DP/30: Sicario, Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro spent nearly a decade working with a relatively low profile working with such luminaries as Crockett, Tubbs, Bond, and Pee-Wee before becoming an overnight sensation as the mumble-mouthed Fenster, going the full Dr, Gonzo, and winning an Oscar for Traffic. He's become one of those actors that draws instant attention from audience and critics alike, both mysterious and fascinating to watch. He talked to David Poland about his most recent role in Sicario as well as about his career and working methods.
Shot in New York, October 2015

[@theempire00]

Didn't expect him to be so chill and laid back. Nice guy.

[@sandella11]

He’s absolutely adorable! I’ve seen almost every one of his movies. Amazing actor! I’m a 72 yrs old woman...Spent most of my adult life working, raising my girls (on my own) and helping to raise all my 6 grandchildren. They’re all grown up now. I don’t watch a whole lot of movies...except when I hear Benicio is starring in one. He’s great! I could watch him talk all day long. Nice smile. Ahhhh....ok...I’ll admit it... he’s yummy! 😄👍

[@ludada1000]

Perhaps God creates such wonderful people to give us those positive emotions that we lack in everyday life.

[@aimeecarrillo9420]

I’m 18 years old and I can still relate to this😂😂

[@ilkaw.5609]

@sandella11 : Hey Lady , thank you for you'r "yummi" comment!!! Yes and !Si! , he is "yummi" , wonderful and sexy , ohh lala! ;-) And , he has heart, brain and humor , the three most important things that make a person for me! ❤ Great's from Germany!!! 😊

[@dacybaxter2112]

I can look at him forever his voice and facial expressions are beautiful great guy and amazing actor

[@Por2ugal]

Me too 😍. I love him!

[@MireyaChevere1020]

Your rite!! I love him I love his movies I can watch them all day everyday he's amazing awesome and incredible actor. I LOVE BENECIO!!!

[@deborahrobles7551]

Absolutely 💯

[@TheBadLiutenant]

He really knocked it out of the park in Sicario. Barely said about 50 sentences maybe even less but his screen presence was a wonder to behold and he was able to subtly suggest the history of his character just by glances in certain moments where it felt like his mask was crackling to reveal the humanity beneath the killing machine. He was able to create a surface so clear and concentrated that Blunt, Brolin and all the other actors in the scenes were bouncing off of him and he reflected it all back in a sense becoming the most interesting performance with seemingly very little effort. I really hope he gets nominated.

[@garad123456]

I like that you mention his effect on others. That's something I wonder about often, and is seldom spoken about. I bet some actors make it easier for other actors to act. Their charisma just pulls others to react as a character. I wonder if there are articles about this.

[@bleuclegg6295]

Preach!

[@landgassa6780]

@@garad123456 interesting

[@c.curtis5390]

Thanks for saying what I think. (I'm not good with my words.) I wasn't impressed with Del Toro until this movie. I hope to see him take on more roles as complex characters.

[@sgood1692]

He was excellent. He was the movie. Mesmerizing.

[@Nazaba09]

‘Sicario’ is one of those movies you don’t realize is great, until it’s over and you’re like ‘wtf did I just watch?’.

[@mhks68]

Natalie Zayas-Bazan ...and then you watch Sicario 2 and you realize how biblical the first one was.

[@markaaron9957]

Not only did I feel wtf did I just watch(?), but also that I'll never watch it again. But as times before there's a little voice deep inside that says "what you just watched was fuckin' fantastic." It will not be denied.

[@sdawg4834]

Absolutely! I felt the same when I watched it for the first time and now I watch and I understand the characters a little more each time. When I first watched it I hated Josh Brolin's character but then over time I started to hate Emily Blunt's character. And then I realized that Josh Brolin and Benicio's characters were a necessity if the war against a drug cartel was to have a chance at victory. However, this kind of war will never be won and regulation is the closest semblance of victory.

[@longlasthappiness68]

Sicario 1 is the best. Feels like I dragged in another dark world. I never knew a drug crime can be so sadistic. I never seen movie like that 😭😭😭😭

[@wrexshunt]

And then you watch the second one

[@noneofyourbusiness6117]

What I love about his acting skills is that he uses expression, facial, body moves which makes the character more believable and draws you into the character and movie. Very rare trait. He also is a doppelganger to my husband.

