James Franco will play Fidel Castro in a movie directed by Spanish Miguel Bardem. will review the life of his daughter Alina Fernández, the person who approves the signature.
The role, which was confirmed by the specialist press in Hollywood this Thursday, back to the cinema French after a string of sex scandals and allegations of sexual abuse caused him to cancel his projects with major film studios.
The independently produced film will be titled ‘Alina of Cuba’ and will feature actress Ana Villafañe as the daughter of the Cuban Revolution leader and Mia Maestro as her mother, Natalia Revuelta.
The script will depict Alina Fernández’s youth as Castro’s illegitimate daughter and Subsequent exile in Spain as an opponent of the Cuban regime.
According to Variety magazine, it was Fernández himself, who was also the producer of the film, who chose Franco. play his father.
this Election remains controversial because Franco is one of the names banned in Hollywood as a result of the #MeToo movement.
Many women since 2018 Franco accused of sexual abuse and a group of students claimed to be sexually exploited by students attending acting classes at the Studio 4 school.
The lawsuit was first filed by Sarah Tither-Kaplan in 2019 and Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who enrolled in her course in 2014, who claimed that Franco taught lectures on sex scenes consisting of “simulated sexual acts that go far beyond industry standards.” .
More students joined the complaint stated that the actor recorded some women in his rehearsals and approached young girls who promised jobs in Hollywood projects that never materialized.
Therefore, Franco signed a deal with the victims, for which he paid $2.3 million to be distributed among those affected.
Alongside Bardem’s project, the actor will appear in British filmmaker Billie August’s war drama ‘Me, You’.