Eva Mendes Says Ryan Gosling’s ‘Cuban Papi’ SNL Sketch Was Inspired by Hanging Out with Her Dad: ‘Finally Paid Off’

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  1. > “With Cuban Papi, the thing that was so funny is my dad actually doesn’t speak English and this is like ‘Oh, he speaks a little.’ No, no, no, he doesn’t speak English. He’s been in the country for 50-something years,” Mendes told Fallon.

    > “Anyway, so when Ryan and he hang out, it’s very much like ‘Ah! My baby! Ah! Yeah! Hey! That’s my baby! Bootiful, bootiful,’ ” she went on, impersonating the pair’s communication.

    > “And that’s it. So, after what? 12 years? It finally paid off,” Mendes told the host.

  2. Her role as the comic foil in The Other Guys was one of the funniest things ever… Wahlberg just couldn’t accept she was married to Will Ferrell … comedy gold… she was also fantastic in the Place Beyond the Pines

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