Law of Dire (1987): Almodovar's Gay Erotic Thriller, Starrg Anton Banras and Carmen Mra | Emanuel Levy

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• ANTON BANRAS' OPENS UP ABOUT HOW PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS CHANGED HIM
• ANTON BANRAS HAD TO "KILL" HIMSELF TO PLAY THE GAY MAN WHO MA HIM A STARWH HIS CANN-WNG PERFORMANCE "PA AND GLORY," THE ACTOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS MENTOR, DIRECTOR PEDRO ALMODóVAR. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 3, 2019/9:31 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3840PX;WIDTH:5760PX;}MANOLO PAVóN/SONY PICTUR CLASSICSANTON BANRAS AS SALVADOR "PA AND GLORY."BY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 3, 2019 / 9:31 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANTON BANRAS HAD TO \"KILL\" HIMSELF TO PLAY THE GAY MAN WHO MA HIM A STAR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-03T13:31:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-03T13:31:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ALMODóVAR HELPED TURN ANTON BANRAS TO A STAR, SO SEEMS FTG THAT BANRAS HAS NOW E FULL CIRCLE TO PORTRAY THE GAY SPANISH TR—OR AT LEAST A VERSN OF HIM—FOR THE SEMI-TOBGRAPHIL PA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE FILM, SPA’S OFFICIAL OSRS ENTRY FOR BT INTERNATNAL FEATURE, DIRECTOR SALVADOR MALLO (BANRAS) IS NO LONGER LIVG HIS BT LIFE. HE’S WRACKED WH PHYSIL AILMENTS, PA, PANIC ATTACKS, AND A CREATIVE BLOCK. HE'S ALSO HNTED BY HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN A REVIVAL SCREENG OF HIS PIVOTAL 1980S FILM, SABOR, AFFORDS HIM THE CHANCE TO RENNECT WH S STAR ALBERTO (ASIER EXTEANDIA), THE PAIR, WHO'VE BEEN TRANGED FOR YEARS, BOND OVER HERO, AIR LONG-HELD GRIEVANC, AND EVENTUALLY LLABORATE AGA WHEN SALVADOR ALLOWS ALBERTO TO STAGE A MEMOIR TEXT AS A ONE-MAN MONOLOGUE… WHICH LEADS TO THE SUDN REAPPEARANCE OF FERI (LEONARDO SBARAGLIA), SALVADOR’S EX-LOVER. ALL THE WHILE, SALVADOR FLASH BACK TO HIS YEARS AS A CHILD, HIS GHT RELATNSHIP WH HIS MOTHER (PLAYED BY PENéLOPE CZ AND JULIETA SERRANO, AS A YOUNG AND ELRLY WOMAN, RPECTIVELY), AND HIS FIRST PANG OF SAME-SEX ATTRACTN TO AN ARTISTIC HANDYMAN (CéSAR VICENTE). WILL ANY OF THE EVENTS, PAST OR PRENT, HOLD THE KEY TO UNLEASHG HIS VISNARY SPIR AND WILL TO LIVE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO PLAY THE 70-YEAR-OLD ALMODóVAR’S THLY VEILED—ACTUALLY, FUCK , NOT VEILED AT ALL—ALTER EGO, BANRAS WORE REPLIS OF CLOTHG YANKED OM THE FILMMAKER'S OWN WARDROBE, SPORTED HIS SIGNATURE SPIKY HAIRSTYLE, AND EVEN HABED A PRECISE RENSTCTN OF ALMODóVAR’S SLEEK MADRID APARTMENT (WHICH YOU WILL WANT TO MOVE TO).