John Leguizamo Says Spouse Justine Maurer ‘Simply Discovered Fb’ (Unique)

John Leguizamo’s spouse Justine Maurer is venturing out into the social-media house!

The actor stars within the new dramedy Bob Trevino Likes It, wherein a younger girl named Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira) associates his character Bob on Fb, mistakenly believing he’s her estranged father Robert Trevino (French Stewart).

And in actual life, Leguizamo, 64, tells PEOPLE, “My spouse simply discovered Fb.”

“And oh my gosh, she is loving it as a result of she’s connecting with folks from highschool, and he or she’s connecting with folks from elementary college,” he provides of Maurer, whom he met within the early ’90s and tied the knot with in June 2003.

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“It is so wild. However although it is outdated, it nonetheless connects older generations collectively,” Leguizamo provides of the social-media platform.

In Bob Trevino Likes It, the actor’s titular Bob bonds with Lily (Ferreira, 28) as she navigates a familial plight.

Off digital camera, Leguizamo and the Euphoria star hit it off immediately contemplating “there was loads to attach with,” together with their Latinx backgrounds and respective roots in Queens, New York.

“We performed basketball, [had] a few meals with Tracie Laymon, the director,” he tells PEOPLE. “And Tracie additionally knew that you just gotta perform a little technique stuff; you gotta hang around. So [Barbie and I] have been in a position to create this bond and this relationship.”

Leguizamo has many years of expertise in fatherhood in actual life, too, as a dad to 2 youngsters with longtime love Maurer: daughter Allegra, born in 1999, and son Lucas, born in 2000.

Allegra has adopted in Leguizamo’s footsteps as an actress and filmmaker; in actual fact, her quick movie Flash Warning premieres subsequent month on the Miami Movie Pageant, and he or she’ll seem along with her dad onscreen for the primary time within the upcoming film Tin Soldier.

“She’s unbelievable. She’s so gifted, and I am not simply saying that as her dad,” Leguizamo says of his oldest little one. “I am goal.”

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And whereas he “had some trepidations” about Allegra moving into the business, as it may be “fairly horrible generally,” he tells PEOPLE that his daughter has been “in it for the proper causes.”

“She’s not in it for the celebrity or the cash or the glory; she’s in it for the work and the craft,” Leguizamo says. “And while you’re in it for that, you are all the time pleased. You are all the time content material.”

Bob Trevino Likes It is in choose theaters in Los Angeles and New York Metropolis now, with a wider launch slated for March 28.