Mexican actor Horacio García-Rojas will participate in Clint Eastwood’s new film, “Cry Macho,” a dream he never thought could come true and whose film adaptation reveals “a life lesson” that goes beyond cinematographic learning.
“(Eastwood) is one of those people who stay there because passion calls them. They decide to keep telling stories because that’s what they are passionate about and what amuses them. Although I have my years of experience, I still have a way to go and I want the 70 with that vitality, ‘said the actor.
THE EASTWOOD ANTAGONIST
“Cry macho” is the 90-year-old American’s 42nd production and tells the story of a man who was a rodeo star helping a troubled young man enter Texas (USA) from Mexico.
In the film, García-Rojas, protagonist of the series “Diablero” and actor in “Narcos: México”, gives life to Eastwood’s antagonist, who in addition to directing the movie stars in her, after he passed a casting.
“Castings are always odd because it’s a flip of a coin, but you put your whole heart into it, above talent, especially now in a pandemic,” he said.
Along with him, Eduardo Minett and Natalia Traven complete the Mexican team of the film, directed and starring Eastwood, who usually has new talents in his films.
“He has, shall we say, a community job, knowing that cinematographic art is a chessboard where each piece performs a vital function and is all important and has produced a family,” said García-Rojas.
The pandemic brought bad news to the Mexican when a major Amazon Studios project he would participate in with Spain’s Javier Bardem was canceled and, although the blow was harsh, “Cry macho” helped him perpetuate the illusion.
In addition, she focused her energy on her daughter’s education, spending time with her family and consuming culture.
RACISM IN MEXICO
In terms of cultural conditions in Mexico, García-Rojas felt that 2020 was an important year to open the door to change regarding issues such as racism, classism, the boundaries of humor, stirring heated debates and, some of them, constructive .
“There is still a long way to go, but there have been some flashes that speak of the intention to change stories. Sometimes it seems like it is ending, but you enter platforms and see posters that tell you ‘this story is very Mexican “But why are they all white? Mexico isn’t like that,” he said.
In addition, he referred to certain films that he believes perpetuate the ways of making films that contribute to stereotypes, such as the Mexican Michel Franco’s film “Nuevo Orden” (2020), which divided audiences as some considered it classist. and racist.
For García-Rojas, things will really start to change when the population starts to question their privileges and see how they can contribute from their position to the extension of these privileges to the entire population.
He also championed the idea of being able to tell stories about the real Mexico in which he and many other people live from day to day.
“Sometimes it seems that Mexico and Latin America are insecurity, desolation, drug trafficking and banal comedy and I say, where is the Mexico I know? The Mexico of my daughter smiling, the Mexico of the woman I love, from my parents who support me, from the pyramids, from the magical cities, ”he claimed.
In 2021, García-Rojas hopes that projects half-abandoned by the pandemic will continue what he’s excited about, including a project on racism in Mexico with illustrator Raúl Valdés.