Netflix’s reboot of Norman Lear‘s “One Day at a Time” has added newcomer Marcel Ruiz to its cast, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
The 13-episode reimagining of the classic TV series will revolve around a Cuban-American family. The series will follow a recently separated former military mom (Justina Machado) navigating a new single life while raising her radical teenage daughter and socially adept tween son, with the “help” of her old-school Cuban-born mom (Rita Moreno) and a friends-without-benefits building manager.
Ruiz’s character, Alex, is described as a too-cute-for-his-own-good Cuban-American tween, more preppy than his sister, but also more vain.