The jury is still out [shudders to el cucuy].
I always wanted to be a luchador, ever since I was a kid!"
In Mexico, luchadores (Mexican wrestlers) are treated like icons.
Evan Whitten and Demián Bichir in ‘Chupa’.Tony Rivetti Jr/Netflix
And this is the closest I’ve been to actually becoming one."
The critically acclaimed actor smiles, almost giddy at the thought of himself back in the luchador mask.
And we got to do it in such a realistic way that this is very believable."
Demián Bichir in ‘Chupa’.Tony Rivetti Jr/Netflix
Lucha Libre, in Mexico, we call it the theater of the people," Bichir says proudly.
He recalls a moment when Cuaron asked him to remove his cape, which he refused to do.
And I said, no, because you know what?
And the main characteristic was that they never lost their mask or their cape.
There could be other bizarre situations or circumstances, and they would always have their full gear on."
And the cape stayed.
And so I’m glad I kept my cape because that saved me a little bit."
“Many [immigrants] lost the language, for example,” he explains.
They stop being proud of their own roots.
We suggest exactly the opposite onChupa."
It’s proven that immigrants make any culture better.
Bichir saysChupa’s biggest virtue is in its celebration of each other’s differences.
“We usually tend to be afraid of things that don’t look like us.
We tend to be reluctant to find out about who people are,” he notes.
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