Antonio Banderas recently spilled beans about upcoming Tony film based on the life of Anthony Bourdain.
The Spanish actor reveals his experience playing a mentor in the Matt Johnson-directed biopic while speaking at the Torino Film Festival this weekend.
“We spent a month and a half filming in Cape Cod and Newport, constantly surrounded by the smell of fish,” said jokingly Mask of Zorro star.
Antonio mentioned that every time he had to take a shower after coming back to the hotel because he would smell like fish.
“I cleaned fish every single day!” confessed the 65-year-old.
Interestingly, the upcoming biopic reflects on the chef-turned-globetrotter’s life.
Desperado the actor recalls that after graduating from university, Anthony “originally wanted to become a writer, but almost immediately began to struggle with depression and drug addiction”.
Therefore, the film “explores the very difficult early years of his life,” he points out.
Antonio, who plays a Brazilian-born restaurateur, takes young Tony, played by Dominic Sessa, under his wing in the new film.
“Through this relationship, Tony really starts to learn how to cook,” he says Baby girl actor.
Antonio notes that the film “is not only about cuisine or culinary techniques; it is about his life, his identity and his way of being shaped by this unique mentor”.
During the festival, the actor gives details about his character in the film.
“My character studied at the finest institutions and graduated from the best gastronomy schools, but he always remained an outsider,” he continues Spy Kids actor.
Antonio adds: “He created his own restaurant outside the traditional world of elite chefs and developed his own dishes with ingredients available to ordinary society – simple food for ordinary people.”
