As the high-octane crew from Fast & Furious: Spy Racers returns for their fourth season, the longtime main character Cisco Renaldo plays a considerably more prominent role. Portrayed by Jorge Diaz since the beginning of the series, Cisco is a valuable member of the Fast crew, as he and his friends race around the world saving the day.

In an exclusive interview with CBR, Diaz talked about his character's increased role, the series' addition of Danny Trejo as his character's Uncle Tuco and the surreal nature of joining the Fast & Furious family.

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Cisco has always been a constant presence on the show but with Season 4, we get to visit where his family is from and meet his family. How has it been playing a more prominent role this season?

Jorge Diaz: Yeah, you get to learn more about his family.... I posted a little video of [Cisco] performing in his acting class and someone asked, "Wait, is the character merging with the voice actor?" and I think they are! Cisco is lactose-intolerant and he loves animals, and I'm lactose-intolerant and I love animals so much and an actor... he's so much to play. This season being in Mexico City and showing the endless adventure and humor, what was really cool about this is we get to meet his Uncle Tuco, who's played by Danny Trejo, who I love. I got to meet [him] briefly when he was recording, and I was starstruck because I had no idea; they didn't tell me in advance.

When I was reading my lines in the studio [about] Uncle Tuco and, one day, I was stepping out and he just walks into the studio and they were like "Jorge, meet Uncle Tuco!" and I just went "Danny Trejo?! Are you kidding me?" I got a sneak peek at some of the episodes he's in and they're so fun!

Four seasons in, what makes Cisco still such a fun character for you to record lines for?

Diaz: I have so much fun with those lines because I think he has a lot of heart and he's kind of a goofy character. He's physically demanding. He's a big dude, but he's a softie on the inside. I feel like I get to bring in a lot of my personality because I'm a big softie. I think the more [the writers] have gotten to know me, perhaps, the more they've gotten to play with that. And the writers have been having fun working with that aspect of my own personality, like, I say, "Awwww," more than anybody I know and, if you watch Cisco, he's always like, "Awwww, for real?" [Laughs] He has all those little things from talking with me personally.

It's always so much fun to play him and I'm always so excited to see what they're going to bring up. It's a surprise and a lot of times I don't even know where the show is going. I get the script and email telling me [when] to record; they send me the script a couple of days beforehand, and I'm learning as I go along. There's much more Cisco to explore and there's so much more fun to be had in this season coming up.

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Turning back the clock four seasons, was there a specific line or bit of direction in the booth that helped inform your approach to portraying Cisco?

Diaz: I had just been cast in The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants on Netflix, as well, and I was working on that for a couple of months and then this audition came in. I went in for the callback and sent in my take on him and gave them a couple of options, but I knew he was a young dude from East L.A., into cars, funny, big dude and drives a monster truck. I think about my cousins who grew up in East L.A. -- I grew up right the middle of L.A. -- I have so many cousins that are into cars and their slang and the way they talk. I pick it up as soon as I'm around them; it just comes out naturally. I put myself in that place and [the casting director] dug that but wanted it a little goofier. We were discovering that I bring a certain energy to it and that they have a certain thing in mind about what they're looking for, and I think we found a beautiful balance.

With Fast & Furious as one of the biggest franchises in the world, how does it feel to be part of this big family?

Diaz: What's so crazy is it hadn't really hit me up until quarantine. I record a lot of other voice-over projects and a lot of the other ones, we record individually. For Fast & Furious, sometimes we have to record individually because of scheduling but when we first started out, we would all record in a group setting which was very rare. I feel like it created a camaraderie among the cast. It felt like family, and we were bouncing off each other.

It wasn't until the premiere for the show, which we had at Universal Studios, [that it struck me]. Vin [Diesel] was there with his family and hearing him talk, that cast of the original Fast & Furious are so, so tight. So just hearing him, he got up there and delivered this huge speech; he has such a distinct voice. He just spoke from the heart and spoke about family and his experience filming the movies. We created a family, but it wasn't until that moment when it struck me that I'm part of this giant franchise because my whole experience was just going in for a couple of hours to record my voice. And it wasn't until this premiere, seeing the fans coming out and going crazy for Vin and Tyler [Posey], it hit me finally.

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As someone that's done plenty of live-action and voice-over performances, what's the appeal of the booth for you?

Diaz: It's been such a beautiful journey, but it's acting; there's a mic in front of you, not a camera. It's such a relaxed setting. I can wake up and go in my pajamas, record for a couple of hours and have fun. I record auditions all the time for voice-over and sometimes I come up with crazy voices -- even for Fast & Furious. I do some of the supporting voices, like Guard #1 and other random characters. Sometimes I forget the voice I recorded for the audition, I might have to maintain for four hours at a time.

Sometimes something I think sounds cool for my voice-over demo, I have to maintain for hours and might lose my voice. Now I have a little ritual and syrup that the voice-over guys recommended. It's a super relaxed setting and I've wanted to do voice-overs more than anything else since I was a kid. I just didn't know how to get into it. I never met someone that did voice-overs. When opportunities started to present themselves, I just wanted to have fun like a kid. It's a dream job!

What are you most excited about getting to share this season with the fans?

Diaz: I'm so excited for fans to check out this season because I feel like the show has gotten funnier since it's gone on. The writing has added so many more jokes. It's so action-packed, but it doesn't take itself seriously and that's what I love about it. I feel like the franchise has become so action-packed that I think the heart and sense of family and connection and humor is what holds it all together. With all the explosions and cars flying, I feel like what keeps people watching is the emotion between the characters, and they can connect with that more. It's a fun show and we just want to bring smiles to people's faces and watch it with their families.

Executive produced by Vin Diesel, Neal H. Moritz, Chris Morgan, Tim Hedrick and Bret Haaland, Fast & Furious: Spy Racers stars Tyler Posey, Camille Ramsey, Luke Youngblood, Charlet Chung and Jorge Diaz. All three seasons are available to stream now on Netflix. Season 4 premieres on April 16.

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