Banderas plays riverboat captain Hunter Cabot, as well as several of the man’s ancestors.
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Warning: This article contains spoilers aboutPaddington in Peru.
Antonio Banderascontains multitudes and inPaddington in Peru,he gets to show them off.
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But Cabot has a secret.
“And they talk to him and drive the character nuts.
Putting all of those things together was a little bit more difficult than normal.”
Antonio Banderas in ‘Paddington in Peru’.PETER MOUNTAIN/SONY
That’s how we came up with these characters," he explains.
Banderas credits wardrobe and makeup with helping him discover each ancestor.
“Your voice starts going with it.
Antonio Banderas in ‘Paddington in Peru’.SONY
It is almost automatic to me.
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Indeed, Wilson notes that Banderas would often get lost in the characters once in costume.
“We thought, ‘Well, it’s going to be fun putting Antonio Banderas into all these costumes.
I wonder if he’ll be up for that,'” Wilson recalls.
“He was completely up for it.
Audiences are sure to have their favorites of this panoply of outrageous characters.
Wilson counts the Edwardian explorer and conquistador among his top choices.
“Antonio was genuinely quite intimidating,” Wilson notes.
“He was quite scary to talk to.
Antonio became quite method when he wore those costumes.”
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“He didn’t have to wear them very long,” the director concludes.
“But then when they came off, suddenly it was Antonio again.”
Perhaps Paddington isn’t the only one who should be afraid of Hunter Cabot.
