Benicio Del Toro on the Cover of Metro San Juan
Benicio del Toro is the celebrity covering the latest edition of Metro San Juan. In the issue Benny sounds off about the Puerto Rican movie scene, as well as being the first Puerto Rican to win the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival:
” I think it’s great and I’m very proud of it. To me, winning at the Cannes Film Festival, it’s a little bit like winning a medal in the Olympics. It would be an equivalent to that. My experience with that festival, because I’ve gone to that festival quite a few times before, is that the selection are usually top-notch world renowned movies and filmmakers. So winning one of those is an actor’s once in a lifetime [opportunity].
Being the first Puerto Rican [to win] that’s cool because the film festival…This is THE film festival in Europe … It’s like the Oscars in Europe . And I couldn’t have done it without the effort of so many people.
That Cannes Award is just the beginning Benny Boy. Wait til your other Oscar has company come Awards time!
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