Back in his office for more mud and sugar the actor is surrounded by much of his heritage. There are bongo drums and maps of Cuba on the wall. 'It is just in preparation for the movie,' he says But it seems more a case of you can take the boy out of the country but not the.... 'I don't dispute that. But I'm also aware that you need to make films and recordings that are available and likeable by many different sorts of people. I am not naive in that. But if I can do a commercial venture which allows me to indulge in something from my past then why not? 'I've worked more for British directors than any other -- Ridley Scott ('Black Rain'), Ken Branagh ( 'Dead Again'), Mike Figgis ('Internal Affairs') and Bruce Robinson ('Jennifer Eight'). I seem to get on with the British -- must be my heritage! ' Garcia and his wife Marivi -- short for Maria Victoria -- met in college in Miami and married in 1982. She and their daughters, Dominik,eleven, Daniela, six, and three-year-old Alessandra, are, he says, his life. In Cuba the family is everything, part of his past. Like the Mambo Kings. Like Cachao. And 'The Lost City' which we will see later this year. There's also talk of another movie with Sean Connery -- they worked together on 'The Untouchables' -- and in the office the 'phones keep ringing with more and more offers. And Andy Garcia leans back in his green garden chair and grins:' Like a cigar?' A Havana , of course. |
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