Mexican actor Horacio Garcia-Rojas will star in Clint Eastwood’s new film, “Cry Mascle,” a dream he never thought could come true and whose filming is “a life lesson.” beyond film learning.
“(Eastwood) is one of those people who is still here because passion calls them. They decide to keep telling stories because that’s what excites and entertains them. While I have my years of experience I have a long way to go and I want to reaching 70 with that vitality, ”the actor exposed.
THE EASTWOOD ANTAGONIST
“Cry Male” is the 42nd production of the 90-year-old American and tells the story of a man who was a round-the-clock star and helps a troubled young man enter Texas (USA) from Mexico.
In the film, García-Rojas, protagonist of the series “Diablero” and actor in “Narcos: Mexico”, plays the antagonist of Eastwood, who in addition to directing the film stars her, after having passed a casting.
“Casting is always quirky because it’s throwing a coin in the air, but one puts your whole heart into it, beyond talent, especially now in a pandemic,” he said.
Alongside him, Eduardo Minett and Natalia Traven complete the Mexican team of the film directed and starring Eastwood, who usually has new talent in their films.
“He has a community-based job, understanding that film art is a chessboard where each token plays a vital role and all are important and has spawned a family,” Garcia-Rojas said.
The pandemic brought bad news to Mexico when a major Amazon Studios project was canceled in which he had to participate alongside Spaniard Javier Bardem and, although the blow was hard, “Cry male “helped him maintain his enthusiasm.
In addition, she focused her energies on her daughter’s education, spending time with family and consuming culture.
RACISM IN MEXICO
On the circumstances of culture in Mexico, Garcia-Rojas considered that 2020 was an important year to open the door to change on issues such as racism, classism, the limits of humor, generating heated debates and, some of them, constructive.
“There’s a long way to go, but we’ve seen some sparks that speak of an intention to change narratives. Sometimes it seems like it’s ending but you walk into platforms and you see posters that tell you ‘this story is very Mexican.’ “But why are they all white? Mexico is not like that,” he said.
He also referred to certain films that, according to him, perpetuate the ways of making cinema that contribute to stereotypes, such as the film “Nou ordre” (2020) by the Mexican Michel Franco, which divided the audience, already which some considered classist and racist.
For García-Rojas, things will really start to change when the population begins to question their privileges and begins to see how, from their position, they can contribute to these privileges being extended to the entire population.
He also championed the idea of being able to tell stories of the real Mexico that he and many other people live in their day to day lives.
“Sometimes it seems like Mexico and Latin America are uncertainty, desolation, drug trafficking and banal comedy and I say where is the Mexico I know? The Mexico of my laughing daughter, the Mexico of the woman I love, of my parents who give me support, of the pyramids, of the magical peoples, “he claimed.
In 2021 García-Rojas hopes that projects will come to fruition that were halved by the pandemic he is excited about, including a project on racism in Mexico with illustrator Raúl Valdés.