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Michel Jourdain shifts gears from racetrack to movie set with role in 'Roma'

Read the original Spanish-language version of this story here.

It happens to everyone, right? You take your child to a casting call one day, only to be told that you're the one who's perfect for a part in the movie.

No? Well, it happened to Mexican former IndyCar driver Michel Jourdain Jr., who with no intention of doing so scored a role in filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron's critically acclaimed Spanish-language film, "Roma."

Jourdain plays a small but significant role in "Roma," a Golden Globe and Golden Lion winner that was recently nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film.