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S EXACTLY LIKE HIS!” BANRAS EXCLAIMS, STG A MIDTOWN HOTEL ROOM MANHATTAN. “AND WHEN I SAY EXACTLY, EVEN THE BOOKS THAT ARE THERE ARE HIS APARTMENT. THE PATG IS THE SAME, THE BALNY, THE REFLECTN OF THE LIGHT AT SPECIFIC TIM OF DAY. WHEN I READ THE SCRIPT AND THOUGHT, SALVADOR IS PEDRO, I FIGURED THE CHARACTER’S LOOK WOULD GO ANOTHER DIRECTN. I ASKED, 'SHOULD WE GO WH A BEARD, NO BEARD, HAIR BACK?' HE NEVER GAVE ME A Y OR NO ANSWER, AND THEN ON THE DAY OF THE SCREEN TT HE TALKED TO THE HAIRDRSER AND THEY STARTED PULLG MY HAIR UP LIKE HIS! THEN HE BROUGHT PRACTILLY ALL OF HIS WARDROBE. THERE WERE SOME PRADA SUS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IF HE LIKED THE LOR, HE SAID, 'OKAY, LET’S DO A REPLI.'"MANOLO PAVóN/SONY PICTUR CLASSICSANTON BANRAS AS SALVADOR "PA AND GLORY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTON BANRAS AS SALVADOR PA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT BANRAS' OWN LIFE—SPECIFILLY HIS RECENT HEART ATTACK—ALSO PROVED VALUABLE HIS PICTN OF THE BROKEN, WEAKENED SALVADOR. "I’M GOG TO BE 60 NEXT YEAR—’S NOT LIKE I’M A BOY ANYMORE," SAYS BANRAS, WHO SNAGGED THE CANN FILM FTIVAL BT ACTOR AWARD FOR THE PERFORMANCE MAY. "TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO I HAD A HEART ATTACK, AND THAT’S SOMETHG THAT HELPED ME A LOT. IT’S ONE OF THE BT THGS THAT HAPPENED. IT OPENED MY EY TO UNRSTAND MYSELF BETTER, MY ROLE LIFE—TO FET THE STUPIDI AND REALIZE THE THGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. SOMETHG CHANGED ME, AND PEDRO SAW THAT. HE SAID, 'AFTER YOU HAD THAT HEART ATTACK THERE IS SOMETHG YOU I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SCRIBE, BUT I DON’T WANT YOU TO HI . I WANT YOU TO E THAT FOR THE CHARACTER.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACTOR, WHO ALSO STARS STEVEN SORBERGH’S NEW PANAMA PAPERS DRAMEDY, THE LNDROMAT, GO ON TO EXPLA THAT HE METAPHORILLY "HAD TO KILL ANTON BANRAS" TO PLAY THE BEATEN-DOWN, ARTISTILLY STAGNANT SALVADOR. "I HAD TO KILL THAT GUY WHO IS MORE ROMANTIC AND ATHLETIC, AND NOT E THE SAME TOOLS I WAS FOR CREATG CHARACTERS HOLLYWOOD. WE HAD TO CLEAN THE SLATE AND START OM SCRATCH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BANRAS LEFT HIS FIRST MARK ON TERNATNAL DIENC THANKS TO ALMODóVAR, -STARRG THE DIRECTOR'S PUNKY, MPY, VERY QUEER 1980S FILMS. THE PAIR MET WHEN BANRAS WAS 19, AND HIS SEND FILM CRED WAS ALMODóVAR’S 1982 FEATURE, LABYRTH OF PASSN, WHICH HE PLAYED SAC, A GAY ISLAMIC TERRORIST. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THEIR REPERTOIRE (EIGHT MOVI AND UNTG) CLU 1986’S MATADOR, 1988’S WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVO BREAKDOWN, 1989’S TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!, AND 1987’S LAW OF DIRE, WHICH BANRAS PLAYED THE SOCPATHIC (BUT HOT!) STALKER OF ANOTHER ALMODóVAR STAND-: A FAMO GAY FILMMAKER NAMED PABLO (EEB PONCELA).