The Spanish actor and director Antonio Banderas projects a musical in English on the figure of the artist Pablo Picasso, who died fifty years ago, which will premiere in the city of Malaga (southern Spain).
To try and make it happen, Banderas is talking to “important people on Broadway,” New York’s stage shows, and hoping it “ends up being a reality,” as he said on Tuesday (Feb. 21).
He announced that if he materializes, the world premiere will be held at the Teatro del Soho in Malagathe city where Picasso was born, while Banderas was born in the nearby city of Benalmádena in Malaga.
“There is a project related to Picasso, but I can’t say more”answered questions from the press at the Soho Pop Symphony Orchestra concert presentation.
“It would be a milestone” why would have premiered in Malaga “with the original company going to Broadway”and “it would be unusual for an American company to present it in Spain”.
Antonio Banderas has already played the artist in the National Geographic series genius. For the interpretation of him, the actor who won the best actor award at Cannes for pain and gloryIt was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
He is also “closing the rights” for a new musical in Soho, for a title that is “among the pillars of American musical theatre” and for which negotiations are “very advanced,” he said.
Another of his latest works is a “tiny” character in the new film of the saga Indiana Joneswhose filming was delayed due to the accident suffered by the lead actor, Harrison Ford.
He was offered this role for his good relationship with director Steven Spielberg after producing the two films of The Fox who played Banderas.
Politics, ego and hypocrisy
By the way, not so long ago, regarding the promotion of the film official racefilm directed by the Creole duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat (in which Banderas is part of the leading trio together with Penélope Cruz and our own Oscar Martínez) reflected on it…
It should be remembered that the film deals with the struggle of egos and the exposure of actors who shamelessly demonstrate the absurdity of the world, although in statements to the EFE news agency, Banderas emphasized that “In politics there are many more egos than in cinema.”
“I think the world of egos exists in any profession, even in journalism and politics I won’t even tell you; You just have to see the moment we’re living in,” which he called spectacular, the actor said, referring to the allegations within Spain’s Conservative People’s Party.
And he continued: “In politics there are many more egos than in our world; What happens is that the actors have a permanent magnifying glass on all the activities they do on and off camera. All that nonsense that you see in the film happens because of the insecurity that being an actor produces and because we are so exposed.Banderas stressed.
During the interview with the agency, the protagonist of The mask of Zorrosaid actors create behavior rituals to attract good luck, while Oscar Martínez nods next to him.
“I have been in the profession for fifty years and the fear of being exposed is permanent -added Martínez-: it is true that in the theater it is worse because on stage every night it is a leap into the void and the crazy thing is that we all know that it is impossible to repeat what happened the night before”. That’s why we relish the opportunity to laugh at ourselves, “which is very healthy,” she added.
Source: Clarin
