 11 amazing years and this is my family,” she said. hollywoodlife.
“They’re my second family, so I know once we’re done in March, I’ll think we’ll come back and start in July.”
“It’s going to be weird when that time of year comes around and we know we’re not going to get together to start filming again.” It’s definitely going to be weird and an adjustment period.
After the show ended, he had the opportunity to meet Sofia Vergara during a special appearance on America’s Got Talent, where she is a judge.
He treats me like one of his children. She is definitely like my second mother,” she said of the meeting.
Child Star: Rodriguez, who played the son of Gloria Pritchett (Sofia Vergara) and the stepson of Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill), became part of the cast of Modern Family at just 10 years old; Pictured with Vergara in a promotional photo from 2009
Fan Favorite: The show ran for 11 seasons, from 2009 to 2020; Rodriguez pictured with Jeremy Maguire, Vergara and O’Neill in a promotional photo