I mean, the GIFs already exist.įulgencio Batista: The role of the Cuban dictator whom Castro toppled goes to Nathan Lane channeling his best Gomez from “The Addams Family” musical. He could even do a “Motorcycle Diaries” prequel. That will be part of the film’s charm.Įrnesto “Che” Guevara: Seth Rogen is our shoo-in for the Argentine revolutionary, of course. Franco will have to work to “build out” his accent, but he’ll get bonus points from us if he mangles the ‘r’ in ¡compañero! - a.k.a. And, as we’ve already established, his ancestors hail from the same 4 million-square-mile continent as Castro’s. Our working title: “Springtime for Castro.”įidel Castro: Played by James Franco, obvi. Inspired by what is obviously an incredible, moneymaking idea, I called up Rosa Lowinger, the Cuban-born, L.A.-based author of “Tropicana Nights: The Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub.” Together, we cast a whole new picture that people will be talking about for decades.
Make it so awkward and unbearable that people will remember it with the same embarrassed wonder they generally reserve for that hot tub sex scene in “Showgirls.” Why just whitewash the role of Fidel Castro? Why not create the most whitewashed, un-Cuban-est version of “Alina of Cuba” - a “House of the Spirits” for the new millennium, a “Perez Family” for the internet age ? If you’re going to whitewash, GO ALL THE WAY. In that popular musical, a pair of Broadway moneymen try to enrich themselves by intentionally producing a Broadway flop. President Trump calls Latinos “invaders.” Culture could offer a counter narrative-yet it does not. Why the Latino culture vacuum is dangerous That is a real statement from the film’s producer.Įntertainment & Arts Commentary: Targeted in El Paso, vilified by Trump. “In executing a close search into our hopefuls through the eye of Spanish and Portuguese genealogy which the Galicians held, we found that James, by far, had the closest facial likeness of our industry’s leading actors, meaning that the focus would be to build out his character accent and we’d have a stunning on-screen match to intrigue audiences and bring the story to life with true visual integrity.” "e used Fidel Castro’s ancient Galician heraldry as our focal compass, and then combed through the entire ranks of actors with Latin roots in Hollywood to find someone who has a similar facial structure,” said producer John Martinez O’Felan in a statement. actor in the role of a prominent Latin American political figure had drawn widespread condemnation online (including some very pointed criticism from actor John Leguizamo), one of the film’s producers came forth with an explanation. On Friday, after the casting of a white U.S. On Thursday, Deadline announced that James Franco, he of “Pineapple Express” and “This Is the End,” had been cast as Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in “Alina of Cuba,” a biopic inspired by the life of his estranged daughter, Alina Fernández. In Hollywood, truth is stranger than fiction.
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