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Within the age of reboots, revivals and prequels, Antonio Banderas is sharing ideas on who would make a fantastic option to observe in his masked footsteps because the legendary Zorro.
The actor, who performed the swashbuckling hero in 1998’s “The Masks of Zorro” and sequel “The Legend of Zorro” in 2005, mentioned his “Uncharted” costar Tom Holland can be an ideal match for the function, in a video interview revealed Saturday with Comicbook.com.
“In the event that they known as me to do ‘Zorro,’ I might do what Anthony Hopkins did for me, which is to go the torch,” Banderas mentioned when requested about the potential for doing a 3rd movie within the “Zorro” franchise, referring to how Hopkins handed the mantle all the way down to him within the first film.
“He’s so energetic and enjoyable,” Banderas mentioned of Holland. “He’s received this spark, too.”
The “Zorro” movies, which have been directed by Martin Campbell, costarred Catherine Zeta-Jones. The primary movie was a part of a string of crossover successes within the Nineties for Banderas, which included “Desperado,” “Evita” and “Philadelphia,” after he received his begin working in Spanish cinema with director Pedro Almodovar.
Whereas the “Zorro” franchise at present has no strong initiatives in improvement, Banderas is at present doing press for an additional sequel, the upcoming DreamWorks animated film “Puss in Boots: The Final Want.”
In that movie, Banderas once more voices the debonair feline character he originated within the “Shrek” films, following 2011’s feature-length “Puss in Boots.”