The film pays homage to the real story of an unapologetically queer man in a male-dominated sport and society.

For his fictionalized spin on Cassandro, Williams (who also co-wrote the screenplay with David Teague) cast the continually impressive Gael García Bernal ( Y tu mama también, Bad Education ), who delivers one of the crowning performances of his career.

The costume designer for the new Prime Video biopic described the challenge of bridging lucha libre and drag aesthetics on film.

Latines love entertainment. For years, we have been the top moviegoers — even though the films we watch rarely reflect our communities. While we represent 19% of the U.S. population, we make up only 4.

The new film Cassandro — which arrives today on Prime Video — captures the singular life of a wrestler who changed all of that, and proved that exóticos could be heroes too. In a physically demanding performance,