{"id":895672,"date":"2026-09-17T19:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895672\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:36:11","slug":"richard-gadd-among-11-cast-in-residentes-bad-bunny-led-porto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895672\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Gadd Among 11 Cast In Residente’s Bad Bunny-led ‘Porto Rico’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Cameras are officially rolling in the Dominican Republic on Ren\u00e9 \u201cResidente<\/a>\u201d P\u00e9rez Joglar\u2019s feature film screenwriting and directing debut, Porto Rico<\/a>. As previously announced, the cast is led by Benito \u201cBad Bunny\u201d Mart\u00ednez Ocasio, who stars alongside Viggo Mortensen and Edward Norton.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere are 11 new additions to the cast as production is underway: Richard Gadd<\/a> (Baby Reindeer, Half Man), Rhenzy Feliz<\/a> (The Penguin, How to Rob a Bank), Ismael Cruz C\u00f3rdova<\/a> (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Daniel Br\u00fchl (Inglourious Basterds), Latin music icon Rub\u00e9n Blades (Fear the Walking Dead), Alberto Guerra<\/a> (M.I.A., Narcos: Mexico), Marcel Ruiz (One Day at a Time, The Body), Arian Cartaya (It: Welcome to Derry), \u00d3scar Jaenada (The Losers), Carmen Machi (Broken Embraces), and Luis Tosar (Miami Vice).<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\u00d3scar<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tL-R: \u00d3scar Jaenada, Carmen Machi and Luis Tosar<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom a screenplay by Alexander Dinelaris and Residente, Porto Rico is an epic Caribbean western and historical drama inspired by true events. The film blends historical scope with a visceral, lyrical narrative exploring Puerto Rico\u2019s origins.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Deadline announced in 2023, when the film was in development<\/a>, the screenplay is based on the life of Puerto Rican revolutionary Jos\u00e9 Maldonado Rom\u00e1n, known as \u00c1guila Blanca (White Eagle), set in the late 19th century. Maldonado Rom\u00e1n fought against colonialism by leading a gang of ex-convicts to vindicate Puerto Rico as it sought its identity as a country. <\/p>\n

\n\tIt will also cover the 1898 U.S.A. takeover of Puerto Rico from Spain, which saw the renaming of the island as Porto Rico.<\/p>\n

\n\tBack in February, we reported that American actors Norton and Mortensen<\/a>, both of whom are fluent in Spanish, are playing roles connected to their country of origin. And while the production lost a Spaniard in Bardem, three new Spanish natives are part of the cast: Jaenada, Machi and Tosar. Further details regarding who the new actors will play are under wraps.<\/p>\n

\n\tBehind the camera, the creative team features major award winners and nominees: cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, production designer David Crank, and costume designer Anna Terrazas. <\/p>\n

\n\tP\u00e9rez Joglar and Erick Dou\u00e2t produce Porto Rico for 1868 Studios alongside Norton, Bill Migliore, and Michael Bederman for Class 5 Films. The film is backed by Live Nation Studios, Class 5 Films, and strategic partners including the Jos\u00e9 E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones Initiative, Mike and Sukey Novogratz, Henry R. Mu\u00f1oz III, Ric Elias, and Noah Assad. Additional strategic partners include HarbourView Equity Media Group, Talipot Studio, and Wieden+Kennedy Entertainment.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu executive produces alongside Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Robin Rapino, Stella Bulochnikov, Scott Budnick, Jones, Feliciano, Mike and Sukey Novogratz, Assad, Mu\u00f1oz III, Elias, Sherrese Clarke, Niija Kuykendall, Regina Sol\u00f3rzano, and Lakshmi Iyengar. UTA Independent Film Group is handling sales.<\/p>\n

\n\tGadd is repped by UTA, Individual Artist Management, Markham, Froggart & Irwin, and Granderson Des Rochers. Feliz is repped by Neon Kite, CAA, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman. Cruz C\u00f3rdova is repped by UTA, Anonymous Content, and Peikoff Mahan Law Office. Br\u00fchl is repped by CAA in the US, United Agents in the UK, and Players in Germany. Blades is repped by WME. Guerra is repped by UTA and Artists First. Ruiz is repped by Range Media Partners and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Cartaya is repped by Reel Talent Management and Brevard Talent Group. Jaenada is repped by Paradigm and Artists First. Tosar is repped by Kuranda Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Cameras are officially rolling in the Dominican Republic on Ren\u00e9 \u201cResidente\u201d P\u00e9rez Joglar\u2019s feature film screenwriting and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[464999,64,63,447,124843,134,465000,465001,465002,108149,62809],"class_list":["post-895672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-alberto-guerra","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-daniel-bruhl","tag-entertainment","tag-ismael-cruz-cu00f3rdova","tag-porto-rico","tag-residente","tag-rhenzy-feliz","tag-richard-gadd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}