Mexican actors Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna have spoken about their reunion after a decade in ‘La Maquina’, a series that will premiere on Disney+ this October 9. There García Bernal plays an aging boxer (nicknamed La Maquina) and Luna as his eccentric manager. It should be noted that both also share the role of executive producers in said production.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actors and producers responded about what it has been like to work together again. “It gets better and better, it gets more complex, more beautiful, more attractive, warmer and smarter and hopefully better,” adding: “We are very good at working together, being together and helping each other. It was different in the sense that it is fuller, more complete,” García Bernal said.
While Diego Luna, who in the series shows a physical transformation thanks to heavy prosthetics, pointed out: “Now we have families and we have aged; We are wiser and more mature. “I think we’re better actors, so it’s even better than last time.”
Gael García Bernal plays Esteban ‘The Machine’ Osuna. Photo: Disney+
García Bernal added that they were supported by “the madness that we wanted to do, because this story is a little crazy, it is not a direct story. It has a lot of twists and goes against the typical boxing story as well, which I love, I love that it’s so original in that sense. Also, in Mexico we have a great boxing culture, it is the sport we are best at, so we wanted to tell that story.”
About their roles as producers, Diego Luna noted that: “This time we are behind the project; before getting a phone call, this time we had to make the phone calls. And it has been a nice trip. We always talk about how one day we have to be the ones to tell the story. This story talks about what we had in mind, what worries us, what we want to reflect on, it’s all there.”
What is ‘The Machine’ about?
After a devastating defeat, Esteban ‘La Maquina’ Osuna (García Bernal) finds himself at a low point in his sports career. Luckily for him, his manager and best friend Andy Luján (Luna) is determined to return him to the top.
But when a dangerous organization rears its head, the stakes in this rematch become life or death. As he fights to make a comeback, Esteban must also juggle his own personal demons and protect his family, including his ex-wife Irasema, a journalist who finds herself on a collision course with the dark side of the boxing world. It premieres October 9 on Disney+.
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