“Sicario” and “Traffic” star Benicio Del Toro has spoken out against the dehumanizing aspects of the immigration debate ahead of the US presidential election.
The actor was pressed on the subject during a master class on his career at the Lumière Film Festival, which focused on classic French cinema.
“You can’t group people together and say they’re all bad people. Most of the time, what I know is that most of the people who are trying to go to America are trying to improve their lives. “Because no matter where they come from or where they come from, it’s their life,” he said.
“That being said, I think borders should be respected, but when you group people together and put them in a subhuman position, that’s really scary. I don’t agree with treating someone like a less than human being because of something.”
Del Toro’s comments come as the debate over U.S. border controls reaches a climax in the run-up to the presidential election, with former President Donald Trump repeatedly declaring that blanket claims about immigrant groups have been debunked. It was announced inside.
These include claims made in a televised debate with rival presidential candidate Kamala Harris that immigrants were eating household pets in Springfield, Ohio. Although the claim was quickly fact-checked and debunked during the debate, Trump’s words continue to resonate in the Springfield community.
“Politics is a dirty game,” del Toro said. “We have to get this situation under control because things are tough right now and there are a lot of people who are suffering because of it. So, hopefully elections will be held and we’ll see what happens. But I trust young people.”
After a conversation about del Toro’s appearances in a number of films that tackle the U.S. drug war and the cross-border fight against Mexican cartels, the masterclass veered to the U.S. immigration debate, with the host saying, I asked if this struggle was being exploited by American criminals. Politician.
Del Toro was asked about the fact that he has appeared in several drug war dramas, and the host cited an article that described him as “the James Cagney of drug war movies.”
The actor attributes this to the era he worked in, and that just as Cagney’s career coincided with Prohibition and the distribution of gangsters like Al Capone, so too did his career coincide with the War on Drugs. suggested.
“I became an actor at a time when the drug war was in every newspaper in America and had been going on for over 40 years, maybe longer,” he said.
He suggested that “Easy Rider” and “Scarface” were early films in the subgenre, and also noted that “Easy Rider” and “Scarface” were early films in the subgenre, and also cites the 1990 miniseries in which he played a real-life secret agent abducted by the Guadalajara Cartel in 1985. He also mentioned the series “Drug Wars: The Camarena Story.”
“I happen to be born and become an actor in this era, and these stories explore the human condition. You can explore pretty much anything in that genre, as well as greed, love, and gangster movies.” he added.
“I happen to be one of the many actors who can be in these movies just because of my Latino background. This is part of a war that’s been going on for a very long time, so I can play on either side. .”