[@ceciliagonzalez6825]

I'm obsessed with this man. Amazing actor. Gorgeous man.

[@888alp]

Me too! lets go get him 🤗💕

[@maricarindefenzo6859]

I just saw Sicario thanks to Netflix. Benicio was so dark and menacing. He draws his audience in. He's a really great actor. I've seen him here and there through the years, but it's just recently I really saw his acting past his good looks through the movie The Usual Suspects (yes I'm that late lol). I hope he doesn't stop.

[@suzieberndt]

I love that he is so authentic. Humble, honest, doesn't knock taking Pee-Wee's Big Top as his first job. I just love him.

[@denisemelanson9717]

The interviewer did such a great job. Thanks for the video

[@PissedOffBanker]

This guy looks chilled as fuck haha

[@Alan-in-Bama]

Benicio is absolutely a Great actor....one of my favorites !

[@Weird-City]

Very smart and grounded guy - he totally gets it.

[@karenlindley.9756]

What a lovely genuine down to earth guy. Plus a hugely talented actor. Sicario is still one amazing film 😊

[@outatime88mph]

I love that the actors can really geek out and talk about what they love to do in these interviews.

[@michellelopez5407]

Admire him love his smiles & voice & personality & acting 💖

[@karabellaellaellaella]

My favorite movie for 2015. He was more than amazing in it.

[@1adadada]

I hope he gets an Oscar for Sicario.

[@cobedominic355]

+1adadada totally agreed

[@ISpyABirdie]

im thinking he'll get one for sicario2 now since emily isnt leading it w/josh in the sequel. ben's gonna get nominated, the trailer proves it xD

[@mhks68]

Nerdy Burd Recaps just saw Sicario 2! Compared to most other movies it was good. Compared to the first Sicario the sequel was garbage. BDT performance was as Brolin’s was made me sleepy.

[@richardainsworth4357]

He is really a professional. So very glad I saw this. A privilege for sure.

[@cobedominic355]

Thanks. This is such an interesting interview. I like the casual mood while Benicio is interviewed.

[@Potida1]

Smart, talented, handsome - what a combination.

[@englandsensation]

Benicio was tremendous in Sicario. He, Idris and Straight outta Compton should've been at the Oscars.

[@dacybaxter2112]

Excess Bagage hooked me he's beautiful I love him

[@olderloverxx]

Yet ANOTHER amazing interview. Man I love this channel.

[@ImpressionBlend]

Very interesting interview, as always! Love this channel! Sicario is a great film, I really hope Benicio gets some recognition during the award season for his role.

[@ImaginationFriend]

Really smart man.

[@jasctt]

really good interview. up there with the one you did with Bill Hurt a few years back. thanks for this.

[@barbarakemp3022]

Benicio is so blessed to have it all. He is so serving of all good that comes his way.

[@klausrain111]

Along with DDL Benecio's one of the best actors in the world.

[@ccbred]

Hearing that 19-20 is the perfect age to start studying acting has just inspired me even more. I am definitely going to an acting class this year

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

Why would anyone here care? If narcissism is part of being an actor you’re certainly only your way.

[@ccbred]

@@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point whuh

[@judyvalencia3257]

Good interview. Love Benicio.

[@bharmon1980]

The hunted was one of my favorite movies that benicio played in but Sicario is just as good as a movie.

[@jeannieluisotti7958]

I. Love Benicio Dell Toro I just he is great in what ever he does. He is A great Actor in his own rights. He is know Brad Pitt ,and he is know marlo Brandon. He just does his own great work. It's not like I am in Love with him he is just A real good Actor. God Bless him always and his Daughter and her Mother. Rod Stewart has been one of my favorite Singers. His Birthday is 1 day before my, my is February 20th and his is the 19th. Just keep making movies and being Great as you are. God Bless you with Love and Preyers.

[@kellythornton9081]

Should of won an Oscar!!

[@jessica5497]

Maybe your best shot interview. Great 💜

[@davidpoland7404]

There were three shot in that space that day by the same team. Jessica Chastain and Olivia Wilde. It was a great day.

[@spoton7683]

An exceptional performance from a masterful actor... 🙇

[@telmasamora1569]

Melhor ator e o mais belo que já vi , abençoado seja🙌💕

[@depyk7989]

Ok how can someone describe him?Cool, chill, down to earth,hot!!!!Unfortunately an underrated actor!Wanna meet him!

