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variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Javier Bardem has just left a movie theater in Madrid, where he screened his new animated musical movie “Spellbound” for his kids — Leo, 13, and Luna, 11 – and 15 of their friends. “They loved it,” Bardem tells me during a phone conversation. “But they were fed up with me rehearsing at home because I was singing all day long just to make sure that I could more or less get a vowel together.
They were like, ‘Stop it, dad! Stop it!” But then when they saw the animation, they were absolutely mesmerized.” “Spellbound” marks the Oscar winner’s first animated film.
Directed by Vicky Jenson with music by Alan Menken, Bardem stars alongside Nicole Kidman and Rachel Zegler. The story follows a teenage princess on a mission to break a curse that has transformed her parents.
I won’t spoil the movie, so let’s just say the story tackles heavier issues not usually addressed in children’s movies. “It’s so smart, it’s so powerful the message that it brings,” Bardem says. “It’s about love.
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