How Cristo Fernández' Knee Injury Led Him To Ted Lasso

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

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Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Watch the full video interview here: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/youtube/c2m9

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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0:59.0	Turns apply 18 plus please play safely. Everyone was calling me to help them with videos and I become famous in the
1:06.3	university because everyone was like I just called Crystal he acts for free
1:11.5	He likes it and he's good. Say ola to Cristo Fernandez who you may know as the iconic
1:17.0	Danny Rojas from Ted Lasso on Apple TV.
1:19.8	Christo's performance in Ted Lasso is quite memorable.
1:22.8	Not only because of his iconic catchphrase,
1:25.0	Football is life, but because he did all his own stunts on the pitch.
1:28.8	How is he so convincing?
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