'Medium-talent white guy': James Franco ROASTED for starring as Fidel Castro in biopic 'Alina of Cuba'
Oscar nominee and two-time Golden Globe winner James Franco will play Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Miguel Bardem's 'Alina of Cuba', with Imagen Award winner Ma Maestro as Natalia 'Naty' Revuelta, the Cuban-born socialite with whom he has a passionate love affair, as first confirmed by Deadline.
Franco joins the already confirmed Ana Villafae, who plays Alina Fernandez, Castro's daughter, in the lead role. The film will depict Alina's life as Castro's illegitimate daughter and a critic of his rule in Cuba until fleeing to Spain in 1993. The real-life Fernandez, who is functioning as an on-set creative and biographical adviser, helped to secure Franco's casting. She is well known for her breakthrough role as Gloria Estefan in the Broadway musical 'On Your Feet'. She later played Nina Rosario in the Kennedy Center's 2018 production of In the 'Heights'.