[@tornumbrella2]

That was a nice wrap up in the end there.

[@theempire00]

+avox n it was :)

[@telmasamora1569]

Por favor ,traduz em português ,mais vale a pena assistir ,só o fato de velo já gratificante ,ele é o melhor 👏👏👏😘🙌

[@umenhuman7573]

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[@claudiab4587]

Talent talks for itself!

[@rosacampetella1941]

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[@jessesarmiento2675]

He's such a great actor.

[@robloxisbreadismyrobloxacc1699]

Great interview

[@gulnozanormuminova930]

He's underrated

[@H.Ash9]

What a cool interview.

[@FoilHatMusic]

You got Benicio, awesome! Was hoping for that. Just thought I'd also point out a small typo that his name is missing an "i" in the topic (in case it has some effect on search results or such)

[@tashiallgood]

Great interview!

[@frickpoo6644]

awesome interview

[@Arzucowell]

I think Benissio doesn't know how excellent He is, He should value Himself more😌👍😍

[@Lindeberg91]

Haha, the ending was great! Really funny!

[@machtnichtsseimann]

Anyone who can pull off Alejandro and the Heineken man deserves an Oscar already!

[@gregoryrogalsky6937]

Amazing Cini photgraphy for this interview.

[@jesusdeniz116]

Orgullo latino junto con Garcia,Barden,y el gran QUINN

[@therealconniefrancis]

Bardem is spanish

[@ninahndz5880]

Renata Rodrigues Bardem is a Latino

[@lykn6929]

@@ninahndz5880 I thought he Just Spanish. Spaniards don't consider themselves Latino or Hispanic I have heard.

[@harryschuster8766]

Your the man uso. Love everything you're on. Like you said Picasso. Faamalosi.

[@janetmonahan6315]

Wow now I have to see this movie... is he the coolest actor or what!!!!!!

[@joshr3218]

Great Job as always. You always have the best interviews. Now get someone from Bone Tomahawk :-)

[@JaimeCarlander]

+Josh R Kurt Russell would be amazing.

[@Johnconno]

+Jaime Carlander If he took up Acting?

[@naxonesbet]

+Josh R Bone Tomahawk was such a pleasure to watch, is slow but not tedious, great build up to the mistery.

[@tiborbeetles1882]

Wow he really looks like Brad Pitt doing his suspicious eyes look in Burn After Reading! Great channel, love these interviews!

[@888alp]

Same

[@lykn6929]

Always thought he looks like a combo of Pitt and Decaprio

[@mintfizz]

Brad Pitt is the WHITE Benicio del Toro and not the other way around.

[@bleuclegg6295]

He's not even close. Benecio is more of a Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, type.

[@visionary9385]

Bleu Clegg that’s what I thought! 🖤

[@insideAdirtyMind]

it is so sad he has to be someone who is like someone....

[@amyedits_]

And a sprinkle of James Dean 👌🏻✨

[@johnnybgood-ws5cu]

WHAT ???

[@DeathBringer769]

I remember getting made fun of trying to imitate hair like his at a 5th grade middle school dance, lmao.

[@Wanderlust073]

Excellent interviewer.

[@jessedampolo]

Hey Dave, what did you shoot this with? I love the look of this interview

[@dp30]

I actually don't know. I time DP with his own equipment in NY.

[@Kindisbetter]

Benicio comes from a family of attorneys played an attorney turned hit man. He was perfect for the role.

[@tudyk21]

I often wonder when seeing, listening to interviews like this, what the acror's personality is really like. I have the same feeling for Denzel Washington, when he is interviewed. There is a kind of rambling and searching to convey his true self, and what one is used to seeing on the screen is not there. A hollow shell, that the character fills, but not the true person that that actor is.

[@sneakaholic011]

“so we can take this... serious? and i’m on time? haha love that

[@Weird-City]

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between daily's and the video village. Great interview by the way.

[@dp30]

A video village is set up on set and has a live (and taped) feed from the camera. Dailies were traditionally projected the day after each shooting day, so the team could see what they got the day before.

[@robbieallan6522]

the man is just so cool , method yet really cool is only word... fantastic thespian if u like .....

[@user-xs8cg4lq1w]

LOVE BEN 😘😘

[@KSfan4ever]

Such a wonderful actor and beautiful man, too bad about the toll his heavy smoking is having on his voice.

