The 29-year-old Puerto Rican actor has joined the cast of Showtime’s comedy pilot SMILF.
Frankie Shawwill write, direct and star in the project, which is based on her film, which won the Short Film Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival last year.
Set in Boston, SMILF takes a raw look at a single twentysomething (Shaw) whose desires for relationships, sex and a career collide with the realities of being a young single mother.
Cruz Cordova is set to portray Rafi, a 28 year old man-child and recovering addict who is trying to navigate the new world of being a good ex-boyfriend to Brigette (Shaw) and baby daddy to his 2-year old son Larry.
Cordova plays boxer Hector Campos on the current fourth season of Showtime’s Ray Donovan and has a role in Hulu’s drama pilot Citizen.
He next appears in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walkfor director Ang Lee.
The SMILF pilot will be produced by ABC Signature as a co-production with Showtime.
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