How JD Pardo landed the lead role on Mayans MC

Variety

“I saw his read with a couple other actors and sort of knew what I was looking for,” Kurt Sutter said at Comic-Con “It was one of those things where I knew what I wasn’t looking for and then I saw JD read and there was something interesting and commanding in what he was doing.“ Pardo adds: "We had this honest conversation where he told me what he wanted the character to be...“I told (Kurt), ‘If you give me this opportunity I will not let you down, I will not let FX down, I will not let the fans down.’”