After the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny will star in a film about Puerto Rico
The rapper will share the bill with Edward Norton, Javier Bardem and Viggo Mortensen.
Bad Bunny is riding on his remarkable Super Bowl performance to boost his acting career.
The singer/rapper has just landed his first leading film role. The Puerto Rican star will lead a film named Puerto Ricoan ambitious historical drama about the small island off the coast of the United States.
Behind the camera, we find René Pérez Joglar, aka Residente, who is making his first feature film here.
Bad Bunny will star alongside Edward Norton, Javier Bardem and Viggo Mortensen.
The film is described as an “epic Caribbean western” and an intense story inspired by true events around the origins of Puerto Rico, with no official synopsis yet.
Note that this will not be the musician’s cinema debut. Bad Bunny has already made notable appearances in various films, notably in Bullet Train alongside Brad Pitt and in Caught Stealing by Darren Aronofsky or Happy Gilmore 2 on Netflix opposite Adam Sandler.
The scenario of Puerto Rico is co-written with Alexander Dinelaris, Oscar winner for Birdman And The Revenantwhile director Alejandro González Iñárritu serves as executive producer.
“I have dreamed of making a film about my country since childhood. The true story of Puerto Rico has always been shrouded in controversy. This film is an affirmation of who we are – told with the intensity and honesty our story deserves,” csays Residente.
Same enthusiasm from Edward Norton, also producer: “This film is part of the tradition of works that we love, from The Godfather has Gangs of New Yorkwhich captivate us with their dramatic power while revealing the other side of the idealized American narrative. Everyone knows René as a poet of rhythm and language. Now they will discover that he is also a visual visionary. Bringing René and Bad Bunny together to tell the true roots of Puerto Rico is like a flame finding a fuse of dynamite.”
No release date yet.
