Latin Music Icon Residente Reveals How He Built His Directorial Debut ‘Porto Rico’ Starring Bad Bunny, Javier Bardem, Ed Norton & Viggo Mortensen

Puerto Rico’s native son, René Pérez Joglar, better known as Residente to his legions of fans, has dominated the music industry for decades — and now he’s looking to disrupt Hollywood.

Residente, a four-time Grammy and 29-time Latin Grammy Award winner, is gearing up to make his feature film directorial debut with Porto Rico, an epic Caribbean Western and historical drama led by Benito “Bad Bunny” Martínez Ocasio in his first role as a leading man. Rounding out the principal cast are Hollywood heavyweights Viggo Mortensen, Edward Norton and Javier Bardem. The project also heralds Residente’s debut as a screenwriter, sharing the credit with Oscar-winning writer and fellow Boricua, Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman).

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