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SCE THE BEGNG, WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG AND PEDRO GAVE ME GAY ROL, WAS JT A FEATURE OF THE CHARACTER,” BANRAS SAYS. STILL, HE ACKNOWLEDG THAT FEW ACTORS WERE QUICK TO TAKE ON LGBTQ ROL THE 1980S AND 1990S, WHEN HE ALSO MA HOLLYWOOD BREAKTHROUGHS PLAYG THE QUEER VAMPIRE ARMAND NEIL JORDAN’S INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE AND MIGUEL ÁLVAREZ, THE VOTED GAY LOVER OF TOM HANKS’ AIDS-STRICKEN ANDY BECKETT, JONATHAN DEMME'S PHILALPHIA. (FUN FACT: AT ELTON JOHN’S OSRS PARTY THE NIGHT HANKS WON FOR BT ACTOR FOR THE FILM, STEVEN SPIELBERG TOLD BANRAS TO E BY HIS AMBL OFFIC TO DISCS PLAYG ZORRO THE NEXT MORNG.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I KNOW [OTHERS HATED], BUT I DON’T RE ABOUT OTHER ACTORS,” HE NTU. “I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID PHILALPHIA THERE WAS A SCENE WHERE I GO NNG TO THE HOSPAL BEE THERE’S A CRISIS, AND WAS WRTEN THE SCRIPT THAT WE EMBRACE. I THK ON THE SEND OR THIRD TAKE I SAID TO TOM, 'MAN, THIS IS FUCKED UP. WE HAVE TO KISS. WE’RE A UPLE.' AND TOM SAID, 'YOU’RE GODDAMNED FUCKG RIGHT, WE HAVE TO FUCKG KISS.' SO WE DID! IT WAS JT A LTLE KISS, BUT WAS SO IMPORTANT! WHAT THE FUCK? PEOPLE KISS!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE NTU, "WHEN WE DID LAW OF DIRE MY CHARACTER WAS GAY, BUT ALSO A CRIMAL, AND PEOPLE TOTALLY ACCEPTED HE WAS A CRIMAL—THAT WAS FE. YOU N KILL ANYBODY ON THE SCREEN AND ’S TOTALLY FE, BUT IF YOU KISS A PERSON OF THE SAME SEX ’S LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD WILL DISSOLVE. IT’S STUPID!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALMODóVAR HAS ADMTED THAT HE FELT BANRAS BETRAYED HIM WHEN HE FLEW THE OP FOR HOLLYWOOD, BUT THE PAIR MA NICE AND WORKED TOGETHER AGA ON 2011’S CREEPY PSYCHODRAMA THE SK I LIVE IN. BANRAS NSIRS PLAYG SPA’S GREATT LIVG GAY FILMMAKER AN HONOR, AND A ROLE HE ULD BRG A WHOLE LOT OF FIRSTHAND TEA TO AS WELL.STEFANIE KEENAN/GETTY IMAG FOR AT&TTORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 07: ANTON BANRAS AND PEDRO ALMODóVAR STOP BY AT&T ON LOCATION DURG TORONTO INTERNATNAL FILM FTIVAL 2019 AT HOTEL LE GERMA ON SEPTEMBER 06, 2019 TORONTO, CANADA. (PHOTO BY STEFANIE KEENAN/GETTY IMAG FOR AT&T){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BANRAS AND PEDRO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS PLEX,” BANRAS SAYS, “BEE ’S SLIGHTLY MORE DIFFICULT TO PLAY SOMEBODY WHO EXISTED AND IS STILL ALIVE PRODUCG, AND THAT PERSON IS YOUR IEND, AND 'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF THAT PERSON IS DIRECTG YOU. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE THE SOURCE OF ALL THE DATA NEED TO PUT TOGETHER THE CHARACTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, IF THE TWO HAVE BEEN CHUMMY FOR S, ALMODóVAR WAS A TOUGH ME TO CRACK—HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REALLY PRIVATE PERSON. "OUR IENDSHIP HAS VERY SPECIFIC PARAMETERS, CERTA BOUNDARI THAT I NEVER TRIED TO TRPASS," BANRAS SAYS. "I’M VERY RPECTFUL