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unusual facts about Benicio Del Toro


Kaneto Shindo

When asked by Benicio del Toro what the most important thing he had learned from Kenji Mizoguchi was, Shindo replied that the most important thing he had learned from Mizoguchi was never to give up.


Alvaro Longoria

He is perhaps best known for producing the film Che starring Benicio Del Toro and directed by Steven Soderbergh as well as Looking for Fidel directed by Oliver Stone.

Breakfast with Hunter

The film includes a variety of well-known figures involved with Thompson throughout his life, including P. J. O'Rourke, Ralph Steadman, Roxanne Pulitzer, Johnny Depp, Terry Gilliam and Benicio del Toro.

Gail Ryan

Her career as "coiffeuse to the stars" spans five decades and she is best known for her work with celebrities such as Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Dustin Hoffman, Sean Penn, Leslie Nielsen, Ray Liotta, and Nick Nolte.

Guillermo Arriaga

The success of Amores Perros earned Arriaga and Iñárritu an invitation to the U.S. to work on the Universal/Focus feature film 21 Grams, starring Benicio del Toro, Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.

Kenneth Kokin

Next, he produced and directed second-unit on McQuarrie’s directorial first feature, The Way of the Gun starring Ryan Phillippe, James Caan and Oscar winner Benicio del Toro.

Rene Lavan

He will be in Guerrilla alongside Benicio del Toro coming in 2008 and is also filming an independent movie about Dr. Ricardo Saca, called Flights of Fancy also starring María Conchita Alonso.

Silvana Paternostro

She is Associate Producer on The Argentine and Guerrilla, a two part movie based on the life of Che Guevara, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro.

Tea cosy

In the 2000 film Snatch, a tea cosy is placed over Franky Four Fingers' (Benicio del Toro's) head in place of a blindfold, when he is held captive by pawnbrokers-turned-robber-abductors Vinnie (Robbie Gee) and Sol (Lennie James).

The Way of the Gun

The Way of the Gun is a 2000 American crime film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Ryan Phillippe, Benicio del Toro, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt, and James Caan.


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