Consulting with his mother also in the film , he was advised to take acting seriously if he were to go through with it.
In the film Bardem played a hunky, charming bisexual. The Ages Of Lulu was hailed by some as an erotic masterpiece, by others as a new low, gutter-porn masquerading as art. Regardless of the movie's mixed reviews, Bardem was superb as the charismatic, violently pragmatic pimp.
High Heels involved mother-daughter jealousies and a murderous love triangle, it would be the second highest-grossing film in Spanish history. Following this great success would come another small contribution, this time to Amo Tu Cama Rica. This would be a reunion with Bigas Luna, but this time with Bardem in a lead role. The film garnered six Goya nominations, including nods for Bardem and Cruz, and it became a cult hit around the world.
The film's success catapulted Javier into the limelight. Due to the fame it brought him, he had his nose broken by a complete stranger at a disco in Madrid, and was forced at the age of 24 to give up rugby, a game he'd loved since he was 9. His lack of English was already costing him work as he'd been forced to turn down a part in the original London production of Terry Johnson's Hysteria, where he would have played Salvador Dali in his famous meeting with Sigmund Freud in , the role eventually went to Tim Potter and the play won an Olivier award as Best Comedy in Following these would come Bardem's first major lead, in Golden Balls, his third collaboration with Bigas Luna.
As a flashy, cruel and deeply weird doomed dreamer, it was another brilliant performance by Bardem, winning him his second Goya nomination. He also took a brief but telling role in Running Out Of Time. It was a strange, compelling film with haunting visuals and the moodiest of soundtracks. The year brought him yet more acclaim. It began with a part in the black comedy short La Madre, a family affair directed by Javier's cousin Miguel and starring his mom Pilar.
Here Bardem plays an aspiring actor so crippled by shyness and self-doubt he must psych himself up to work by doing Travis Bickle impressions, low on money and awaiting a part in an American movie, he takes work as a phone sex operator and there finds the freedom to convincingly perform. Unfortunately, it all goes wrong when he meets caller Aitana Sanchez-Gijon who involves him in a double cross and a romantic triangle.
The movie would garner eight Goya nominations with Bardem being the only winner. The same year, , would bring two more high-profile releases. Now established as one of Spain's top stars, Bardem worked again with his home's leading director Pedro Almodovar. Bardem plays a paralyzed wheelchair-basketball star. Live Flesh was complicated and clever, political and absurd, fascinating and brilliantly played, with Bardem Goya-nominated again. Bardem's final release of would be Perdita Durango, playing a santeria-practicing bank robber.
Bardem's next appearance would be a cameo in Santiago Segura's black comedy, Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley. The movie was accused of being abjectly crude and offensive; though, it would be the biggest box-office hit ever in Spain. Breakthrough, — Bardem at Cannes Film festival, Though his fame was confined to his native country, Bardem's talent had not gone unnoticed in the English-speaking world. Bardem, though flattered that Malkovich had heard of him, turned him down because his English was very poor.
Undeterred, Malkovich spent the next three years earning and seeking finance for his project. Meanwhile, renowned artist and director, Julian Schnabel was producing a movie based on the memoirs of Reinaldo Arenas, a Cuban poet and novelist, persecuted for his homosexuality and liberalism by Castro's post-revolutionary government. Schnabel had asked Bardem to play the minor role to which Bardem had said no, that role eventually went to Olivier Martinez.
After being turned down by the now well-established Hollywood actor, Benicio Del Toro, Schnabel asked Bardem to play the lead. Javier saw it impossible to convincingly speak English with a Cuban accent but when offered the lead, it was an opportunity too great to reject. Like something out of Terminator , Chigurh stops at nothing to recover the drug-money. Plus, he is almost as terrifying as Anton Chigurh here. Stream Skyfall on Hulu.
Following the shocking news, Uxbal attempts to tie up all loose ends and come up with a plan for his children before his time comes. Still, his performance here is further proof of Bardem being one of the best living actors. Stream Biutiful on Tubi. Little do they know, but they will soon find themselves tied up in the complex relationships of artist Juan Antonio Gonzalo Javier Bardem , whose talent as a painter is only matched by his undeniable charisma.
But, just when the situation looks as if it could not get more complicated, things take another wild turn. It never feels like Bardem is an actor playing a part, but instead the character at the center of the complicated romance. Stream Vicky Cristina Barcelona on Showtime. But, after a chance encounter with an old friend named Paco Javier Bardem , the vacation turns into something darker and much more intense.
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