OF HIS PRIVACY. BUT I KNEW MANY OF THE EVENTS REFLECTED THE MOVIE, AND THE TIMG WHEN THEY HAPPENED THE 1980S, SO I WAS VERY FAIAR WH ALL THE MATERIAL HE PUT TOGETHER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE EXPLAS, "THE ACTOR THE MOVIE, ALBERTO, HE HAS NOTHG TO DO WH ME. THAT CHARACTER IS LIKE A FRANKENSTE REPRENTG DIFFERENT ACTORS AND ACTRS, BUT THE GUY [ALBERTO IS MOSTLY BASED ON] DIDN’T GO AWAY—HE DIDN’T GO TO HOLLYWOOD—SO HE’S NOT ME. BUT I KNOW WHO HE IS. I N’T REVEAL WHO IS!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BANRAS WILL, HOWEVER, DIVULGE THAT ONE OF THE MOST PERSONAL, RAW MOMENTS DURG PRODUCTN ARRIVED WHEN THEY WERE REHEARSG A SCENE WHICH SALVADOR TELLS HIS MOTHER, HER FAL DAYS, THAT HE’S SORRY HE DISAPPOTED HER BY NEVER BEG THE SON SHE WANTED. DPE HIS BEG A WORLD-RENOWNED FILMMAKER, ALMODóVAR’S MOTHER WANTED HIM TO STAY HIS SMALL TOWN, WORK FOR A BANK, AND RAISE A FAY, HE RECENTLY TOLD THE GUARDIAN. ALMODóVAR LIK TO READ L WH EACH ACTOR, BUT A REHEARSAL FOR THIS KEY SCENE HE ACTUALLY OZE UP.MANOLO PAVóN/SONY PICTUR CLASSICSANTON BANRAS AS SALVADOR AND JULIETA SERRANO AS JACTA "PA AND GLORY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BANRAS AS SALVADOR AND JULIETA SERRANO AS JACTA PA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I SAW THAT HE ULDN’T SAY THE LE, 'MOTHER, I’M SORRY I’M NOT THE SON YOU EXPECTED ME TO BE,'" BANRAS RELLS. "PEOPLE ASK ME, 'HOW TOBGRAPHIL IS THIS?' AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE ARE CERTA EVENTS THAT ARE TTH AND OTHERS THAT HE LLS ‘TO-FICTN.’ HE PROBABLY NEVER SAID THAT TO HER REAL LIFE, BUT HE WANTED TO, SO HE ED THIS MOVIE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE NTU, "HE ULDN’T SAY THAT LE, BUT I HAD RIGHT ONT OF ME. I SAID, ‘GO. YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY OR VERBALIZE ANYTHG. I N SEE YOUR EY AND CHT WHAT IS HAPPENG.’ SO PEDRO WENT AWAY, AND WE WORKED WH THAT MATERIAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PA AND GLORY HS THEATERS OCTOBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• LAW OF DIRE (1987): ALMODOVAR’S GAY EROTIC THRILLER, STARRG ANTON BANRAS AND CARMEN MRA

ANTON BANRAS' OPENS UP ABOUT HOW PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS CHANGED HIM

’ And I was very worried about the gayns of the whole entire script. Pedro Almodóvar helped turn Anton Banras to a star, so seems ftg that Banras has now e full circle to portray the gay Spanish tr—or at least a versn of him—for the semi-tobgraphil Pa and the film, Spa’s official Osrs entry for Bt Internatnal Feature, director Salvador Mallo (Banras) is no longer livg his bt life.

The pair met when Banras was 19, and his send film cred was Almodóvar’s 1982 feature, Labyrth of Passn, which he played Sac, a gay Islamic terrorist. ) stalker of another Almodóvar stand-: a famo gay filmmaker named Pablo (Eeb Poncela).

