Drag queen role left actor breathless

Canada.com – Jamie Portman, CanWest News Service

Breathing is tough in a tight bustier, Efren Ramirez found in Crank, the thriller in which the Napoleon Dynamite star once again steals scenes

When Efren Ramirez showed up in Napoleon Dynamite two years ago, he kept stealing scenes from everybody else in the movie with his performance as a Mexican immigrant student who decides to run for class president. Now he’s stealing more scenes this autumn in Crank in the role of adrenaline-driven Jason Statham’s transvestite buddy.

Ramirez had fun running around in drag. He also found the assignment demanding — and confining.

He now has a greater appreciation of what girls wear to keep their “honeys” happy.

“There are many times when you cannot breathe in those outfits,” he laughs. “My god, a bustier is tight.”