‘Cassandro’ Director Wanted to Tell a Superhero Story ‘That Inspires Thousands of Young Queer Kids’

For director Roger Ross Williams, his film “Cassandro” is a bit of a superhero movie. It tells the story of real-life Mexican professional wrestler Cassandro, aka Saúl Armendáriz (Gael García Bernal), and the femme “exótico” character he created that set out to subvert expectations around lucha…

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