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Cassandro Trailer Is Here To Drop An Elbow On Your Heart
Gael García Bernal and Bad Bunny star as lovers in this moving biopic.
You may not know the story of Saúl Armendáriz, but you will.
Today Prime Video dropped the trailer for their highly anticipated biopic starring Gael García Bernal and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny) and it's the kind of inspiring tale of queer triumph we crave.
Set in the 1980s, the film tells the story of Saúl Armendáriz (Bernal), a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, who rises to international stardom after he creates the ''exotico'' character Cassandro aka the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” The problem is that traditionally the wrestling world at that time never let the exotico win, but Saúl was determined to do so. In doing so he gains the fame he was seeking but he doesn't only upend his own life but changes the macho wrestling world as well. The film is based on a true story and is directed by Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams.
Starring alongside Bernal and Ocasio are Roberta Colindrez, Perla de la Rosa, Joaquín Cosío, and Raúl Castillo with a special appearance from El Hijo del Santo.
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
