Gael Garcia & Diego Luna | Explain This

Esquire

11/19/2024

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00:00One of the first ideas we had is like this guy was gonna be obsessed with having a bigger ass.

00:06I was like in fact a little like jealous to be fair.

00:09There's something about sitting down with an actual butt that is very comfortable.

00:17Hello everyone, I'm Diego Luna.

00:20My name is Gael Garcia Bernal and Esquire has asked us to explain some things.

00:26So we're just gonna explain something.

00:28Yeah.

00:35What is the secret to your long-lasting friendship?

00:38It's a secret.

00:42Let me ask you one thing.

00:43Anything you guys disagree on?

00:45Yeah.

00:46What is that?

00:46Diego doesn't like avocado.

00:48But I've never liked it.

00:50It's not that I changed my mind or anything.

00:52This is a 44 year thing.

00:56I don't like avocados.

00:57I don't know what to say.

00:58I don't know what to say with that.

00:59I don't support that argument.

01:03You love avocados.

01:05Yeah, I think avocados should be president.

01:08Yeah.

01:12Thank you Gael for not telling us your secret and for putting me in this spot.

01:17Thank you very much.

01:19Okay, Diego is in Star Wars.

01:21And Gael is a part of Marvel.

01:22Have you tried to get the other into your universe?

01:25No.

01:26That would be really weird.

01:27That would be really pushing it.

01:29No, that would be like...

01:30Not like going into hyperspace or anything.

01:32Exactly, exactly.

01:33Not so realistic.

01:34Like, hey, what are you doing here?

01:36But now like, I don't know, like a piece for like a comedy central kind of thing.

01:41We could do something of...

01:43Or in 50 years when like...

01:45When they are there.

01:46When no one calls us.

01:47We can do something.

01:48We can be like wearing the clothes, being really old and pretending like...

01:53Exactly.

01:54There was a moment where they actually...

01:56But they would be fighting together, no?

01:58They would be...

01:58For the same cause, of course.

02:00Absolutely, absolutely.

02:02I don't think they will fight.

02:03I think Andor would try to get away.

02:05But Andor would bring his droid.

02:08That's the thing that we have to acknowledge.

02:11That there's a gigantic thing that would get in between.

02:14Yeah, the werewolf.

02:16He's not responsible for his actions.

02:18Let's say he's like that friend that has really bad alcohol.

02:22No?

02:22Next day he's like, what?

02:24What happened?

02:25So I don't know...

02:26Why are you looking at me like...

02:29Was it obvious which role was meant for each of you on La Maquina?

02:34Yes, yes, definitely.

02:36I am very open to injections.

02:40Gael is afraid of needles.

02:43So I was like, yeah, I'll play that.

02:45I'll take the hit.

02:46And Gael is good at taking hits also.

02:49He likes being punched.

02:50He likes to suffer.

02:51He likes the pain.

02:53And tight shorts.

02:54I mean, short shorts, not tight.

02:56Gael had been training boxing for years.

02:59And I was happy not to wake up too early.

03:02So I think it was pretty clear.

03:05I'll tell you everything about the fake bot.

03:07One of the first ideas we had is like,

03:10this guy was going to be obsessed with having a bigger ass.

03:13As big as it would look natural to him.

03:16It's basically this padded pants that he wears.

03:20And it was quite fascinating to put that on.

03:24Because it suddenly, like, it brings a character naturally.

03:27Like, it just makes you stand differently.

03:29It's like, I was like, in fact, a little like jealous, to be fair.

03:34It's like, oh, this is kind of nice.

03:36And it's right.

03:37There's something about sitting down with an actual bot

03:43that is very comfortable that I miss now.

03:47But yeah, I had to let go because the series is a mini series.

03:51So it has a beginning and an end.

03:53It's a character that it's gone with his ass and all the prosthetics.

03:59Yeah.

04:01So Diego, what are you most excited for in Andor Season 2?

04:04You want me to answer that?

04:06Exactly. Thank you.

04:07If you can help me, I mean, I can't talk about it.

