"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
In this 144th installment, we will be introducing " Diego Luna's watch ."
Influenced by his father, a film set designer, Mexican actor Diego Luna became interested in show business from an early age and made his stage debut at the age of 6. He honed his acting skills in Mexican TV dramas and began to attract attention from Hollywood, and soon after was selected to play the lead role of Cassian Andor in the Star Wars spinoff Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), which made him instantly popular and well-known worldwide.
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Cassian Andor is a main character in the Star Wars side story, but he is not just a hero, but an outlaw belonging to the rebel army's " rogue unit ". It can be said that the only person who can play him is Diego Luna, who has a wild appearance but a deep acting with a sad gaze.
This time, we would like to take a closer look at the watch he wore in the movie.
Rudo and Kurushi
RUDO Y CURSI (2008)
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Beto ( Diego Luna ) and Tato ( Gael Garcia Bernal ) are brothers who work casually on a banana plantation in Mexico and love playing amateur soccer. One day, the two brothers perform well in a local amateur soccer team match and catch the eye of a scout. Tato, the younger brother, wins a penalty shootout and joins a professional team. He becomes a popular player as a striker with a natural character.
Meanwhile, his older brother Beto joins another team and becomes a wild goalkeeper. The two quickly rise to stardom, but the older brother becomes addicted to gambling and drugs, and the younger brother becomes addicted to sexy female celebrities, and the lives of both of them start to look bleak...
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The Mexican film " Rudo and Cursi " (2008) is a bittersweet Cinderella story of two soccer-loving brothers, starring Diego Luna and his childhood friend Gael Garcia Bernal as the carefree Mexican brothers who rise from farmhands to celebrities.
At first glance, the watch Diego Luna wears in this film looks like a Casio Databank. However, judging from the color of the buttons, it is probably a calculator watch from the Chinese electronics manufacturer KENKO . KENKO is known as a cheap calculator manufacturer, so this watch is also a product that costs about 1,000 to 1,500 yen in Japanese yen. It's the best choice of watch that a banana farm worker, who is probably not wealthy, could wear.
Narcos: Mexico
NARCOS:MEXICO (2018-2020)
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Mexico, 1981. The drug syndicate "Guadalajara Cartel" appointed Felix ( Diego Luna ), a former member of the Mexican Federal Police, as its leader, and after many conflicts, succeeded in unifying the drug organizations. Felix took over corrupt judicial authorities and politicians, and succeeded in making huge profits by monopolizing the supply of drugs to the American market.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is trying to destroy the Guadalajara Cartel, so they send out Mexican agent Kiki ( Michael Peña ), who achieves great results, such as destroying Felix's marijuana fields. However, in retaliation, he is kidnapped and murdered by the Guadalajara Cartel. This incident prompts the DEA and the US government to launch a bloody retaliatory attack against the Guadalajara Cartel...
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Narcos: Mexico (2018-2020) is a true-life drama that depicts the battle between Mexican drug cartels and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Diego Luna plays Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, a real-life drug lord who led a major Mexican crime organization in the 1980s.
The watch he wears in the film is believed to be a solid gold Rolex Datejust . It looks a little large for a Datejust from the early 1980s, the period in which the film is set, so it may be a filming prop made to resemble a Datejust. Even if that's the case, there's no mistake in thinking that this watch, with its Cyclops lens and Jubilee bracelet, was modeled after a solid gold Datejust.
Off-shot
Since the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), in which he starred, Diego Luna has been appearing more frequently at Comic-Cons (otaku events) around the world. As a result, attention has also been drawn to the watches he wears on a daily basis.
The photo below shows Diego Luna at a Comic-Con and an interview for a new movie around 2018, and you can see that he is wearing a very distinctive watch. The watch in question is the Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Date (Ref. Q9068670 ) .
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After some research, I found that Diego Luna is not an ambassador for Jaeger-LeCoultre, but he does appear at the company's events and receptions along with official ambassador actor Benedict Cumberbatch , so it's almost certain that his choice of watch is a result of sponsorship by Jaeger-LeCoultre.
The Polaris, which combines a sporty atmosphere with elegance , is the perfect watch for Diego Luna, who has a wild look with a beard, but also a gentle and intelligent gaze. Even if it was a sponsored watch, it is an undeniable combination.
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summary
What did you think.
From farm workers to drug lords . From cheap digital watches to Rolexes . The lineup is full of extreme watches to match the extreme roles played, but as you'd expect from a Hollywood star, he can play both roles and wear them seamlessly.
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Diego Luna's latest work is the TV drama " Cassian Andor " (2022-), a prequel to " Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ." The film carefully depicts how Cassian Andor, a former thief he plays, joins the Rebel Alliance and becomes a key figure who greatly changes the history of the galaxy.
Diego Luna is not only the lead actor in this drama, but also an executive producer. They are putting a lot of effort into it. Following the success of season 1, season 2 is currently in production and is scheduled to be released in August 2024. I think it will be difficult for him to consistently appear in other movies until " Cassian Andor " comes to an end, but I look forward to the day when he will have even more star power than he does now and wear a nice watch in a movie set in the present day.
see you!