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Benicio del Toro: Pendejo
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator — Benicio del Toro: Pendejo What does an actor that portrays a murdering coward in a movie do when being asked hard questions and bitch slapped by reality? Why, he just walks out, of course. Posted by Val Prieto at January 27, 2009 08:58 AM ...

It's hard being a lackey for a Marxist mass-murderer these days
doubleplusundead — It's hard being a lackey for a Marxist mass-murderer these days Benicio del Toro was doing an interview about Che for the Washington Times and got his little feelwings huwt when it wasn't the puff piece he thought it was going to be: "I'm getting uncomfortable," Benicio del Toro said after fielding a question about his new movie's portrayal of the Bolivian and Cuban revolutions. "I'm done. I'm done, I hope you write whatever you want. I don't give a damn." With that, the Oscar-winning actor walked away, abruptly terminating an interview ...

Another Attempted Re-Writing Of History
QandO — And no, it isn’t Bill Ayers this time, but someone much like him. Yes, our old buddy Ernesto "Che" Guevara has been resurrected (again) in the newest adaptation of his life in Steven Soderbergh’s "Che." And yes, I use the term "adaptation" quite purposely. Apparently Benicio del Toro, who stars as Che, isn’t getting quite the reception here he got in Cuba (where the film received a standing ovation). He recently walked out of an interview after being asked tough questions. It appears his portrayal of Che is coming ...

Santino Goes Global
Galley Slaves — Video, a link on Drudge, and a confrontation with Fenster. A star is born.

"I'm done. I'm done, I hope you write whatever you want. I don't give a damn."
Althouse — If you portray a historical figure in a movie, should you be prepared to defend him or answer historical questions about him? Benicio Del Toro, who portrays Che Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's "Che" thinks not. I'd say that's fine. What I don't like is actors mouthing off about things they don't understand very well, and it looks like Del Toro is doing the complete opposite. ...

Benicio del Toro Defines Capital Punishment, Flees Interview (Video Update)
Weekly Standard Blog — WEEKLY STANDARD alum Sonny Bunch scored an interview with Benicio del Toro about his new movie Che: Mr. del Toro doesn't deny that Guevara's persona had some darker aspects. "We have to omit a lot of stuff about his life," he said, "but we're not omitting the fact that he's for capital punishment, which is the essence of that."... "They didn't do it blindly; they had trials," Mr. del Toro said. "They found them guilty, and they executed them - that's capital punishment." Sonny then asked del Toro about ...

Still Not Getting It
Neptunus Lex — ... Benicio Del Toro plays Guevara, and admits to emending certain inconvenient facets of his personality, before storming out of a Washington Times interview: ...

Remainders: WashTimes walkout
Michael Calderone's Blog — Del Toro walks out of Washington Times interview on "Che." Goldberg's latest book: "how media bias morphed into media activism." Media Matters sees things differently. Obama gives first TV interview to Arabic network. Hawaiin columnist responds to NYT's Seelye. Alterman waits for an apology over Kristol. And the Observer investigates: Is Andrea Mitchell a gay icon?

“Che” star leaves in a snit after being reminded that Che was psycho
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , he’ll have you know that the Great Man didn’t just execute political prisoners willy nilly. He held trials , for god’s sake. Well, sometimes .“I’m getting uncomfortable,” Benicio del Toro said after fielding a question about his new movie’s portrayal of the Bolivian and Cuban revolutions. “I’m done. I’m done, I hope you write whatever you want. I don’t give a damn.”… Mr. del Toro doesn’t deny that Guevara’s persona had some darker aspects. “We have to omit a lot of stuff about his life,” he said, “but we’re not omitting the fact that he’s for capital punishment, which is ...

Shocker: Hollywood Star Depicting Che In Movie Not Pleased To Find Out He Was A Murderous Tyrant
Say Anything — Aren’t actors supposed to know a few things about the people they portray on screen? “I’m getting uncomfortable,” Benicio del Toro said after fielding a question about his new movie’s portrayal of the Bolivian and Cuban revolutions. “I’m done. I’m done, I hope you write whatever you want. I don’t give a damn.”… Mr. del Toro doesn’t deny that Guevara’s persona had some darker aspects. “We have to omit a lot of stuff about his life,” he said, “but we’re not omitting the fact that he’s for capital punishment, ...

And the wingnuts finally got to Benicio for "Che"
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — ... by the way, had a jury facilitated by his friend Sean Penn and the mother of one of the victims of his tragic taste in women, Catherine Deneuve. And double especially after he was wrongly denied nominations for the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, Film Producers Guild and Oscars. So it's no wonder he had it with the journalist from the Washington Times, that venerable basation of right-wing journalism owned by the Moonies and loved by the wingnutosphere. Washington Times - 'Che' spurs debate, Del Toro walkout "I'm getting uncomfortable," Benicio del ...

Che Apologist Flees Discussion When Actual Facts Are Presented
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. On the one hand, I am glad that someone took on the myth of Che. On the other, however, I am appalled that we actually have to have this discussion in the first place. ...

Che Apologist Flees Discussion When Actual Facts Are Presented
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — I don't know whether to laugh or cry . On the one hand, I am glad that someone took on the myth of Che. On the other, however, I am appalled that we actually have to have this discussion in the first place. I may well go see the movie myself, if only out of morbid curiosity. I can, however, at least console myself with the certain knowledge that I won't be hoodwinked into thinking that Che Guevara was some kind of hero. And why, by the way, do we continually need to have discussions over whether Communist tyrants were heroes, anyway?

David Corn and Me: Policy and DC Parties
The Washington Note — ... -- and waited for him, until Benecio stormed out, pissed off that he thought he had been sandbagged with a Washington Times reporter. del Toro did not know that David Corn and I would have been worth having some margaritas with to get the real Che story told right. (By the way, the film is ...

About Benicio del Toro's Che-related walk-out on the interview with that Washington Times reporter.
Althouse — ... at this Washington Times piece about how Benicio Del Toro walked out on an interview when pressed with questions about Che Guevara, the character he plays in Steven Soderbergh's new movie "Che." I wanted to respect the actor who sees his place to be acting a role, not mouthing off about history and politics. ...

The New Che, Same as the Old
City Journal Eye on the News and Books and Culture — ... beaten to the task. Soderbergh’s film is not only historically spurious; it’s morally feckless, given that the Cuban state—Guevara’s one lasting creation—continues to arrest, imprison, and oppress its citizens. In 2004, Paul Berman wondered if fans of The Motorcycle Diaries“will ever give a damn about the oppressed people of Cuba—will ever lift a finger on behalf of the Cuban liberals and dissidents.” We can wonder the same about fans of this film, as well as about its star, who stalked out of an interview with the Washington Times after being challenged on the film’s ...