John Leguizamo jokes of his youthful appears: ‘Brown don’t break down!’

John Leguizamo has a easy cause for why he appears so good at 62.

“Brown don’t break down,” he informed Page Six gleefully on the New York premiere of “The Power” earlier this week. “Just a reality, sorry it’s genetic.”

The “Super Mario Bros.,” star added that he had introduced his mother, Luz Marina Peláez to the crimson carpet.

“You simply noticed my mother?” He requested. “She’s 82, she appears 72. Amazing.”

The Tony-winning actor was selling the Amazon collection, which is predicated on the Naomi Alderman e-book of the identical identify, during which, with out warning, all teenage women develop the ability to electrocute individuals at will. Eventually, the teenagers study they’ll awaken the particular energy in older ladies.

And Leguizamo believes that ladies don’t want the power to fry up the alternative intercourse at will, they’re already extra highly effective.

“That’s why males have at all times been afraid,” he defined. What’s superb about this set is that ladies have been the producers, writers, administrators, the leads, and I’ve by no means felt extra taken care of or extra nurtured or been extra collaborative in my life.”

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The Queens-raised actor additionally sees apparent parallels between the present and what’s taking place proper now.

“I really feel prefer it’s an allegory and a metaphor and a parable for what’s occurring in the entire world with totalitarianism, fascism, assault on Roe v. Wade, the ban on drag exhibits, the taking down of AP programs in black historical past,” he stated. “This present covers all of it, it’s so attention-grabbing as a result of it was written in 2016 but it surely’s nonetheless so within the zeitgeist with what’s occurring.”

Leguizamo is aware of a factor or two about drag having memorably performed a drag queen within the 1995 movie, “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,” which garnered him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.

“Drag has existed for the reason that starting of time,” he exclaimed. “It’s how all people bought their rocks off, why are they taking that away, why are they wrecking the world? It’s so foolish, what a dumb factor to do, to assault probably the most weak, oh how robust you might be to assault probably the most weak, ridiculous.”

Leguizamo additionally introduced alongside his spouse, Justine Maurer, and daughter, Allegra Leguizamo. Other stars who attended included Toni Collette and “Ted Lasso” star Toheeb Jimoh.

“The Power” premieres on Amazon Prime on March 31.