Are you ready to see Gael García Bernal in a singlet? (That’s a rhetorical question.)The 41-year-old Mexican heartthrob just inked a deal to play ionic gay wrestler Cassandro (a.k.a.
Saúl Armendáriz) in a new biopic about the famed exótico (a male wrestler who competes in drag) who went to become an NWA World Welterweight and UWA World Lightweight Champion.
A post shared by Cassandro (@cassandro_el_exotico) on Deadline reports:Cassandro tells the true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rises to international stardom after he creates the “exotico” character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre,” and in the process upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.Armendáriz at the age of 15.