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Gael García Bernal Talks Exploring His Sexuality & Getting Paid To Play His Favorite Pastime, Wrestling, In ‘Cassandro’

A chance meeting at a New York City hotel brought together multi-award-winning actor Gael García Bernal and Roger Ross Williams, an Academy Award-winning director who wanted to discuss Mexico’s Luchadores Exóticos, specifically trailblazer Saúl Armendáriz, better known as Cassandro. But little by little, the pieces started to come together and so our company La Corriente Del Golfo [co-founded with good friend and collaborator Diego Luna] got involved and we teamed up with great people at Amazon, so together we moved forward,” he added. As seen in the Prime Video Original Film Cassandro, the real-life wrestler embraced his sexuality and didn’t shy away from flamboyant costumes nor did he hide his face behind a mask.

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