Demian Bichir crash-lands in ‘Runway’

Los Angeles: Demian Bichir, the Mexican actor who portrayed Fidel Castro in Steven Soderberg`s ‘Che,’ will star in the Irish indie feature ‘The Runway.’Commercials and short-film director Ian Power wrote the script and is directing the drama in County Cork.

The film is based on the true story of a South American pilot who crashed near a town in Cork in 1983. The townspeople came together to build a runway so the pilot could get home, and in so doing inspired the nation. Kerry Condon ("Rome") and Jaime Kierans co-star. Bichir is a regular on Showtime`s "Weeds." He has appeared in the features "Don`t Tempt Me," "In the Time of the Butterflies" and "Perdita Durango." Bureau Report