Antonio Banderas takes on Chilean miner role in `The 33`

Los Angeles: Spanish actor Antonio Banderas has landed a leading role in ‘The 33’, an upcoming film from director Patricia Riggen which is based on a true story of a mining accident in Chile in 2010.

The 52-year-old actor is set to portray the role of Mario Sepulveda, a charismatic miner known as ‘Super Mario’, reported Ace Showbiz. The feature will dramatize the events of the 33 miners` struggle for survival after having been trapped underground for 69 days and the international effort to rescue them. Actors Martin Sheen and Rodrigo Santoro join Banderas in supporting roles. The film will go on floors this fall in Chile. PTI