04:10But you can talk about it.

04:13You don't have a contract or anything.

04:15I am very excited.

04:16We've been working really hard.

04:18It's four years.

04:19Like, the first season was one year.

04:21This one is four years in the life of these characters.

04:24And there's new characters.

04:25And so, yeah, it's an exciting one.

04:28But I can't say much.

04:30You can't say much.

04:31I apologize, you know, but I can't say much.

04:34But I can be back next year to talk about it.

04:37If there's a chance.

04:40I can bring my own chair.

04:41If this one is still like this.

04:43I think you will have to.

04:45Yeah.

04:46Because this chair is still going to be here.

04:48Why was it important to you both to tell the story in La Máquina?

04:52It was important for many reasons.

04:54I think the most important one was to have an opportunity to reflect on friendship.

05:01But with characters our age, you know, because it changes a lot.

05:05And we had the opportunity to do something similar in Y Tu Mamá También,

05:09in Rudy Cursi.

05:11And for me, it was important to keep reflecting on something that unites us, you know, and do that.

05:18While we still have time to talk about this moment, you know.

05:22People have been waiting for years to see you two back together on screen.

05:26What drew you both to reunite for La Máquina?

05:28It was definitely the love for what we do.

05:32The idea of acting together again after so many years, which is so much fun.

05:39It's just like there's something very special when we work together.

05:42And we wanted to make sure we went through that again.

05:45We also wanted to make sure we could do a story that would celebrate Mexico,

05:49that would celebrate boxing and friendship.

05:53And that would give us the opportunity to work with an amazing group of people

05:57that we've been working with for decades now.

05:59How did Y Tu Mamá También push the boundaries of cinema?

06:03Do we agree that Y Tu Mamá También pushed boundaries of cinema?

06:07I think we can agree, especially in those days.

06:10The fact that this very fresh story that is a comedy, but at the same time is a tragedy.

06:16And that it has those elements of awakening and the loss of innocence and all of those

06:21combined with the fact that there was a map that very few people had seen in the world.

06:27I mean, and also for us, it was very difficult to reflect on all this

06:29because we hadn't made those type of films.

06:32And obviously the sexuality, which...

06:34Oh, I thought you were going to say the great acting.

06:36Sensuality.

06:37No, it is the great acting, exactly.

06:39When the film is honest and has a purpose, there's always someone out there

06:43that will be ready to receive that and make it theirs, no?

06:47What was it like working with Alejandro on Amores Perros?

06:51And how did it influence you as an actor?

06:54Well, I mean, it was my first experience in cinema.

06:57I also was Alejandro González Signari's first experience in cinema.

07:01I'm doing that voice because he talks a little bit like that.

07:05It was many of us in that film.

07:08It was our first experience working on cinema.

07:11And back in those days, we didn't know that the films were going to be seen.

07:15There were only six films done that year in Mexico.

07:18Now reflecting back on it, we knew what we were, the story we were telling,

07:22but we didn't know the consequences at all.

07:24Having that opportunity to always remember that innocence in a way or that instinct.

07:29Back in those days, we didn't have any references if this was the correct thing,

07:33the right thing to do.

07:34And it came out good.

07:36What advice would you give to the next generation of Latino storytellers?

07:41The advice I would give is to behave badly.

07:44Rebel on the established narrative and break it.

07:49If we fall into the trap of like, this is the stories that we are able to tell,

07:55then I don't know.

07:56It's not interesting.

07:57I would also add, make sure you see the projects that kind of like represent that.

08:02Be curious about what others are doing and how they're doing it.

08:05We send a message every time we buy a ticket for a theater play.

08:11We watch a film, we click on the platform.

08:14Make sure you're sending the message, the right message,

08:17and you connect with those who are being rebellious,

08:22independent, brave enough to tell stories.

08:26Thank you so much for watching.

08:27And thank you, Esquire, for making our answers sound logical and...

08:32And brief.

08:32Make sense and brief. Yes, exactly.

08:34Please edit this brief.

08:36Thank you very much for watching this.

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