Gael Garcia & Diego Luna | Explain This
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00:00One of the first ideas we had is like this guy was gonna be obsessed with having a bigger ass.
00:06I was like in fact a little like jealous to be fair.
00:09There's something about sitting down with an actual butt that is very comfortable.
00:17Hello everyone, I'm Diego Luna.
00:20My name is Gael Garcia Bernal and Esquire has asked us to explain some things.
00:26So we're just gonna explain something.
00:28Yeah.
00:35What is the secret to your long-lasting friendship?
00:38It's a secret.
00:42Let me ask you one thing.
00:43Anything you guys disagree on?
00:45Yeah.
00:46What is that?
00:46Diego doesn't like avocado.
00:48But I've never liked it.
00:50It's not that I changed my mind or anything.
00:52This is a 44 year thing.
00:56I don't like avocados.
00:57I don't know what to say.
00:58I don't know what to say with that.
00:59I don't support that argument.
01:03You love avocados.
01:05Yeah, I think avocados should be president.
01:08Yeah.
01:12Thank you Gael for not telling us your secret and for putting me in this spot.
01:17Thank you very much.
01:19Okay, Diego is in Star Wars.
01:21And Gael is a part of Marvel.
01:22Have you tried to get the other into your universe?
01:25No.
01:26That would be really weird.
01:27That would be really pushing it.
01:29No, that would be like...
01:30Not like going into hyperspace or anything.
01:32Exactly, exactly.
01:33Not so realistic.
01:34Like, hey, what are you doing here?
01:36But now like, I don't know, like a piece for like a comedy central kind of thing.
01:41We could do something of...
01:43Or in 50 years when like...
01:45When they are there.
01:46When no one calls us.
01:47We can do something.
01:48We can be like wearing the clothes, being really old and pretending like...
01:53Exactly.
01:54There was a moment where they actually...
01:56But they would be fighting together, no?
01:58They would be...
01:58For the same cause, of course.
02:00Absolutely, absolutely.
02:02I don't think they will fight.
02:03I think Andor would try to get away.
02:05But Andor would bring his droid.
02:08That's the thing that we have to acknowledge.
02:11That there's a gigantic thing that would get in between.
02:14Yeah, the werewolf.
02:16He's not responsible for his actions.
02:18Let's say he's like that friend that has really bad alcohol.
02:22No?
02:22Next day he's like, what?
02:24What happened?
02:25So I don't know...
02:26Why are you looking at me like...
02:29Was it obvious which role was meant for each of you on La Maquina?
02:34Yes, yes, definitely.
02:36I am very open to injections.
02:40Gael is afraid of needles.
02:43So I was like, yeah, I'll play that.
02:45I'll take the hit.
02:46And Gael is good at taking hits also.
02:49He likes being punched.
02:50He likes to suffer.
02:51He likes the pain.
02:53And tight shorts.
02:54I mean, short shorts, not tight.
02:56Gael had been training boxing for years.
02:59And I was happy not to wake up too early.
03:02So I think it was pretty clear.
03:05I'll tell you everything about the fake bot.
03:07One of the first ideas we had is like,
03:10this guy was going to be obsessed with having a bigger ass.
03:13As big as it would look natural to him.
03:16It's basically this padded pants that he wears.
03:20And it was quite fascinating to put that on.
03:24Because it suddenly, like, it brings a character naturally.
03:27Like, it just makes you stand differently.
03:29It's like, I was like, in fact, a little like jealous, to be fair.
03:34It's like, oh, this is kind of nice.
03:36And it's right.
03:37There's something about sitting down with an actual bot
03:43that is very comfortable that I miss now.
03:47But yeah, I had to let go because the series is a mini series.
03:51So it has a beginning and an end.
03:53It's a character that it's gone with his ass and all the prosthetics.
03:59Yeah.
04:01So Diego, what are you most excited for in Andor Season 2?
04:04You want me to answer that?
04:06Exactly. Thank you.
04:07If you can help me, I mean, I can't talk about it.
04:10But you can talk about it.
