Modern Family's Rico Rodriguez Reveals He Got 'Played' Into Doing Things For Sofia Vergara On Set

The Modern Family household truly was, well, family. Rico Rodriguez, who was the show’s beloved lad Manny for each 11 seasons of its run, precocious revealed that helium got “played” into doing assorted tasks by Sofia Vergara, who starred arsenic his onscreen ma Gloria, during the show’s clip connected air.

"It was truthful comic because, like, I ever would beryllium with Sofia. And, you know, I mean, it's precise good known however Sofia, she sometimes goes disconnected the rails," Rodriguez referred to Vergara’s emotion of improv connected his erstwhile costar Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s podcast Dinner’s On Me. "And truthful she would spell disconnected the rails and past she would go, 'Rico, what's my line?'"

Rico Rodriguez starred alongside Sofia Vergara successful Modern Family. Tony Rivetti via Getty Images.

Rodriguez recalled however helium would amusement up to acceptable knowing everyone’s lines, not conscionable his own, and that ended up inadvertently parlaying into immoderate other favors.

"I emotion Sofia, but I, I got played. I got played by Sofia," helium explained connected the podcast. "So 1 time, being the bully idiosyncratic that I am, Sofia was precocious to the array read, and I was like, 'I cognize however she marks her lines connected her script'. So I was like, 'You cognize what? Let maine beryllium bully and and fto maine people her publication for her.'"

That kindness ended up turning into thing much hilarious. "So she gets there, and she's like, 'Oh, convey you. Thank you, Rico.' And touches my cheeks and whatever. And past the adjacent week, she's connected time. So I beryllium down,” Rodriguez revealed. “I'm marking my sides, and past we commencement the read, and it comes to Sofia and she goes, 'Rico, you didn't people my script.' I go, 'What? I didn't cognize I was expected to. I did it 1 clip due to the fact that I was nice!'"

It truly did go a concern wherever beingness was imitating art. "I was virtually Manny successful that constituent helping retired Sofia,” the histrion laughed. “But, you know, I emotion Sofia, truthful I had nary occupation doing it," helium concluded.

Modern Family, which premiered successful 2009 and ended successful 2020, is presently disposable to watercourse connected Hulu and Peacock.

Photo by Tony Rivetti via Getty Images.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.