The film based on the wrestling icon hits theaters in September.
, the upcoming film based on the life of the wrestling and queer icon also known as the Liberace of Lucha Libre.In the two-minute clip, the audience is introduced to Saúl Armendáriz from El Paso, Texas, who dreams of becoming professional luchador after his father first introduced him to the sport. In the process, he transforms into Cassandro, an “exótico” who wrestles in drag.
“Are you a wrestler?” Bad Bunny asks García Bernal in the film’s new trailer. “Yes,” the Mexican actor responds. That’s the first interaction between the two in the teaser. Later in the clip, they are dancing, and there’s a first look at Bad Bunny as one of Cassandro’s love interests. Roberta Colindrez, Perla de la Rosa, Joaquín Cosío and Raúl Castillo round out the biopic’s castIt’s not Bad Bunny’s first role on the big screen.
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