ANTON BANRAS HAD TO "KILL" HIMSELF TO PLAY THE GAY MAN WHO MA HIM A STARWH HIS CANN-WNG PERFORMANCE "PA AND GLORY," THE ACTOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS MENTOR, DIRECTOR PEDRO ALMODóVAR. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 3, 2019/9:31 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3840PX;WIDTH:5760PX;}MANOLO PAVóN/SONY PICTUR CLASSICSANTON BANRAS AS SALVADOR "PA AND GLORY."BY LAWRENCE FERBEROCTOBER 3, 2019 / 9:31 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANTON BANRAS HAD TO \"KILL\" HIMSELF TO PLAY THE GAY MAN WHO MA HIM A STAR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-03T13:31:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-03T13:31:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ALMODóVAR HELPED TURN ANTON BANRAS TO A STAR, SO SEEMS FTG THAT BANRAS HAS NOW E FULL CIRCLE TO PORTRAY THE GAY SPANISH TR—OR AT LEAST A VERSN OF HIM—FOR THE SEMI-TOBGRAPHIL PA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE FILM, SPA’S OFFICIAL OSRS ENTRY FOR BT INTERNATNAL FEATURE, DIRECTOR SALVADOR MALLO (BANRAS) IS NO LONGER LIVG HIS BT LIFE. HE’S WRACKED WH PHYSIL AILMENTS, PA, PANIC ATTACKS, AND A CREATIVE BLOCK. HE'S ALSO HNTED BY HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN A REVIVAL SCREENG OF HIS PIVOTAL 1980S FILM, SABOR, AFFORDS HIM THE CHANCE TO RENNECT WH S STAR ALBERTO (ASIER EXTEANDIA), THE PAIR, WHO'VE BEEN TRANGED FOR YEARS, BOND OVER HERO, AIR LONG-HELD GRIEVANC, AND EVENTUALLY LLABORATE AGA WHEN SALVADOR ALLOWS ALBERTO TO STAGE A MEMOIR TEXT AS A ONE-MAN MONOLOGUE… WHICH LEADS TO THE SUDN REAPPEARANCE OF FERI (LEONARDO SBARAGLIA), SALVADOR’S EX-LOVER. ALL THE WHILE, SALVADOR FLASH BACK TO HIS YEARS AS A CHILD, HIS GHT RELATNSHIP WH HIS MOTHER (PLAYED BY PENéLOPE CZ AND JULIETA SERRANO, AS A YOUNG AND ELRLY WOMAN, RPECTIVELY), AND HIS FIRST PANG OF SAME-SEX ATTRACTN TO AN ARTISTIC HANDYMAN (CéSAR VICENTE). WILL ANY OF THE EVENTS, PAST OR PRENT, HOLD THE KEY TO UNLEASHG HIS VISNARY SPIR AND WILL TO LIVE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO PLAY THE 70-YEAR-OLD ALMODóVAR’S THLY VEILED—ACTUALLY, FUCK , NOT VEILED AT ALL—ALTER EGO, BANRAS WORE REPLIS OF CLOTHG YANKED OM THE FILMMAKER'S OWN WARDROBE, SPORTED HIS SIGNATURE SPIKY HAIRSTYLE, AND EVEN HABED A PRECISE RENSTCTN OF ALMODóVAR’S SLEEK MADRID APARTMENT (WHICH YOU WILL WANT TO MOVE TO).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S EXACTLY LIKE HIS!” BANRAS EXCLAIMS, STG A MIDTOWN HOTEL ROOM MANHATTAN. “AND WHEN I SAY EXACTLY, EVEN THE BOOKS THAT ARE THERE ARE HIS APARTMENT. THE PATG IS THE SAME, THE BALNY, THE REFLECTN OF THE LIGHT AT SPECIFIC TIM OF DAY. WHEN I READ THE SCRIPT AND THOUGHT, SALVADOR IS PEDRO, I FIGURED THE CHARACTER’S LOOK WOULD GO ANOTHER DIRECTN. I ASKED, 'SHOULD WE GO WH A BEARD, NO BEARD, HAIR BACK?' HE NEVER GAVE ME A Y OR NO ANSWER, AND THEN ON THE DAY OF THE SCREEN TT HE TALKED TO THE HAIRDRSER AND THEY STARTED PULLG MY HAIR UP LIKE HIS! THEN HE BROUGHT PRACTILLY ALL OF HIS WARDROBE. THERE WERE SOME PRADA SUS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IF HE LIKED THE LOR, HE SAID, 'OKAY, LET’S DO A REPLI.'"MANOLO PAVóN/SONY PICTUR CLASSICSANTON BANRAS AS SALVADOR "PA AND GLORY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTON BANRAS