Oscar-winner Susan Sarandon recently appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” and briefly touched upon her role in the upcoming DC Comics adaptation “Blue Beetle” at Warner Bros. Pictures.
As this interpretation of the character is teenager Jaime Reyes and thus has a Mexican-American background, she also confirmed that much of the film’s dialogue will be in Spanish and will be subtitled:
“What’s fabulous about it is that it’s the first Latinx hero that has his own movie. Even better, all of the Mexican, because his family is Mexican and all the actors were Mexican-American, and it’s in Spanish. So there’s subtitles.”
As for her role, she plays the villain, and she seemed to revel in the part:
“I’m, of course, the bad guy. I’m the white military-industrial complex, so I had a fabulous time because there’s nothing better than being bad.”
Angel Manuel Soto helms the film from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer. “Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña stars as the hero in the film which also has Harvey Guillén, Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, George Lopez, Adrianna Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo and Damián Alcázar.
Though originally an HBO Max film, the project remains on track for an exclusive theatrical release on August 18th 2023.
Source: The Tonight Show
