Banderas, star of "The Mask of Zorro" and
dozens of other films, will direct and star in a Spanish
language version of the 1970 Broadway show by Stephen Sondheim,
which won six Tony Awards, in his hometown of Malaga, southern
Spain.
"When we walk home after rehearsals is when she really does her
work," he told reporters on Thursday.
"When we're at home maybe having dinner is when I ask her very
direct questions and that's when I get very direct answers about
what she's seeing," he said, adding that he has always trusted
her opinions.
The actor, 61, opened the Teatro del Soho theatre in Malaga two
years ago to serve as a non profit centre for the production,
training and promotion of performing arts.
After a successful first year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced it
to halt the activity.
"Company", which has never been performed in Spanish, will
premiere on Nov 17, and has been adapted for a modern audience,
with permission from author Stephen Sondheim.
"It does not have a traditional narrative, it moves with
sketches and a central character who wanders, has tribulations,
reflections on his life and the commitment he acquires in terms
of friendship and direct commitments in the world of the
couple," said Banderas at an event to promote the show.
Banderas, who switched to acting from soccer after a youth
injury, found fame as a dashing male lead in several of Pedro
Almodovar's films in the 80s, including "Women on the verge of a
nervous breakdown."
He found Hollywood stardom in the 90s, sharing the screen with
Tom Hanks in "Philadelphia" and Brad Pitt in "Interview with a
Vampire."
More recently he starred in Almodovar's autobiography "Pain and
Glory", which bagged him an Academy Award nomination for Best
Actor in 2020.
(Additional reporting and writing by Emma Pinedo; Editing by
Raissa Kasolowsky)
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