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Inside Oscar Isaac's Christian Upbringing — Including His Ska Band Days

Before he was Frankenstein’s creator, a Marvel superhero or your internet boyfriend, Oscar Isaac was something else entirely: a devout church kid leading a Christian ska band in South Florida. Yes, really. Born in Guatemala City and raised in Miami, Isaac grew up in a household so religious that at one point, his dad threw out the television because he believed God told him to.  “Very Christian, very evangelical,” Isaac told GQ in 2015. His chil…

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Before being a rebel pilot and conqueror of the desert, Oscar Isaac had another life... and a bass in his hands. The actor revealed that he spent almost a decade playing on the ska scene in Miami, where he was part of bands with such peculiar names as The Worms, Petrified Frogs and The Blinking Underdogs. His peak moment came in 1997, when his group was a warmer of Green Day, Limp Bizkit and Descendents in the mythical Warped Tour. With humor, I…

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