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In a dream come true, Gael García Bernal takes on luche libre wrestling in 'Cassandro'

Por: Los Angeles Times Entertainment December 19, 2023

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When director Roger Ross Williams set out to make a movie about lucha libre’s openly gay wrestler Saúl Armendáriz, there was no question in his mind that Gael García Bernal should play the lead. “What he didn’t know was that I was a huge fan of the sport,” García Bernal says, discussing his movie on a warm December morning at Chateau Marmont’s garden terrace. His famous green eyes sparkle with intelligence through hexagon-shaped... + full article



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