Bill Condon, Tonatiuh talk about the quietly subversive Spider Woman'

"Named after the Aztec sun deity, the 30-year-old Los Angeles native has a career that is on fire. He might be familiar for smaller parts in the Netflix thriller Carry-On with Taron Egerton and the indie dramedy Drunk Bus. Perhaps he caught your eye in the short-lived ABC soap opera Promised Land, set in Sonoma County. All of that is but a prologue to his soul shaker of a performance as Luis Molina, a-jailed-for-indecency queer hairdresser who escapes from the hardness of life through old-school movie musicals."

"Based on Manuel Puig's once-banned 1976 novel and the Broadway musical made out of it, the part gives one of Variety's 10 actors to watch in 2025 an unforgettable role that demands a lot out of him. And he delivers in every scene. Heck, he even manages to upstage Jennifer Lopez, no wallflower who plays the screen siren that Molina is so captivated with."

Tonatiuh gives a soul-stirring performance as Luis Molina in Bill Condon's musical Kiss of the Spider Woman. Molina is a jailed-for-indecency queer hairdresser in 1983 Argentina who escapes life’s hardness through old-school movie musicals. Molina forms a life-changing bond with political rebel Valentín, played by Diego Luna. The film adapts Manuel Puig's once-banned 1976 novel and the Broadway musical, demanding singing, dancing, and layered acting. Tonatiuh also portrays a musical character within the film and shares staged sequences with Luna. Tonatiuh previously appeared in Carry-On, Drunk Bus, and Promised Land and received a Spotlight award at the Mill Valley Film Festival.

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