Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures
of acting.Fernandez
landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes
of the network series Cold Case and Jericho in 2006 and 2007, but truly came into his own as a star
of low - medium budgeted independent films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings
of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role
of accomplice in
killing a senior
citizen's dog).