Gru’s accent may come from Bella Lugosi’s Dracula, but the character and its universe has Hispanic roots. His creator is Sergio Pablo, a Spaniard that came up with Despicable Me after working in the Disney’s animation department for many years. He was also an executive producer of the 2010 box-office hit.

Despicable Me 2 (out July 3) honors this heritage by having relevant Latino characters in the story, including the main villain “El Macho”. His official description says it all: “The most macho super-villain who ever villained”.

What follows may be revealed early in the movie, but just in case possible spoiler alert.

“Gru grows convinced that a famous villain from the past—El Macho—is behind the heist that opens our film. But the AVL, run by Silas Ramsbottom, is much more skeptical. After all, El Macho supposedly died in a spectacularly macho way some years earlier. Trusting in his instincts, Gru is resolute in his belief that El Macho has adopted the guise of Eduardo Perez, the owner of Salsa & Salsa restaurant in the Paradise Mall.”

“Eduardo (Benjamin Bratt) is the extremely warm, charming and flirty owner of the popular Salsa & Salsa restaurant whose passionate Latin dancing causes women to swoon. He has a larger-than-life personality that is dwarfed only by the size of his waistline.”

“Antonio (Moises Arias) is Eduardo’s cute, rebellious and confident son. He is a ladies’ man just like his father, and when Margo sees him in the mall and their eyes lock…it’s all over. He feels the same way about her and is willing to stand up to an overprotective Gru to get closer to the girl he loves.”

Bratt’s previous appearance on the big screen was also as a villain with a curious nickname, as ‘El Topo’ in “Snitch”.

Arias is a raising star. He has charmed the public in an indie called “Kings of the Summer”, and later this year he will play an important role in the science fiction adventure “Enders Game”.

Watch Eduardo/El Macho in action in this funny clip:

Despicable Me 2 and its minions invade theaters on July the 3rd.