However, he soon learns about a wishing star that could help them get his lives back.
DEADLINE: What is it like to be with a character like Puss in Boots for nearly 20 years?
Ive done five movies with him, and a long process of making a lot of sessions.
Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
For me, its not about just providing the character with a voice.
Not only just the English version, but the Spanish version too.
So, I gave them that.
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISHUniversal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
I think that was a source for comedy.
DEADLINE: And how has the character changed over those 20 years?
BANDERAS: I think the most profound change happened when he was alone.
And valuing the only life that we have.
What was it like to bring that element of seriousness to him withPuss in Boots: The Last Wish?
BANDERAS: I suppose it was risky because we take the character to a completely different dimension.
As you said, he started out like a sidekick character for Shrek.
Breaking all the rules, getting out of the box sometimes.
Not always a politically correct character, which I had a lot a fun with that too, actually.
But in this particular time, he becomes more human, more real.
And you’ve got the option to relate to him much more than before.
And then you see a vulnerable character.
Really, really human.
And that he needs others to make it survive.
It was very nice to play that side of the character that we didnt see before.
DEADLINE: What do you think this character has meant for all the kids whove grown up with him?
With his eyes, a weapon of mass destruction that he has in his eyes.
So, as I said to you before, he was a humoristic character.
That that is the only certainty that we have.
Everything else in life is relative.
But death is perfect.
