On My Block's Romeo and Juliet aka Diego Tinoco and Sierra Capri reveal what it's like being star-crossed lovers Cesar and Monse

In 'On My Block,' Monse Finnie, portrayed by Sierra Capri, and Cesar Diaz portrayed by Diego Tinoco are childhood best friends-turned-lovers, kept apart due to gang violence

Star-crossed lovers have been a topic of great fascination for most of us at least since Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and over the years we have seen many versions of it. While some succeed, some plummet, but when Netflix’s ‘On My Block’ - which premiered season 2 on March 29 - decided to recreate that same magic, they definitely hit the mark, and how.

Monse Finnie, portrayed by Sierra Capri, and Cesar Diaz portrayed by Diego Tinoco are childhood best friends-turned-lovers, who are kept apart due to the gang violence in the neighborhood. Even though they aren’t actually kept apart by anyone specific, their circumstances keep them from actually, truly being with each other, instead forcing themselves to settle for stolen moments of intimacy more often than not.

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