Real-life high school robotics champion and his movie counterpart interview each other
It all came down to grit, determination and some tampons.
Ten years ago, four undocumented Hispanic teenagers from a tough neighborhood in Phoenix built a robot named Stinky out of odds and ends, entered it in a national underwater robotics competition, and unseated reigning champion MIT to win.
Fusion asked the real-life competition winner, Oscar Vazquez and his on-screen counterpart Carlos PenaVega to interview each other.