AS SALVADOR PA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT BANRAS' OWN LIFE—SPECIFILLY HIS RECENT HEART ATTACK—ALSO PROVED VALUABLE HIS PICTN OF THE BROKEN, WEAKENED SALVADOR. "I’M GOG TO BE 60 NEXT YEAR—’S NOT LIKE I’M A BOY ANYMORE," SAYS BANRAS, WHO SNAGGED THE CANN FILM FTIVAL BT ACTOR AWARD FOR THE PERFORMANCE MAY. "TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO I HAD A HEART ATTACK, AND THAT’S SOMETHG THAT HELPED ME A LOT. IT’S ONE OF THE BT THGS THAT HAPPENED. IT OPENED MY EY TO UNRSTAND MYSELF BETTER, MY ROLE LIFE—TO FET THE STUPIDI AND REALIZE THE THGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. SOMETHG CHANGED ME, AND PEDRO SAW THAT. HE SAID, 'AFTER YOU HAD THAT HEART ATTACK THERE IS SOMETHG YOU I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SCRIBE, BUT I DON’T WANT YOU TO HI . I WANT YOU TO E THAT FOR THE CHARACTER.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACTOR, WHO ALSO STARS STEVEN SORBERGH’S NEW PANAMA PAPERS DRAMEDY, THE LNDROMAT, GO ON TO EXPLA THAT HE METAPHORILLY "HAD TO KILL ANTON BANRAS" TO PLAY THE BEATEN-DOWN, ARTISTILLY STAGNANT SALVADOR. "I HAD TO KILL THAT GUY WHO IS MORE ROMANTIC AND ATHLETIC, AND NOT E THE SAME TOOLS I WAS FOR CREATG CHARACTERS HOLLYWOOD. WE HAD TO CLEAN THE SLATE AND START OM SCRATCH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BANRAS LEFT HIS FIRST MARK ON TERNATNAL DIENC THANKS TO ALMODóVAR, -STARRG THE DIRECTOR'S PUNKY, MPY, VERY QUEER 1980S FILMS. THE PAIR MET WHEN BANRAS WAS 19, AND HIS SEND FILM CRED WAS ALMODóVAR’S 1982 FEATURE, LABYRTH OF PASSN, WHICH HE PLAYED SAC, A GAY ISLAMIC TERRORIST. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THEIR REPERTOIRE (EIGHT MOVI AND UNTG) CLU 1986’S MATADOR, 1988’S WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVO BREAKDOWN, 1989’S TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!, AND 1987’S LAW OF DIRE, WHICH BANRAS PLAYED THE SOCPATHIC (BUT HOT!) STALKER OF ANOTHER ALMODóVAR STAND-: A FAMO GAY FILMMAKER NAMED PABLO (EEB PONCELA).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SCE THE BEGNG, WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG AND PEDRO GAVE ME GAY ROL, WAS JT A FEATURE OF THE CHARACTER,” BANRAS SAYS. STILL, HE ACKNOWLEDG THAT FEW ACTORS WERE QUICK TO TAKE ON LGBTQ ROL THE 1980S AND 1990S, WHEN HE ALSO MA HOLLYWOOD BREAKTHROUGHS PLAYG THE QUEER VAMPIRE ARMAND NEIL JORDAN’S INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE AND MIGUEL ÁLVAREZ, THE VOTED GAY LOVER OF TOM HANKS’ AIDS-STRICKEN ANDY BECKETT, JONATHAN DEMME'S PHILALPHIA. (FUN FACT: AT ELTON JOHN’S OSRS PARTY THE NIGHT HANKS WON FOR BT ACTOR FOR THE FILM, STEVEN SPIELBERG TOLD BANRAS TO E BY HIS AMBL OFFIC TO DISCS PLAYG ZORRO THE NEXT MORNG.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I KNOW [OTHERS HATED], BUT I DON’T RE ABOUT OTHER ACTORS,” HE NTU. “I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID PHILALPHIA THERE WAS A SCENE WHERE I GO NNG TO THE HOSPAL BEE THERE’S A CRISIS, AND WAS WRTEN THE SCRIPT THAT WE EMBRACE. I THK ON THE SEND OR THIRD TAKE I SAID TO TOM, 'MAN, THIS IS FUCKED UP. WE HAVE TO KISS. WE’RE A UPLE.' AND TOM SAID, 'YOU’RE GODDAMNED FUCKG RIGHT, WE HAVE TO FUCKG KISS.' SO WE DID! IT WAS JT A LTLE KISS, BUT WAS SO IMPORTANT! WHAT THE FUCK? PEOPLE KISS!