He auditioned for the film "Blow" to play "Cesar" Penelope Cruz's
boyfriend, but Dir. Ted Demme thought he looked too much like Johnny
Depp. However, Jorge's strong audition inspired Demme to feature him as
"Alessandro's guy".
He starred in the West Coast premier of the play "Class Enemy" (by
Nigel Williams). At the end of the season, he received a gift from a
fellow cast member, a t-shirt from the movie "Desperado". He wished
Jorge well and hoped to see him work some day with the actor on the
t-shirt (Antonio Banderas). Years later, Dir. Bruce Beresford was in
Mexico and he cast Jorge as the brother of Antonio Banderas in the HBO
film "And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself".
He was in Los Angeles working in the play "Class Enemy" when he was
invited to an open call for non-union actors. They were casting an
Apple Computer commercial and within the union actors, they couldn't
find anyone to play Leonardo Da Vinci. After auditioning for the
producers and Dir. Kirk Wong, he was cast in the coveted role, and
Jorge became a SAG member.
In Mexico, for good luck, when an actor begins his career, he asks an
established actor for a kick in the pants. Since "Blow" was Jorge's
crossover debut, he asked Johnny Depp to kick him in the pants.