Gael García Bernal still remembers that rush of electricity he felt on the set of “Y Tu Mamá También” more than 20 years ago. In the Amazon Prime movie Cassandro, Garcia Bernal plays Saul Armendariz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, Texas, who rises to international stardom when he creates the character Cassandro, the `Liberace of Lucha Libre.’ “It …
Cassandro, the new film starring Gael García Bernal as the charismatic, pioneering wrestler Saúl Armendáriz, takes us into the world of lucha libre—a sport widely beloved in Mexico and one that makes the WWE look restrained in comparison. When he decides to become an exótico, he chooses the name Cassandro, inspired by a telenovela starring the singer and actress Verónica …
Just when the endless chain of biopics seemed to enter a saturation point, there arrives Cassandro, the feature film debuting at the Sundance Film Festival, about the first openly gay wrestler from Mexico. What's more is that Gael García Bernal gives the performance of his career as the flamboyant ‘Liberace of lucha libre,’ who won't hide behind a mask at …
