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Article: Antonio Banderas calls on Virgin of Guadalupe to help him portray Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa
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- AP Worldstream
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- October 5, 2002
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Dateline: SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas doesn't believe in the Roman Catholic
Church, but he plans to call on one of its most famous images, the
Virgin of Guadalupe, to help him portray Mexican revolutionary hero
Pancho Villa.
In a news conference Friday to kick off filming of the HBO movie "
And starring Pancho Villa as himself," Banderas said he would defend
his character "with teeth and nail."
"I recognize that it is a huge responsibility because he is a disputed
character not only for the Mexican people but throughout the world,
" Banderas said. "In this situation ... I am not here to judge him.
That ...