[@Sunny888]

You guys need to do another interview for sicario soldado

[@mhks68]

First question....Why was that such a horrible movie? And why did you do it?!?!

[@claudianunez4370]

❤

[@Frederique41]

Luv Luv Luv

[@jedi1967]

Message for the interviewer of DP30 great job niggah!!! Need to have some alcohol present for these actors. They work fucking hard....

[@user-pg7cx9wo1m]

Why use the N word ????

[@aberuiz3772]

Fuck yes. Great interview

[@888alp]

My kind of man, I would looove to meet him 🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️✝️✝️👼🏼👼🏼💖😘

[@TCadillacM]

From fear and loathing in las Vegas to a hitman, badass.

[@JoseJose-ih4zi]

Awesome actor 👌

[@justinhunt4767]

Great

[@danalee6222]

✔💯✔💯 #goalsAF #legends

[@donnataylor9032]

He is such a smart, talented, handsome, guy.

[@danalee6222]

#Iminthelovezone❤❤❤❤

[@vasileungurean2084]

The best

[@greenshoulder]

나는 korean이라서 영어를 전혀 알아들을수가 없기에 델토로 저분의 입모양과 얼굴표정을 보고 interview 대화를 혼자 추측합니다....ㅠㅠ 미국 교포분들...번역좀 해주세요.....

[@tudyk21]

DelToro is a lot like the "Fear & Loathing" character in this interview more so than he is like Alejandro.

[@jm9980]

This dude up there with Pacino and DeNirro at least to me.... Nicholson, Penn, and Duvall likewise

[@beatificvision7246]

Im not into violent movies but Sicario is addictive.

[@SymonSaysTV]

Why shoot an interview that fast with that short of a focus zone and be out of focus 1/4 of the time? F4 would have been fine. Just saying. With all du respect. Good interview though. I like Benicio.

[@MmeDesgranges]

+Symon Says TV And your hundreds of interviews with top line Hollywood actors?

[@Warnerchild]

i couldn't help notice how much he looked like brad pitt in this

[@brendantaylor3570]

+Warnerchild But even cooler.

[@Johnconno]

+Warnerchild Pitt...All the way from A to B and back again.

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

+Warnerchild Absolutely! I thought exactly the same - like Brad Pitt only better, more experienced perhaps, better actor possibly?

[@MultiKarola]

+Warnerchild better looking and more interesting version ; pitt can barely make a sentence in interviews

[@francescameale4907]

He is Brad Pitt with thicker, so automatically manlier facial features.

[@Brommes]

and you do not mention Che ? his best role ..

[@ThomYrecords]

+Brommes Actually there is a DP/30 Interview with Benicio del Toro, which is only about Che...

[@Weird-City]

+Brommes He's promoting Sicario is all and I recall David interviewed him separately about that project.

[@zovalentine7305]

Be still my beating heart 💓

[@user-gx4ir8ic7e]

와우🥰

[@nathcordobamadrigal9028]

i just want to grab him and hug him and kiss him and say THANK YOU to him. Muchas gracias por todo! :-*

[@888alp]

Why hasnt benicio worked with andy garcia.. an amazing actor too! Also al pacino or robert de niro

[@candicebowden4123]

I'd love to see him work with Andy Garcia, an underrated actor.

[@pikaqgg2129]

It's funny when he said that after the Bond movie he thought he'd made it but actually he kept auditioning for one year couldn't find a job ,I am sorry but that's really funny

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

You having no real sense of humor is nothing to apologize about. You lost the genetic lottery. Everyone else is sorry…for you

[@wrexshunt]

Great actor - always scared me a bit

[@thisisseanwilcock]

Great interview! (but It's Benicio not 'Bencio' haha)

[@Johnconno]

+Sean Wilcock It's Boncioio, like an Alpine climber.

[@thisisseanwilcock]

No it's not. It's Benciabobo. Sillly Person.

[@Alma.Gotica]

Qual a cor dos seus olhos Benício Del Toro?????? 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💙💙💙💙❤️❤️❤️❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@badabingbadaboom]

handsome

[@mason5r]

benicio and johnny depp snubbed for sicario and black mass.what a shame.wtf

[@justinhunt4767]

Classics f a award making a classic is the win

[@petronelladidalelwa585]

Ya know