Bad Bunny is set to take on his first lead acting role, starring in a film titled Porto Rico alongside Javier Bardem and Edward Norton.
This comes after an eventful past few months for the singer, who headlined the Super Bowl LX halftime show and made Grammy history as the first Spanish-language artist to win album of the year with his project Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
Details of upcoming film
Porto Rico is described as a love letter to Bad Bunny’s home of Puerto Rico.
It is directed by rapper René Pérez, also known as Residente, and is partly based on the life of José Maldonado Román, a late 19th and early 20th century revolutionary.
The film marks the 31-year-old’s first leading role after memorable appearances in Bullet Train with Brad Pitt and director Darren Aronofsky’s crime comedy Caught Stealing.
Grammy-winning Puerto Rican rapper Residente makes his own feature debut with Porto Rico, a film described as an “epic Caribbean western” and “gripping narrative inspired by true events” about Puerto Rico’s origins.
Alongside Bad Bunny, Javier Bardem, Edward Norton and Viggo Mortensen will co-star in the film.
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Reaffirming Puerto Rican culture
“I have dreamed of making a film about my country since I was a child,” co-writer Pérez Joglar stated, according to Variety.
“Puerto Rico’s true history has always been surrounded by controversy.”
Residente told film site Deadline: “This film is a reaffirmation of who we are, told with the intensity and honesty that our history deserves.”
The film is inspired by Maldonado Román, known as Águila Blanca (White Eagle), who fought against Spanish colonialism in Puerto Rico and led uprisings against the authorities.
In a statement, actor Norton said: “This film sits in a tradition of films we deeply love, from The Godfather to Gangs of New York, that both thrill us with visceral drama and iconic characters and eras while also forcing us to face up to the shadow story under the American narrative of idealism.
“Everybody knows what a poet of language and rhythm René is. Now they’re going to see what a visual visionary he is as well.”
Norton added: “Bringing him and Bad Bunny together to tell the true story of Puerto Rico’s roots is going to be like a flame finding the stick of dynamite that’s been waiting for it.”
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