04:13You don't have a contract or anything.
04:15I am very excited.
04:16We've been working really hard.
04:18It's four years.
04:19Like, the first season was one year.
04:21This one is four years in the life of these characters.
04:24And there's new characters.
04:25And so, yeah, it's an exciting one.
04:28But I can't say much.
04:30You can't say much.
04:31I apologize, you know, but I can't say much.
04:34But I can be back next year to talk about it.
04:37If there's a chance.
04:40I can bring my own chair.
04:41If this one is still like this.
04:43I think you will have to.
04:45Yeah.
04:45Yeah.
04:46Because this chair is still going to be here.
04:48Why was it important to you both to tell the story in La Máquina?
04:52It was important for many reasons.
04:54I think the most important one was to have an opportunity to reflect on friendship.
05:01But with characters our age, you know, because it changes a lot.
05:05And we had the opportunity to do something similar in Y Tu Mamá También,
05:09in Rudy Cursi.
05:11And for me, it was important to keep reflecting on something that unites us, you know, and do that.
05:18While we still have time to talk about this moment, you know.
05:22People have been waiting for years to see you two back together on screen.
05:26What drew you both to reunite for La Máquina?
05:28It was definitely the love for what we do.
05:32The idea of acting together again after so many years, which is so much fun.
05:39It's just like there's something very special when we work together.
05:42And we wanted to make sure we went through that again.
05:45We also wanted to make sure we could do a story that would celebrate Mexico,
05:49that would celebrate boxing and friendship.
05:53And that would give us the opportunity to work with an amazing group of people
05:57that we've been working with for decades now.
05:59How did Y Tu Mamá También push the boundaries of cinema?
06:03Do we agree that Y Tu Mamá También pushed boundaries of cinema?
06:07I think we can agree, especially in those days.
06:10The fact that this very fresh story that is a comedy, but at the same time is a tragedy.
06:16And that it has those elements of awakening and the loss of innocence and all of those
06:21combined with the fact that there was a map that very few people had seen in the world.
06:27I mean, and also for us, it was very difficult to reflect on all this
06:29because we hadn't made those type of films.
06:32And obviously the sexuality, which...
06:34Oh, I thought you were going to say the great acting.
06:36Sensuality.
06:37No, it is the great acting, exactly.
06:39When the film is honest and has a purpose, there's always someone out there
06:43that will be ready to receive that and make it theirs, no?
06:47What was it like working with Alejandro on Amores Perros?
06:51And how did it influence you as an actor?
06:54Well, I mean, it was my first experience in cinema.
06:57I also was Alejandro González Signari's first experience in cinema.
07:01I'm doing that voice because he talks a little bit like that.
07:05It was many of us in that film.
07:08It was our first experience working on cinema.
07:11And back in those days, we didn't know that the films were going to be seen.
07:15There were only six films done that year in Mexico.
07:18Now reflecting back on it, we knew what we were, the story we were telling,
07:22but we didn't know the consequences at all.
07:24Having that opportunity to always remember that innocence in a way or that instinct.
07:29Back in those days, we didn't have any references if this was the correct thing,
07:33the right thing to do.
07:34And it came out good.
07:36What advice would you give to the next generation of Latino storytellers?
07:41The advice I would give is to behave badly.
07:44Rebel on the established narrative and break it.
07:49If we fall into the trap of like, this is the stories that we are able to tell,
07:55then I don't know.
07:56It's not interesting.
07:57I would also add, make sure you see the projects that kind of like represent that.
08:02Be curious about what others are doing and how they're doing it.
08:05We send a message every time we buy a ticket for a theater play.
08:11We watch a film, we click on the platform.
08:14Make sure you're sending the message, the right message,
08:17and you connect with those who are being rebellious,
08:22independent, brave enough to tell stories.
08:26Thank you so much for watching.
08:27And thank you, Esquire, for making our answers sound logical and...
08:32And brief.
08:32Make sense and brief. Yes, exactly.
08:34Please edit this brief.
08:36Thank you very much for watching this.