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE NTU, "WHEN WE DID LAW OF DIRE MY CHARACTER WAS GAY, BUT ALSO A CRIMAL, AND PEOPLE TOTALLY ACCEPTED HE WAS A CRIMAL—THAT WAS FE. YOU N KILL ANYBODY ON THE SCREEN AND ’S TOTALLY FE, BUT IF YOU KISS A PERSON OF THE SAME SEX ’S LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD WILL DISSOLVE. IT’S STUPID!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALMODóVAR HAS ADMTED THAT HE FELT BANRAS BETRAYED HIM WHEN HE FLEW THE OP FOR HOLLYWOOD, BUT THE PAIR MA NICE AND WORKED TOGETHER AGA ON 2011’S CREEPY PSYCHODRAMA THE SK I LIVE IN. BANRAS NSIRS PLAYG SPA’S GREATT LIVG GAY FILMMAKER AN HONOR, AND A ROLE HE ULD BRG A WHOLE LOT OF FIRSTHAND TEA TO AS WELL.STEFANIE KEENAN/GETTY IMAG FOR AT&TTORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 07: ANTON BANRAS AND PEDRO ALMODóVAR STOP BY AT&T ON LOCATION DURG TORONTO INTERNATNAL FILM FTIVAL 2019 AT HOTEL LE GERMA ON SEPTEMBER 06, 2019 TORONTO, CANADA. (PHOTO BY STEFANIE KEENAN/GETTY IMAG FOR AT&T){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BANRAS AND PEDRO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS PLEX,” BANRAS SAYS, “BEE ’S SLIGHTLY MORE DIFFICULT TO PLAY SOMEBODY WHO EXISTED AND IS STILL ALIVE PRODUCG, AND THAT PERSON IS YOUR IEND, AND 'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF THAT PERSON IS DIRECTG YOU. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE THE SOURCE OF ALL THE DATA NEED TO PUT TOGETHER THE CHARACTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, IF THE TWO HAVE BEEN CHUMMY FOR S, ALMODóVAR WAS A TOUGH ME TO CRACK—HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REALLY PRIVATE PERSON. "OUR IENDSHIP HAS VERY SPECIFIC PARAMETERS, CERTA BOUNDARI THAT I NEVER TRIED TO TRPASS," BANRAS SAYS. "I’M VERY RPECTFUL OF HIS PRIVACY. BUT I KNEW MANY OF THE EVENTS REFLECTED THE MOVIE, AND THE TIMG WHEN THEY HAPPENED THE 1980S, SO I WAS VERY FAIAR WH ALL THE MATERIAL HE PUT TOGETHER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE EXPLAS, "THE ACTOR THE MOVIE, ALBERTO, HE HAS NOTHG TO DO WH ME. THAT CHARACTER IS LIKE A FRANKENSTE REPRENTG DIFFERENT ACTORS AND ACTRS, BUT THE GUY [ALBERTO IS MOSTLY BASED ON] DIDN’T GO AWAY—HE DIDN’T GO TO HOLLYWOOD—SO HE’S NOT ME. BUT I KNOW WHO HE IS. I N’T REVEAL WHO IS!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BANRAS WILL, HOWEVER, DIVULGE THAT ONE OF THE MOST PERSONAL, RAW MOMENTS DURG PRODUCTN ARRIVED WHEN THEY WERE REHEARSG A SCENE WHICH SALVADOR TELLS HIS MOTHER, HER FAL DAYS, THAT HE’S SORRY HE DISAPPOTED HER BY NEVER BEG THE SON SHE WANTED. DPE HIS BEG A WORLD-RENOWNED FILMMAKER, ALMODóVAR’S MOTHER WANTED HIM TO STAY HIS SMALL TOWN, WORK FOR A BANK, AND RAISE A FAY, HE RECENTLY TOLD THE GUARDIAN. ALMODóVAR LIK TO READ L WH EACH ACTOR, BUT A REHEARSAL FOR THIS KEY SCENE HE ACTUALLY OZE UP.MANOLO PAVóN/SONY PICTUR CLASSICSANTON BANRAS AS SALVADOR AND JULIETA SERRANO AS JACTA "PA AND GLORY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BANRAS AS SALVADOR AND JULIETA SERRANO AS JACTA PA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I SAW THAT HE ULDN’T SAY THE LE, 'MOTHER, I’M SORRY I’M NOT THE SON YOU EXPECTED ME TO BE,'" BANRAS RELLS. "PEOPLE ASK ME, 'HOW TOBGRAPHIL IS THIS?' AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE ARE CERTA EVENTS THAT ARE TTH AND OTHERS THAT HE LLS ‘TO-FICTN.’ HE PROBABLY NEVER SAID THAT TO HER REAL LIFE, BUT HE WANTED TO, SO HE ED THIS MOVIE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE NTU, "HE ULDN’T SAY THAT LE, BUT I HAD RIGHT ONT OF ME. I SAID, ‘GO. YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY OR VERBALIZE ANYTHG. I N SEE YOUR EY AND CHT WHAT IS HAPPENG.’ SO PEDRO WENT AWAY, AND WE WORKED WH THAT MATERIAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PA AND GLORY HS THEATERS OCTOBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“Sce the begng, when I was very young and Pedro gave me gay rol, was jt a feature of the character, ” Banras says. Still, he acknowledg that few actors were quick to take on LGBTQ rol the 1980s and 1990s, when he also ma Hollywood breakthroughs playg the queer vampire Armand Neil Jordan’s Interview Wh the Vampire and Miguel Álvarez, the voted gay lover of Tom Hanks’ AIDS-stricken Andy Beckett, Jonathan Demme's Philalphia. "He ntu, "When we did Law of Dire my character was gay, but also a crimal, and people totally accepted he was a crimal—that was fe.

Banras nsirs playg Spa’s greatt livg gay filmmaker an honor, and a role he uld brg a whole lot of firsthand tea to as well. In 2019, Almodóvar tsted Banras to act out his life story "Pa and Glory" — the movie is about a gay Spanish filmmaker named Salvador Mallo (Banras), showg him both late middle age and childhood.

We have a man who's played a vampire, a gay man durg the AIDS panmic, a gunslger, a swashbuckler, Che Guevara, Pablo Pisso, and now he's set to star alongsi one of the biggt actn hero of cematic history. Anton Banras has played LGBTQ+ characters — specifilly men intifyg as homosexuals — several films, and the 1990s, when such rol were relatively rare and morately ntroversial. ' And I was very worried about the gayns of the whole script.

LAW OF DIRE (1987): ALMODOVAR’S GAY EROTIC THRILLER, STARRG ANTON BANRAS AND CARMEN MRA

Banras further portrayed gay men "Philalphia, " as well as Almodovar's "Labyrth of Passn" and "Pa and Glory, " the director's semi-tobgraphil life story that earned Banras his first Amy Award nomatn. When a man wh HIV is fired by his law firm bee of his ndn, he hir a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willg advote for a wrongful dismissal su. Havg alt wh straight sexualy “Matador, ” was logil for Alomodovar to follow up wh a siarly themed erotic thriller, only this time set a specifilly gay i and alg wh the more particular varieti and vagari of homosexual love.

One of Almodovar’s few explicly gay melodramas, which most of the characters are gay, the film ntas fully veloped characters wh distctive personali. At a party after the premiere of his new picture, he meets Anton (Anton Banras), a handsome closeted gay, who be obssed wh Pablo. The mother who’s of German origs is perpetually worried about her hband disverg Anton’s homosexualy and, later, fdg out Anon’s volvement Juan’s ath.

In Almodovar’s tal, when upl first meet, they engage steamy sex, as if the director is a hurry to entrap his spectators, pecially his gay fans. Th, ’s not a stretch to claim that “Law of Dire, ””+ though gay-them, reviss the issu of aterny and bondg of var kds between olr men and younger guys.