Nacho Libre
He's nacho average hero.
Country
Production
Budget
$35 000 000
Revenue
$99 255 460
Website
Director
Actors
Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Héctor Jiménez, Darius Rose, Moisés Arias, Carlos Maycotte, Richard Montoya, César Barrón, Rafael Montalvo, Julio Sandoval
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Composer
Artist
Gideon Ponte, Christopher Lagunes
Audition
Carol Lewis, Jory Weitz
Editing
Short description
Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.
What's left behind the scenes
- During the filming of some action scenes, inflatable dolls were used to play the roles of spectators.
- According to Jack Black, his stunt double Tom had never been a stuntman before. The filmmakers couldn't find a stunt double of the appropriate size and Tom happened to catch their eye completely by chance.
- During the filming of some of the fight scenes, inflatable dolls were used to play the role of the spectators.
- One of the characters is named Chancho. From Spanish, it translates as "Pig." And the character Escuelto's name translates as "Skeleton."
- Performing another dramatic entrance into the ring, Jack Black hit a chair hard. The result – a deep wound above his right eye and several stitches.
- The song sung by Jack Black's character was an improvisation.
- To a certain extent, the plot of the film is inspired by the story of Fray Tormenta (also known as Sergio Gutierrez Benitez), a Mexican Catholic priest who was a wrestler and used the money he earned in the ring to support an orphanage.
- While performing another combat jump into the ring, Jack Black hit a chair quite hard. This resulted in a deep cut above his right eye and several stitches.
- The project's working title is "Toast".
- The working title of the project is "Toast."
- The song sung by Jack Black's character was improvised.
- According to Jack Black, his double, Tom, had never been a stuntman before. The filmmakers were unable to find a stuntman of the appropriate size, and they happened to come across Tom by complete chance.
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