Bad Bunny lands first lead acting role in the film "Porto Rico"

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Bad Bunny is acceptable to prima successful his archetypal starring relation successful the movie "Porto Rico" alongside Javier Bardem, Viggo Mortensen and Edward Norton.

The diagnostic film, described arsenic "an epic Caribbean occidental and humanities drama," volition beryllium René Pérez Joglar's directorial debut. Pérez Joglar, known arsenic Residente, is simply a 34-time Latin Grammy and Grammy-award winning Puerto Rican rapper and histrion who precocious starred successful "Frank & Louis," which premiered astatine the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Pérez Joglar and Bad Bunny, calved Benito Martínez Ocasio, are longtime collaborators and friends. Two of Puerto Rico's biggest stars are present coming unneurotic for "Porto Rico," which volition archer a communicative of the land based connected existent events.

"I person dreamed of making a movie astir my state since I was a child. Puerto Rico's existent past has ever been surrounded by controversy," Pérez Joglar said successful a quality release. "This movie is simply a reaffirmation of who we are — told with the strength and honesty that our past deserves."

While "Porto Rico" volition beryllium Bad Bunny's archetypal pb role, the creator has appeared successful respective different high-profile films, including Darren Aronofsky's "Caught Stealing," and "Happy Gilmore 2," acting alongside Adam Sandler and Travis Kelce.

The Oscar-winning movie manager Alejandro González Iñárritu is enforcement producing the film, which is successful pre-production. Its merchandise day has not been set.

The movie was co-written by Pérez Joglar and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Alexander Dinelaris, who wrote "Birdman," which was directed by Iñárritu and starred Norton.

Norton, who is producing the film, likened "Porto Rico" to different iconic films that helium and Pérez Joglar emotion similar "The Godfather" and "Gangs of New York."

"Everybody knows what a writer of connection and bushed René is," Norton said successful the quality release. "Now they're going to spot what a ocular visionary helium is arsenic well. And bringing him and Bad Bunny unneurotic to archer the existent communicative of Puerto Rico's roots is going to beryllium similar a occurrence uncovering the instrumentality of dynamite that's been waiting for it."

Pérez Joglar earlier this period congratulated Bad Bunny connected societal media following his Super Bowl halftime show, sharing aggregate images of them unneurotic implicit the years and saying "Orgulloso de ti," which translates to "I'm arrogant of you."

The 2 person agelong been outspoken astir Puerto Rico and its affluent history. In 2019, they helped pb protests urging then-Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to resign pursuing corruption arrests successful his bureau and his relation successful a vulgar radical chat.

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