Zorro, Puss in Boots, a vampire and now appearing in latest SpongeBob Movie: A Sponge Out Of Water Burger Beard it seems; Antonio Banderas is a man of many talents. Of course, comedy is no stranger to this versatile actor. When we caught up with him at the Apple Store Regents Street last week, he openly admitted that he had never heard of SpongeBob until he wasoffered the role. Naturally, this man became very familiar with as evil, gnarly pirate Burger Beard and had some very positive things to say about the industry as a whole.
Additionally, he stated that it was very bizarre having to act with a tennis ball dangling on a stick for the CGI sequences but it did give him some room to improvise and being close friends with the director (Paul Tibbitt), let’s just say a little fun was had on set. All the clan are back. We have Tom Kenny as SpongeBob himself, Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick and Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs.
It was a joy to see Banderas full of positivity and energy whilst providing in-depth and thoughtful answers to those who asked. This man had stories from pretending to know English in the early stages of his career to get a role to telling us that yes, it was unfortunately him riding on top of the guitar case down the stairs in Once Upon a Time in Mexico! Hints of new projects on the horizon including (contain yourselves) another Shrek as well as his involvement in Terrance Malick’s latest feature, Knight of Cups.
Catch Antonio Banderas in his latest role in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water as Burger Beard in Cinemas now! Read Jo's review now!