Diego Luna doesn’t consider himself a Method actor. But in order to play the role of Andy, the plastic surgery and Botox-obsessed boxing manager in Hulu’s La Máquina,” the Andor star felt like he had no other choice. “I’m not intense in that way,” he tells Gold Derby. “This was just the way I had to do it, because it was a very difficult character to turn on and off. So yeah, I had to be him. I enjoyed it a lot , but I was really tired by the end to be fair.” With Luna earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best TV Supporting Actor, the effort seems to have paid off.

La Máquina, Hulu’s first foray into Spanish-language programming, reunites Luna with his Y tu mamá también co-star Gael García Bernal, who plays an aging boxer managed by Luna’s Andy. The pair first conceived...