What's your character's relationship to Vin Diesel's character?

I play his commander friend. I play the head of the DEA in Mexico. I'm the only friend he has there for the simple reason that the DEA is not allowed to carry guns in Mexico, so I go against my government, against my policy, against everything just because now I realize what has happened to Vin Diesel's character's wife. I'm out to also prove that there is also good authority in Mexico.

Is it tough to walk a line between a good guy and a bad guy?

Yes, absolutely. I played bad guys from “La Bamba” to “Robocop” to “Desperado” to “From Dusk Till Dawn.” You name it, I've been playing bad guys. What you do is you get a little bit of what I've done for so many years and then what it is it's the new feeling of being a good guy now, and you know that you have to break the law - you know that you have to break rules. So how do you do it? You do it in a very nice way but at the same time you are a bad guy. In order to be good, you've got to be bad. [You walk] a little tiny line.

What did you do to research this role?

I had friends in the DEA and I talked to them and they were telling me exactly what to do. It was kind of like a technical advisor-type deal, so that technically I would know what to do. I really did appreciate these friends telling me that.

What's the best advise they gave you?

Never turn your back on anybody.

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