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Benicio del Toro on Che Guevara: 'He was not Tarzan' [video 3 min 15 sec]

Benicio del Toro tells Alex von Tunzelmann how he felt the weight of historical responsibility when playing the Latin American revolutionary in Steven Soderbergh's biopic, and why everyone needs to see Che: Part Two.
Read entire article at Guardian (UK)