Hitting our theaters in October 1998, The Mask of Zorro, signed by Martin Campbell and worn by the trio of Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta Jones and Anthony Hopkins, was a new adaptation full of the exploits of the famous masked vigilante who doesn’t need it. Introduction Not for a long time. The film was also a huge success in cinemas, opening over 3.4 million screens in France and grossing over $250 million worldwide.
Its sequel, which came out in 2005 and was filmed with the same team (except for Hopkins, of course), would be far below the results of the first part, with $142 million in revenue, even if it attracted 2.16 million viewers in France. .
In a recent interview yahooAntonio Banderas is fond of the memory of this film, which celebrates its 25th anniversary. “It was important to me because at that time my career was still marked by the European films that I made, in particular the films that I made. Pedro Almodovar“ recalls the comedian, 62 years old.
“I should be proud of this film”
One of the strengths The Mask of Zoro It was his old-fashioned film approach that was in his concept, using stuntmen, camera tricks… Thus, Banderas reports the words of the film’s producer, Steven Spielberg, who came to the set to talk to him. And I told him that the work was certainly one of the last to be created in this way…
“Spielberg said to me one day when we were shooting, ‘This is probably going to be one of the last Westerns ever made, with real horses, with real horses, real sword fights, no CGI’. It was all real.”
He added: “But things will change. And they will change very, very quickly. You should be proud of this film.” And I am, perhaps more so now than I was then. I don’t know if I knew when I was making Zoro that he would be an influence. It had an impact and especially 25 years later… It was a very beautiful adventure film with many ingredients that made it shine very beautifully. I have only good memories.”
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