![]() His hair was perfect”.ĪNAHEIM, CA – JULY 14: Actor Benjamin Bratt (C) of COCO performs the song ‘Remember Me’ from COCO onstage during the Walt Disney Studios animation presentation at Disney’s D23 EXPO 2017 in Anaheim, Calif. That is an even more difficult trick to do it just vocally, you know. So, I just thought okay, I’ll just try to be larger-than-life. Not everyone possesses that set of talent or that particular personal chemistry. Someone who is as adored for his musical ability as he was for his movie star magnetism. ![]() They were like the Mexican versions of Frank Sinatra. And what I realized was that, there’s real star power. But after Lee and Adrian shared with me that those are the people in real life that they were drawing on for this character I went out to YouTube, of course, and studied a lot of it. I was loosely aware of the Vicente Fernandez’s music. How did Benjamin Bratt draw inspiration for this larger than life de la Cruz? He tells us: “I had never seen a film with Pedro Infante or Jorge Negrete. Ernesto de la Cruz, larger than life dead and aliveīig celebrities from the past like Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, Vicente Fernandez or the very macho telenovela lead star came to mind as I enjoyed Ernesto de la Cruz on screen. In a way, it reintroduces who we are as a people in our uniqueness but also in our sameness to everyone else in the world”. It underscored the fact that that portrayal hasn’t been done yet on this kind of scale. They looked like people I know, the people I come from. surprised me because it was in that moment that I recognized these beautiful brown faces. He explains that when he was explained what the film was about at Pixar, he was taken to “this room that, from floor to ceiling on every wall was covered in Mexican iconography, Day of the Dead colors and images and some of the characters that were drawn, illustrated that they were going to portray in the film. Photo credit: Silvia at From the start he was impacted by the film. And then when you add like that technical expertise to the emotional depth of the film and what it delivers at the end, there’s no other word for it, and powerful. “I think I was most struck by the beauty of the artistry. Just like me, I had been blown away by the first 30 minutes □ Benjamin Bratt’s Impressions on Coco I was rocked, were you? I sure was!įun fact: the movie premiere was the first time Benjamin Bratt watched the film in its entirety. I mean where else can you be greeted by a mariachi band and folkloric dancers? The whole thing was a celebration from start to finish. As he beamed, he said “I’ve been around the block a little bit and that was probably the most spectacular, most heartwarming, most fun premier I’ve ever been to. He appreciated the warm welcome, and stated telling us that he felt great because he had gone to the most “remarkable premiere” the night before. To a round of applause we welcomes Benjamin Bratt to our table for an exclusive Disney-Pixar Coco interview. ![]() Photo credit: silvia at Benjamin Bratt Sings His Heart Out In Disney-Pixar Coco
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