Yahoo Lifestyle CAA Signs ‘Kiss of the Spider-Woman’ Star Tonatiuh (EXCLUSIVE)
Tonatiuh has signed with CAA.
Tonatiuh recently wrapped filming the lead role of Molina in “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” directed by Bill Condon, opposite Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna.
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The film, produced by Artists Equity and Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, is based on Manuel Puig’s critically acclaimed and bestselling 1976 novel. “Kiss of the Spider Woman is set in an Argentinian prison in 1981. Lopez stars as the titular role, a fantasy woman named Aurora created by Luis Molina (Tonatiuh), a queer window dresser serving an eight-year sentence for allegedly corrupting a minor. To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, including a role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss. Molina forms an unlikely bond with his cellmate, a Marxist, Valentin Arregui Paz (Luna).
“It’s a very special musical,” Lopez told Variety in May. “It is very relevant and timely right now. It’s a beautiful love story. The music and lyrics alone that Kander and Ebb did is so moving and so beautiful. I honestly was blown away and so incredibly fortunate to be able to sing those songs.”
He will also appear in “Carry On,” a Netflix thriller produced by Amblin, starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman, set for release on Dec. 13. The story follows Ethan Kopek, a young TSA agent who gets blackmailed by a mysterious traveler to let a dangerous package slip through security and onto a Christmas Day flight.
Tonatiuh’s previous credits include “Promised Land,” “Vida” and “Angelyne.”
Tonatiuh continues to be managed by Creative Room.
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