‘COCO’
NOV. 22
Stars: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal and Benjamin Bratt Director: Lee Unkrich
The skinny: Hector is different “in a million ways” from every other character that Bernal has played. “First of all, he’s dead,” the Mexican actor says with a laugh. The animated Pixar movie centers on Miguel (Gonzalez), a musically inclined boy who travels to the Land of the Dead seeking his famous great-greatgrandfather (Bratt), and Hector acts as his guide through the colorful skeleton-filled afterlife. Bernal’s biggest inspiration for Hector: the charismatic bear Baloo from The Jungle Book. “I had to keep that secret,” says
Bernal, who performs three Coco songs. “I wouldn’t want to say, ‘I’m going to do it like Baloo!’ ” It’s the first time he’s sung for a role: “If anyone would ask me to sing right now, I still get nervous.”