Antonio Banderas: I had to kill my old self for Almodóvar role
Actor says making Pain and Glory about director’s life helped him reassess his career
Antonio Banderas has described how he had “to kill” his former self to play the role of an ageing film director modelled on Pedro Almodóvar for the latter’s new film, which has premiered at Cannes.
The Spanish actor, 58, said that, following heart problems, making Pain and Glory had helped him reassess his acting and his personal life.