ANTHONY: ‘LAVOE DESERVES A BIOPIC’
MARC ANTHONY has hit out at claims Latin music legend HECTOR LAVOE is undeserving of a biopic.
Anthony plays Lavoe, one of the most famous Spanish-language singers of the 1970s, in El Cantante - alongside his wife Jennifer Lopez as Lavoe’s wife Puchi.
And the Mexican star is adamant Lavoe is a cultural icon and made a massive impact on all musical genres.
Anthony tells Billboard, "It’s like saying, ‘Who was Sid Vicious and was he worthy of a movie?’ "Hector Lavoe had this intangible thing. If I were to introduce you to just his music, you would want to know the man. If I were to tell you this amazingly crazy story, you should want to hear his music. And when you have both, a story needs to be told. No one can sit there and tell me his music is less important than Ray Charles or Johnny Cash’s.
"His music, if you released it today, would still be viable."
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