Probably He is one of the best Spanish actors, Antonio Banderas became the best image of Spain in Hollywood. He started his career with a lot of work and humbleness thanks to Pedro Almodóvar, great director of Spanish cinema, who asked him to work for one of his films after seeing him in the theatre.
His first films with Pedro Almodóvar were very successful in Spain: “Laberinto de Pasiones” (Labyrinth of Passion), “Matador”, “¡Átame!” (Tie me up! Tie me down) or ”Mujeres” al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown), which was nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film. We recommend students coming to learn Spanish in Spain see these films.
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas
But his first big work inHollywoodcame in 1992 with the film “Philadelphia”, in which he shared the stage with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. After that (*) his career took off and he started to do big films in Hollywood, such as “Entrevista con el vampiro” (“Interview with the vampire”)starred by Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, “Evita” with Madonna and the film “Desperado” directed by Robert Rodríguez.
He was born in Málaga, he visits the city every year and he never misses Malaga’s Holy week. Students undertaking a course in a Spanish school in Málaga could meet the actor in a celebration.
In 1998 he becomes Zorro, as he has the leading role in the movie “La Mascara del Zorro” (“The Mask of Zorro”) and, later, “La Leyenda del Zorro” (“The Legend of Zorro”), sharing the stage with Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones. He also took part in the saga the “Sky Kids” and he is the cat’s voice in “Shrek”.
He tried directing in the film “Locos enAlabama” (“Crazy inAlabama”) in 1999 and in the Spanish film “El Camino de los Ingleses” in 2006. Antonio Banderas won his star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in 2005, 16 years after arriving in theUnited States.
If you are undertaking a Spanish course in Spain and you would like to improve your Spanish, you should not stop going to films starring this great actor and film director.
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