Director Ángel Manuel Soto on BlueBeetle: “How can we do [David] Cronenberg for kids? I wanted the energy to be fun but also tell the story about the movies that made me love movies.”
It was January 2020 when Soto’s coming-of-age story “Charm City Kings” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for ensemble acting. Sony Pictures Classics planned to release the film on April 10, which would have come after its intended bow at South by Southwest on March 15. Yet, as for so many movies, a global pandemic changed those plans.
That natural talent is what executives like Peter Safran, co-chairperson, and CEO of DC Studios, saw in Soto’s “Charm City Kings,” which convinced him Soto was the right person for the job. “It was a coming-of-age story that had similar elements that were translatable to ‘Blue Beetle’ on a larger scale,” Safran says. “When you look at some of the great superhero movies, they’ve come from filmmakers not known for that particular genre.
The filmmaker saw too much of himself in Jaime to not tell this story. One aspect that was important to him was the accurate pronunciation of their names, which is often disregarded in American culture — Jaime and Ángel . In addition, a scene with Sarandon’s villainous Victoria Kord calling her employee scientist Sanchez , despite it not being his name.
While there have been Latino characters in the DC universe previously – Jay Hernandez as El Diablo in “Suicide Squad,” and Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya in “Birds of Prey” – the pressure for the film’s success couldn’t be any more pronouncedwith Leslie Grace, and the underwhelming reception of “The Flash” which featured Sasha Calle as Supergirl.
With a screenplay by Mexican writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer , the film is anchored with messages that can connect all viewers. Dunnet-Alcocer and Soto turn the idea that “Latinos are invisible” on its head with the line, “Invisibility is our superpower.” Plenty of Easter Eggs are sprinkled in “Blue Beetle,” pointing to the connection with other DC titles.
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