Guh. Gael Garcia Bernal

[joolz]

I don’t usually gush about actors - save that for fanfic – but this time I make an exception.  I’m totally taken with this guy Gael Garcia Bernal.  He’s Mexican, both his parents were successful actors, and boy did he get the talent in spades.  People are talking about him as the next Antonio Banderas, and, yeah.

I first saw him in ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ (which I highly recommend as being a great movie for many reasons) and said, Who IS That!? 

Searching out more by him, I saw ‘La Mala Educacion’, and again, terrific.  I immediately put ‘Y tu mama tambien’ and ‘Amores Perros’ into my Netflix queue, and will probably work my way through all his films.  All his films, and the guy is only 25.

AND, in addition to being muy guapo and a good actor, he’s thoughtful, intelligent, philosophical, and engaged in current events, too, in interviews.  An all around admirable person.

It’s one of the times I’m sorry that the general US audience doesn’t watch foreign film much, because they’re really missing out here.  I’m hoping he’ll be in a mainstream Hollywood film soon, so everyone can start appreciating him.  (He’s already dating Natalie Portman. *g*)

More adorable pictures below the cutline, for those intrigued.  And doesn’t he make a pretty ‘woman’, too?  ;)

Comments

[joolz01.livejournal.com]

Isn't he just!

There's even a Persuaders connection. Remember the episode with the 'French' woman whose father was wrongly accused of collaborating with the Nazi's? That woman is Gael's mother! The resemblance is striking.

The Persuaders fic is coming slowly - I'm in the process of moving across country, so RL is being demanding. I can see that writing might end up providing some mental health benefits, though. *g*