The Wolfman is opening in theaters this week in the United States and El Papi Chulo to end all papi chulos, Benicio del Toro, has been in full force promoting the movie. This video is from 20minutos, in Spain.

So y'all know he's not just that gruffy voice and killer bedroom eyes, he's got producer credits for this little cinematic beast. From Benicio Del Toro - Wolfman Inspired By Del Toro's Memorabilia Collection - Contactmusic News:

We went to Universal with the idea. That is how you do stuff. You go to the studio."
And Del Toro is convinced his hairy appearance when he went to meet movie bosses persuaded them he was the right man for the lead role.
He adds, "I was in the middle of getting ready to do the Che movie. So I looked pretty much like a Wolfman! I looked either like The Wolfman or a smaller version of (Star Wars character) Chewbacca."

In this video, El Papi Chulo talks about approaching Universal with the Wolfman idea, watching old horror classics in Puerto Rican TV and identifying with the misunderstood monsters more so than their killers.

Awww!

On a cutierican note: I love the fact he doesn't sanitize his Puerto Rican accent. Hispanoparlantes should note that instead of saying "monstruo", he just throws a "mojtro" into the interview.

Also, a moment of voice-over acting geekatude: I think it's funny that the guy that dubbed The Wolfman in Spain doesn't sound at all like Benicio when he speaks Spanish but he does as if it were Benicio speaking English. It's rare that bilingual people will have the same tone and timbre when speaking in different languages and Benicio's voice is actually much deeper when he speaks in English but not so when he does in Spanish. Notice the difference when the interview cuts away from Benicio speaking Spanish to Benicio speaking in the movie.

Am really looking forward to this movie.