Four years after scandal and accusations of sexual harassment, the actor will return to the big screen in the film Alina de Cuba
In 2018, James Franco won one Golden Globefor his performance in Disaster Artist. The following year, she starred in and directed the feature zeroville. Now, the actor returns to film sets to play the Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the long Alina from Cuba.
Directed by Miguel Bardemthe film tells the story of Alina Fernandezillegitimate daughter of Fidel Castro. Based on real events, the feature will follow the woman’s journey in exile and in the defense of social agendas as one of the biggest critics of her father’s government.
According to information from screenrantit had already been revealed that Alina would be played by the American actress Ana Villafañe (New Amsterdam Hospital). There was no information, however, about who would represent the protagonist’s father in the production. The name of James Francothen, was finally announced, along with that of the Argentine actress Mia Maestro.
in the long, Conductor (the fascination) will represent Natalia “Naty” Revueltaa Cuban who becomes romantically involved with Fidel Castro. It is from this relationship that even Alina Fernandez. In addition to the Argentine actress, Alanna de la Rosa, Maria Cecilia Botero, Harding Junior, Sian Chiong and Rafael Ernesto Hernandez also make up the cast of the new feature.
with script by Jose Rivera and Nile Cruzthe film promises to deliver a historical drama faithful to the events of the life of Alina Fernandez. There is no release date for the production yet, but it is speculated that filming should begin sometime around August 15th in Cartagena and Bogotá, Colombia.
Return after controversies
With Alina from Cuba and me, you, drama focused on the post-WWII period, James Franco returns to movie screens four years after being accused of sex discrimination, harassment and fraud by former students of studio 4your acting school.
At the time, former students of the institution accused James Franco and two other men linked to the school of being coerced into performing sexually explicit scenes in front of the cameras. Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal claim to have been students at the actor’s film school in 2014.
franc admitted that he had sex with students three years after the accusations, claiming they were consensual. In 2021, she struck a deal for the case not to go to trial and paid more than Rs 11 million ($2.2 million) to end the court case.
Source: Rollingstone
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