Benicio Del Toro and Michael Douglas sat down for a chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors. For more, click here.
Michael Douglas made a return to television with Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method” — a comedy about aging in Hollywood that’s his first series-regular work since ’70s drama “The Streets of San Francisco.” His fellow acting veteran Benicio Del Toro (Douglas’ co-star in the 2000 crime drama “Traffic” and in the Marvel universe) made his limited-series debut as prisoner Richard Matt in Showtime’s true-crime saga “Escape at Dannemora.”
Michael Douglas: So, that was a real guy, although he had died before you did “Escape at Dannemora.” Did you do homework about the character beforehand?
Benicio Del Toro: Well, yes. There were transcripts of all the testimonies of the other two characters that survived the escape. So I just read that. Ben Stiller, the director, was really keen on me playing this part,...
Michael Douglas made a return to television with Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method” — a comedy about aging in Hollywood that’s his first series-regular work since ’70s drama “The Streets of San Francisco.” His fellow acting veteran Benicio Del Toro (Douglas’ co-star in the 2000 crime drama “Traffic” and in the Marvel universe) made his limited-series debut as prisoner Richard Matt in Showtime’s true-crime saga “Escape at Dannemora.”
Michael Douglas: So, that was a real guy, although he had died before you did “Escape at Dannemora.” Did you do homework about the character beforehand?
Benicio Del Toro: Well, yes. There were transcripts of all the testimonies of the other two characters that survived the escape. So I just read that. Ben Stiller, the director, was really keen on me playing this part,...
- 6/5/2019
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Benicio Del Toro to be honoured at San Sebastian; Oscar-winning actor’s Escobar: Paradise Lost to close Pearls section.
The 62nd San Sebastian Festival (Sept 19-27) is to honour actor Benicio Del Toro with its Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his career.
Previous winners of the award include John Travolta and Hugh Jackman. Denzel Washington will also receive a Donostia Award at this year’s festival, where the Us actor will present opening film The Equalizer.
Del Toro will also present his latest feature Escobar: Paradise Lost, which has been selected to close the Pearls section of this year’s festival.
Written and directed by Andrea di Stefano, the film stars Del Toro alongside Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Claudia Traisac and Carlos Bardem, who will also attend the Festival.
Escobar: Paradise Lost tells the story of surfer Nick (Hutcherson), who falls in love with Colombian girl, Maria (Traisac...
The 62nd San Sebastian Festival (Sept 19-27) is to honour actor Benicio Del Toro with its Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his career.
Previous winners of the award include John Travolta and Hugh Jackman. Denzel Washington will also receive a Donostia Award at this year’s festival, where the Us actor will present opening film The Equalizer.
Del Toro will also present his latest feature Escobar: Paradise Lost, which has been selected to close the Pearls section of this year’s festival.
Written and directed by Andrea di Stefano, the film stars Del Toro alongside Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Claudia Traisac and Carlos Bardem, who will also attend the Festival.
Escobar: Paradise Lost tells the story of surfer Nick (Hutcherson), who falls in love with Colombian girl, Maria (Traisac...
- 9/2/2014
- ScreenDaily
Benicio Del Toro to be honoured at San Sebastian; Oscar-winning actor’s Escobar: Paradise Lost to close Pearls section.
The 62nd San Sebastian Festival (Sept 19-27) is to honour actor Benicio Del Toro with its Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his career.
Previous winners of the award include John Travolta and Hugh Jackman. Denzel Washington will also receive a Donostia Award at this year’s festival, where the Us actor will present opening film The Equalizer.
Del Toro will also present his latest feature Escobar: Paradise Lost, which has been selected to close the Pearls section of this year’s festival.
Written and directed by Andrea di Stefano, the film stars Del Toro alongside Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Claudia Traisac and Carlos Bardem, who will also attend the Festival.
Escobar: Paradise Lost tells the story of surfer Nick (Hutcherson), who falls in love with Colombian girl, Maria (Traisac...
The 62nd San Sebastian Festival (Sept 19-27) is to honour actor Benicio Del Toro with its Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his career.
Previous winners of the award include John Travolta and Hugh Jackman. Denzel Washington will also receive a Donostia Award at this year’s festival, where the Us actor will present opening film The Equalizer.
Del Toro will also present his latest feature Escobar: Paradise Lost, which has been selected to close the Pearls section of this year’s festival.
Written and directed by Andrea di Stefano, the film stars Del Toro alongside Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Claudia Traisac and Carlos Bardem, who will also attend the Festival.
Escobar: Paradise Lost tells the story of surfer Nick (Hutcherson), who falls in love with Colombian girl, Maria (Traisac...
- 9/2/2014
- ScreenDaily
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- 5/19/2010
- backstage.com
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