The actor says he's never before put so much of himself into a role. How could he not? His co-stars once actually lived in that world.

To set the scene, the year was 2005, and Domingo was in Berkeley, Calif. He started the story saying he was just “minding your business going into a Walgreens” when a complete stranger caught his eye. “I see someone walking out. [He] has beautiful hair down to here, lip piercing,” Domingo recalled. “Beautiful, beautiful.”