Diego Luna and Tonatiuh Pucker Up For Kiss of the Spider Woman

09/04/2024 21:10

Jennifer Lopez will be playing the titular, imaginary Spider Woman in Bill Condon's movie musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman, and now we finally know who'll be joining her. Diego Luna (Andor) and Tonatiuh (Carry On) have been cast in the film, which is set to be produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Artists Equity studio, according to Deadline.Based on the 1993 musical, which itself is based on the novel by Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman centers on Luis Molina (Tonatiuh). A gay hairdresser arrested for "corruption of a minor," Molina imagines stories starring Aurora (Lopez) — a vampy film diva. Molina's prison life is complicated when he is forced to share his cell with Marxist political prisoner Valentin Arregui Paz (Luna). Puig adapted the book himself into a play, which was turned into a movie starring William Hurt and Raul Juila. Chita Rivera starred in the musical adaptation on Broadway and in the West End. Condon has experience adapting musicals, but also in blending reality and dream (see also: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2).

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