GAEL GARCIA BERNAL
TO PLAY MAGELLAN IN A NEW MOVIE
With an aim to possibly premiere it at Cannes, Lav Diaz is preparing a historical movie MAGELLAN on 16th Century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan to be played by Gael Garcia Bernal. Originally titled Beatriz, The Wife, the film was inspired by the life of Magellan’s wife Beatriz
Barbosa de Magallanes. They married in 1517, living together for just two years before Magellan set off on an expedition to southeast Asia, from which he would never return. As Deadline reports, the new, two and a half hour long version will focus more on the explorer and his travels and less on his wife.
Barbosa de Magallanes. They married in 1517, living together for just two years before Magellan set off on an expedition to southeast Asia, from which he would never return. As Deadline reports, the new, two and a half hour long version will focus more on the explorer and his travels and less on his wife. 
I like original title better...behind every successful man there is a great woman. It's still cold in the morning here...now it's just 1C..should be slightly warmer and sunny today too.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a bit offensive saying that behind every successful man there is woman, imagine if you said it the other way around. There are many successful both men and women who have nobody behind them. That is like saying Mileva Maric was behind Einstein's success, but when you explore their life, you see that she was the burden in his life and her children's lives not a support.
DeleteIt was inspired by the wife but doesn't focus on her? Doesn't make sense to highlight the wife as inspiration and not tell her story.
ReplyDeleteHe is also preparing a nine hours long movie which will have it all... not sure anyone will want to watch it though LOL
Delete9 hours? And I couldn't even make it through LOTR movies. That will be a hard pass for me LOL
DeleteHe is not completely sane, methinks.
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