![]() He is recruited by the original Zorro (Anthony Hopkins) to take up the famous black mask and cape against evil Spanish aristocrat Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson). There's plenty of joshing amid the swashbuckling in "Mask of Zorro," which was directed by Martin Campbell ("GoldenEye") and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, among others.īanderas plays Alejandro Murrieta, a less-than-successful bandit in old Mexican California. And of course, I feel that if you are going to laugh about other stuff, the first thing you have to be able to laugh about is yourself." "That is why I work best with directors who include that wink in their work, who know that it is always OK to laugh. I like the irony of life - or, at least, I use that approach when confronted with things I don't like or understand. "That's my position in life, in general terms. "I consider a sense of humor, being ironic, synonymous with being intelligent," says the 37-year-old Spanish actor, who's made an international career out of slyly joshing the good looks and radiant charm that could have typecast him as a latter-day Latin lover. There was really only one way for Antonio Banderas to get through filming "The Mask of Zorro." The way he's gotten through most of his life: laugh a lot. LOS ANGELES - The desert temperatures were brutal. ![]() Spanish actor manages to maintain smile behind Zorro mask ![]()
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