Part two of my review of the action adventure classic, The Mask Of Zorro(1998) starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher, and Tony Amendola. Directed by Martin Campbell. Trivia Anthony Hopkins impersonates Bernardo, Zorro's butler in the original stories. Zorro was a major inspiration for Batman, and Bernardo became the butler Alfred Pennyworth. Hopkins was also offered this role in Batman Begins. Not only was Joaquin Merieta a historical figure, he is widely believed to be the inspiration for the original literary character Zorro. The character of Don Diego/Zorro has always been Spanish, but the character has never been portrayed by a Spaniard. 'Antonio Banderas' is the first Spanish actor to portray Zorro. According to an account in book "Tales from the Script" (2010) by Peter Hanson and Paul Robert Herman, David S. Ward rewrote approximately 85% of the dialogue here, but received no screen credit, a predicament that spa! wned enough controversy to merit a front page article in the Los Angeles Times. Joaquin Murieta, Antonio Banderas's character's brother, and Three-fingered Jack were real life bandits in Northern California at the time of the 1849 Gold Rush. Joaquin Murieta was a Mexican born in Sonora who moved to California to find his fortune. But after being beaten and robbed by American gold miners, he swore that he would avenge his dishonor. He was the lead in a group of bandits in the California wilderness ...
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