Mexican actor Diego Boneta enjoys the premiere of “Monster Hunter”, a film that will expand his career in Hollywood, although he assures that the fact that a project comes from Hollywood “doesn’t make it better or worse” since what is captured in it. his interest is the quality and variety of the characters.
“I try to be in the best stories, in the best projects. I speak English and I speak Spanish, I want to work with both Spanish and American (American) directors and Hollywood is no better or worse. In a dream to be there but it’s also important to make independent films with important messages ”, the actor explained in an interview with Efe on Tuesday.
Boneta, recognized for the role of Luis Miguel in the Netflix biographical series (2018) and for his participation in “Terminator: Dark Fate” (2019), finds his place in the movie mecca, but also likes to make Mexican cinema in search of versatility.
“For me it’s important to have a balance here. My dream is to be able to play many different characters in all kinds of films and not get stuck. As an actor you want to try to be as versatile as possible, (…) I love of them… the challenges, ”he added.
The movie he’s now presenting, “Monster Hunter,” released December 18 from the United States, represents another step of his within the American film industry.
It is the adaptation of a video game of the same name and tells the story of a group of elite soldiers who enter a chilling alternate dimension with bloodthirsty monsters lurking.
It is directed by Paul WS Anderson and stars Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa and Ron Perlman alongside Boneta.
AN ACTION MOVIE
“I’ve wanted to take action for years because I’ve loved it since I was a kid. I took the whole action wave very seriously. The memory I have (they filmed it two years ago) is super fun and I’m glad it did. will finally hit theaters. “Right now it’s appreciated to see a funny movie,” Boneta explained, making sure to practice taekwondo before singing and acting.
To film “Monster Hunter”, the team traveled to South Africa and shot into a 45 degree desert to get into the part and just imagine the monster.
That is why, the actor said, the film was so special to him that he also participated in “Terminator”, but on that occasion there was a green background for the actors to create from their imaginations.
In addition, he assured that both the director and Jovovich created a very familiar atmosphere that turned a very intense and hard filming into an extremely professional and also very fun job.
Anderson, he said, has a lot of experience adapting video games to movies – as he did with “Resident Evil” and “Mortal Combat” – and this is because of the seriousness with which he takes his job.
“(Anderson) makes it a movie for video game fans, they’ll love it. He took every character very seriously because he’s a ‘nerd’, he’s a ‘gamer’, and it was fun working with someone with such passion, ”the Mexican added.
LUIS MIGUEL IS BACK
Last May, Boneta announced through his Instagram account that in 2021 the chapters of the second season of “Luis Miguel, the series” will be ready, a production that centered on his brilliant performance and reached the whole world. .
In addition, the actor took part in Michel Franco’s award-winning and discussed film “New Order”, which he said is very proud and shows that he is always looking for very different roles.
“It’s a really cool film, incredible and has a very important message,” he said of the film that won the jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.