Any gossip on Andy Garcia? Why didn't he become a major movie star?

I look forward to the comments, OP. He was gorgeous in his prime and should have been a star.

You don’t hear much about him anymore.

Name all the big name latino movie stars in the last 30 years?

He could be sexy and dynamic onscreen, OP. But a great (or even especially good) actor? Never.

A lot of his performances are mediocre. A few are genuinely terrible.

I just rewatched GODFATHER 3 (the recut version). And dreadful as Sofia Coppola is, she has her match in Andy Garcia's performance.

R3 Benicio del Toro, Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas?

He was hilariously terrible in Jennifer 8

Too conservative and always overacting like Benjamin Bratt.

He was always hot back in the day, limited as an actor but he was hot. I think he just did Mama Mia 2 (or 3?) and was Cher's love interest - is that possible?

Years ago I heard about him going on vacation with the wife and kids while stashing his mistress nearby for sexy time. I think he's still married to the same woman so either he didn't get caught or she puts up with it.

[quote][R3] Benicio del Toro, Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas?

Bardem and Banderas are both from Spain, so not Latino (i.e., Latin American).

However, they are Hispanic (i.e., Spanish-speaker).

Career was over when we found out he had the remnants of a vestigial twin removed from his neck.

He was a major movie star, but as with a lot of stars it was for a transient amount of time. They have their time in the sun and then fade away. He’s still in things. Very few are Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise or Sandra Bullock.

His Siamese twin was on the warpath for being separated.

Watch the film Basket Case for reference

I enjoyed him in black rain.

Especially the scene where he's decapitated.

R2

Says you..

Andy Garcia starred with Gloria Estefan in remake of "Father of the Bride" that came out last June.

AG certainly has let himself go....

He's older and heavier but he kept his hair and he still looks pretty good for a 66 year old guy.

He's a typical conservative white cuban. I don't csre about him at all.

In common with many "white/European" Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and South Americans Andy Garcia's looks could get him roles as Italian, Spanish, Hispanic, etc... but that only goes so far. This being said he's racked up a decent C.V. over the years.

Andy Garcia is well known for being very private and guarded. Admirable qualities to be sure, but in Hollywood where often such beliefs often must go by the wayside if one wants work (along with a good many others), not willing to play the game may have cost AG.

He looks fine. But OP, puleaze -- he never, ever resembled JFK Jr.

@R20

Thank *YOU*!

R6 like that matters.

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At age 33, after working with the likes of Brian De Palma and Hal Ashby and catching people's attention in The Untouchables and getting the attention of NYFCC for his part in 8 Million Ways to Die, Andy Garcia landed his first major role in the $30M Ridley Scott production Black Rain starring Michael Douglas. Scott had delivered several misfires after Alien. Legend and Someone to Watch Over Me were flops. Blade Runner had underperformed, though, over the years, developed a strong cult following which slowly raised its reverence amongst cinephiles and even the greater public. Black Rain was a partial revisit to Blade Runner's aesthetics and tone and failed to ignite the box-office, or develop that film's following. Garcia's Hollywood coronation ended up being somewhat muted, though he'd receive good ink for next year's Internal Affairs. opposite Richard Gere. Though remembered by few today, it was a small hit back in the 1990s. The rising star caught the attention of Francis Ford Coppola's third Godfather film, which was essentially a paycheck for the director whose best days were behind him. The movie delivered Garcia's sole Oscar nod to this day.

Garcia worked with a lot of hot properties at the time: Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Frears, Dustin Hoffman, Meg Ryan. But, most of Garcia's movies fizzled. He played supporting roles in his only minor hits at the time (Dead Again, When a Man Loves a Woman). When he was handed his first lead role in Jennifer 8, audiences and critics weren't impressed. His Steal Big Steal Little (where he played twins) and Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, flopped even harder. Sidney Lumet's Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) did okay, but wasn't enough to resurrect Garcia's leading man status, which had been spent at that point. By the early 2000s, he was doing straight-to-DVD. He was no longer attracting the level of talent he drew just a decade before.

Stephen Soderbergh hired him for the Ocean's franchise giving him some of the very few big hits of his career. He used the money to fuel passion products like For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, The Lost City, and City Island.

"He's a typical conservative white cuban."

And how..

"Internal Affairs" was/is a good movie.

[quote]He was a major movie star, but as with a lot of stars it was for a transient amount of time. They have their time in the sun and then fade away. He’s still in things. Very few are Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise or Sandra Bullock.

He was a major movie star, but Garcia never got to the level where he opened his own movie to great success, R11. Every film he opened flopped. His only hits were supporting roles in other people's films. Pitt, Cruise, and Bullock all had films early on where they were the main draw (Legends of the Fall, Top Gun, While You Were Sleeping, etc), and audiences showed up in a sizeable way, resulting in a stardom that spanned over decades.

[quote] though he'd receive good ink for next year's Internal Affairs. opposite Richard Gere

Yeah but when Richard Gere is blowing you off the screen, you have problems.

Richard Gere could blow me off screen or on.

"[R3] Benicio del Toro, Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas?"

So one per decade as long as two thirds are from Spain?

Yeah um...he wishes he looked like JFK jr lmao. OP is delusional with that comment. He looks more like Pacino if anything.

oh yeah, Internal affairs was great. a few hot men in it.

I thought he was great (and sexy) in WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN, as the long-suffering yet supportive husband of alcoholic Meg Ryan. The film was a hit and Ryan received Oscar buzz.

I've seen him in the gym locker room. Pretty much what one might expect from a Cuban male.

One of Garcia's under the radar films. The Man from Elysian Fields. Hot Garcia as an escort. Worth a look.

Cut or uncut?

He looked better than JFK Jr if you ask me.

R34 how do you mean?

JFK Jr was wayyyy better looking. I've seen both up close. JFK Jr was taller too! so fucking hot! I will never forget it. He was wearing a suit and he was getting off his bike and locking it away on a pole. Then he walked past me into a building. He looked like a million bucks and even much better hotter in person.

I saw some pictures of him poolside and his back was as hairy as a gorilla's.

r34, I’m also intrigued by your comment. How so?

On what planet did young Garcia resemble JFK Jr, Helen Keller OP?

Sooooo handsome when he was young

I remember reading somewhere that he was very particular about not being cast as some love object. So, for those roles, he’d insist on appearing with a full beard, which, considering his hairiness, he could probably grow out in a week.

Before I knew his name but started recognizing his face I truly thought he was Italian-American.

R45

White/European Cubans are often mistaken for Italian-American. They have that in common with Puerto Ricans.

Cubans and Puerto Ricans have been marrying Italian Americans for generations. Common enough in Florida (especially south Florida), parts of NYC metro area, etc....

Far as men are concerned Cuban-Italian mix are often hot as fuck.

Bobby Cannavale is but an instance in point.

It happens with white latinos from any country tbh. I know a few Mexicans, Colombians, Venezuelans that can pass for Italian.

He refused to do romantic, sexy roles because of his religious beliefs and his wife. So never really capitalised on his best assets

Meh! For my money in his prime Armand Assante was far more hotter than Andy Garcia.

He was so hot. Odd trivia - he is missing 3 toes on one foot.

R50 who?

Jennifer 8 was an odd film but still remains Thurman's best performance.

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And also yi!

R51 I'll let you figure that out

I always thought Garcia and Ron Silver looked similar.

He was pretty as a Miami police detective in The Mean Season from 1985. The movie is largely forgotten, but pretty good. It also stars Kurt Russell.

He's not such a great actor. I don't remember ever seeing him in something memorable. Hes quite handsome though.