The New Mutants Star Henry Zaga Reveals If Antonio Banderas Is In The Movie

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Marvel Entertainment's 'The New Mutants' has been through almost as much turmoil as its characters! Filmed in 2017 with a planned 2018 premiere, the release date got pushed back after Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox, and a new release date was again up in the air due to the coronavirus pandemic. The movie finally saw the light of day in August of 2020, and cast & crew alike could finally breath a sign of relief! One of those castmembers was Henry Zaga, who plays the solar-powered Bobby da Costa and joins Young Hollywood via Zoom from his hometown of Brasilia, Brazil! He reveals one thing about the film that no one has asked him in three years worth of interviews about it, namely what the deal is with Antonio Banderas's name showing up on the cast list!
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Hi.
Hello, how are you?
I'm great. How are you? Where are you right now?
I'm in Brazilia, Brazil, my hometown.
How was that? How's that?
It's awesome. I mean, I've been here for, what, a month and a half. So, uh, a lot of family time, you know. Yeah. Um, sticking to old habits, seeing friends. Um, yeah, it's great.
What's the biggest difference that you like about where you are now versus LA?
The food, I mean, my family obviously, but the food. I just love Brazilian food so much.
We are going to talk to you about the new mutants today. How do you feel? Well, you've done a ton of press so far based off of this. So, Cool. Based on what you' remember saying in previous interviews, what's one thing that you haven't said yet? And I know it's a pretty broad question, but
That is a very tough question. I mean, one thing I haven't said, okay, so people have barely asked me about the cast list on IMDB, and apparently Antonio Banderas is there. So, one thing that I haven't said is that our original plan was to have him in the first movie, but there is a whole idea behind him being a huge part of our storyline in the future, if, you know, uh, if we get the call that it's going further. But, uh, you never know. So, you know, it's it'd be a dream to work with them. But, uh, yeah, that's something I've never said actually.
There you go. See, that's what we needed. That's what we needed. There you go, Young Hollywood. Reveal stuff we don't know. That's the middle. Yeah. Okay, now we're going to play a cute little game with you. It's scenarios. So, we're going to read off the scenario and then three options, and you're going to pick which option.
Damn, okay. Cool. Let's do it.
So, it's a Friday night, okay? Picture yourself, Friday night. Maybe pre-COVID, but do you stay in, go out, or invite friends over?
I always invite friends over. So, stay in and invite friends over.
Stay in, invite friends over. Bring the party closer to you, rather than leave the.
Convenience. Convenient fun.
Okay, it's a Sunday afternoon. Do you chill and read a book, go for a hike, or go and get drinks and brunch?
Definitely go for a hike. I find Sundays a little sad sometimes. I just think the energy's are quite low, and Sunday are for your feels. Like, you're always in your feels. Like, you're in your feels, yeah. Yeah, you can't get into it too much. It's like, get out of the house. Take the dogs out, you know.
Okay, go for a hike, okay. Because we stocked your Instagram and saw the all the highlights of the book. So we didn't know if you're going to go with book or hike.
Oh, I'm getting there. I mean, my sister is an avid reader. Like she has a book club and all that. So, uh, she is kind of getting that out of me more and more. But, um, yeah, I'm not, I'm not a book nerd yet. I hope I love, I love books so much.
going to communicate with someone. Do you FaceTime them, text them, or Snapchat them?
I don't have Snapchat. I'd call them. Voice call, be FaceTime. I'm a caller. I'm a caller. Like you can you can ignore me, but I call. Yeah.
Okay, go-to film, The New Mutants, 13 Reasons Why, or Teen Wolf.
The New Mutants, of course.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Henry Zaga
Interview subject and actor in 'The New Mutants'
- Antonio Banderas
Actor rumored to be in 'The New Mutants' and discussed by Henry Zaga
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