After the success that came with his stop-motion version of Pinocchioit seems that Guillermo del Toro is ready to move from the director’s chair to the boxas it will have a special appearance in Barry the HBO.
This was revealed by Bill Hader, creator and protagonist of the series in a recent interview with Deadline…. Yeah, we know, it’s a crossover we didn’t know we needed.
Guillermo del Toro will have a cameo in ‘Barry’
How is this wave that Guillermo del Toro will appear in Barry? Yes, it took us by surprise too and it’s not choro. As we told you, it was Bill Hader himself who revealed this detail in recent statements.
According to the talk that Hader gave to the aforementioned medium, the Mexican filmmaker will appear in the third episode of the fourth and final season. According to Bill Hader, he developed two character ideas for Guillermo del Toro. And then everything indicates that his character will be known only as ‘Toro’.
Bill Hader revealed that he is very good friends with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón, and it was the latter who promoted everything so that the director of The Pan’s Labyrinth appeared in Barry. “I am a friend of his, and I am a friend of Alfonso Cuarón, and Alfonso was sending me a text message like: ‘Guillermo says you don’t know how to direct’”Hader said about how he joked with the Mexicans.
Del Toro then reportedly told Bill that he would love to be on the show. Bill didn’t think twice and wrote a part for Guillermo. Then they agreed by text messages to record the scenes of the filmmaker from Pinocchio. The creator of Barry He said that the Mexican did the scene tests and they turned out very well. This is how Bill Hader told Deadline:
“The character is called Toro. And I think (Guillermo) was a little surprised. He said, ‘Really?’ I said yes. And he texted me: ‘Are you serious?’… And I was like: ‘Yeah, you asked me and I did it. And he said, ‘Oh, well, when do you record? When is?’. He was very moved…”
Bill Hader a Deadline.
When does Guillermo del Toro’s episode of ‘Barry’ premiere?
The fourth and final season of the series kicked off with the first two episodes on April 16. So the chapter where Guillermo del Toro will appear in Barry is scheduled for its premiere on Sunday, April 23.
Well, they already have the data and all the vibes. Now, just to wait for the premiere. In the meantime, we take the opportunity to leave here the interview we had with Del Toro for the premiere of Pinocchiothe film that won the Oscar for Best Animated Film at the recent Oscars.
