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October 7, 2024 β 10:31 AM PDT
(Reuters) β Mexican actors and childhood friends Diego Luna and Gael GarcΓa Bernal have paired up again, to deliver Huluβs first Spanish-language series, βLa MΓ‘quina.β
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Luna and Garcia Bernal have been best friends since childhood and have worked on several projects including βY Tu MamΓ‘ TambiΓ©nβ in 2001 and βRudo y Cursiβ in 2008.
After a decade of creating and producing, Luna believes the timing is perfect.
βTen years now make sense in a way, you know, because we couldnβt be more ready, basically and β¦ it feels like the right moment,β Luna said. βIt means a lot, you know, itβs β¦ the time to do it.β
βLa MΓ‘quinaβ delves into the world of professional boxing, with Garcia Bernal playing Esteban, a boxer who, despite his knowledge and passion for the sport, is grappling with the realities of retirement due to his bodyβs limitations. Luna plays his manager Andy, who places a higher value on success and money than life.
The show will begin streaming on Hulu on Wednesday.
The actors reflected on their friendship and the opportunities that have come their way.
βThere is that little moment of, well, this is crazy. Like β¦ who would have thought that we were β¦ riding on the bicycles together and all of a sudden weβre doing this. Itβs crazy,β Garcia Bernal said.
Luna added that βitβs important to allow that, you know, to come. β¦ Thereβs something beautiful about having another opportunity to tell another story.β
Director Gabriel Ripstein said the chemistry between the two actors on set was both a benefit and a drawback.
βIt became a challenge at certain points, where we had to like hit the dramatic scenes and these guys would just go off and it was very contagious,β Ripstein said. βIt became like a snowball of comedy and my job many times was β OK guys, letβs bring it down because β¦ we need to shoot.β
Reporting by Alicia Powell; Editing by Mary Milliken and Mark Porter
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