#diegolunalovegood's questions

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Today I've found this post by @diegolunalovegood and in the tags she asked : #Diego Luna#Casa de mi padre#I really want to know the story behind how he got involved#was it he or Gael who learned of the project first?#how did his interest develop?

Well, I started researching, so as to try to help answering her questions and I've found this Collider article where Diego says "he has always wanted to do films like Will Ferrell's and he got to do one in Spanish..."

The video doesn't work anymore it seems... but well, here above are two photos I've found while searching for answers... I know they've been posted before but didn't know they were from GQ

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On a second attempt, I searched for answers in the Spanish media, and I've found some videos that are part in English and part in Spanish, like the press conference in Mexico: pt. 1 & pt.2 and some written articles. All of them coincide that:

#I really want to know the story behind how he got involved: Will Ferrell and his working group came out with the idea, cause he always wanted to act in some Mexican soap opera, and also had a great faascination for Westerns. T

#was it he or Gael who learned of the project first? They wanted to film it in Mexico, with Mexican actors, and so they thought of Diego and Gael cause they considered them icons of the Mexican cinema and they were both quite famous already. So, they contacted them and gave them the script and both Diego and Gael were delighted to accept.

#how did his interest develop? Diego liked the script, he was told he had complete freedom to do what he wanted and also he says he felt challenged because there are no films of this kind in the Mexican film industry, they are dedicated to make films for Film Festivals, not to sell them to audiences. So, it was a completely new experience to him. Another thing he found interesting was the social and political matters that the film dealt with, and that the view didn't come from Mexicans but from USA people themselves...

Here are two of the interviews where I took the information (they're in Spanish):

Diego Luna: “Casa de Mi Padre” es una sátira a todo y en español

2. Diego Luna defiende hablar de violencia con humor en "Casa de mi padre"

And here's a video that pretty much sums up the essential of the answers to @diegolunalovegood 's questions (it's part in Spanish and part in English):

#diego luna #will ferrell #genesis rodriguez #casa de mi padre #GQ #videos #interviews #diegolunalovegood's questions #hope you find it useful!!!