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24 August 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- He'll be inevitably compared in both his acting and now, directing career to Y tu mamá también/Rudo Y Cursi counterpart Gael Garcia Bernal. Bernal who made his social class structure, pool yard debut with Déficit, has since fallen back to playing in front of the camera, while Diego Luna's film schooling has included Julian Schnabel, Julie Taymor, Steven Spielberg, Harmony Korine, the Cuaron brothers and most recently, Gus Van Sant (who coincidentally is also in the headlines for a studio project). At this point we aren't sure of Luna will also play in front of the camera, but Variety reports that Jose Maria Yazpik will star in Abel - a family drama told from child's perspective. Canana Films, the Bernal/Luna production house are teaming on the low budget Mexico-shot indie with producer Pablo Cruz, and Abel will be co-produced by Malkovich's Mr. Mudd banner. Yazpik has »

7 May 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

For Gael García Bernal, an actor in search of challenges, drama trumps looks.       The hope is that after shouting "Viva la Mexico!" across a crowded Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival actor Gael García Bernal, producers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro and director Carlos Cuarón, the creative entourage behind the Mexican soccer comedy “Rudo y Cursi,” would turn and greet the grinning journalist they have all met before.   The reality of deafening street noise means the sidewalk reunion never takes place. The brief "Have we met before?" conversation occurs later just after a festival screening in front of a capacity audience.   At a prior festival, during an unseasonably warm September afternoon for Toronto, Bernal - a native of Gudalajara, Mexico - sits surrounded by friends and colleagues in an upper-floor hotel bedroom.  He is friendly, low-key but quickly perks up once we started talking about his acting career, »

2 articles from 2009