Benicio del Toro had a small yet memorable role in the movie as an imprisoned artist, but Anderson wanted more for the Oscar-winning … ...

At first, del Toro thought his part would be a similar size to “The French Dispatch,” and didn’t get his hopes up. But then he read the script. “[Anderson] sent me the next 20 pages and I ...

Benicio Del Toro stars in Wes Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme" debuts on Peacock and Jason Momoa brings his passion project ...

The Phoenician Scheme, the latest effort from director Wes Anderson, is coming to Peacock this month! The film starring ...

The Phoenician Scheme is something of a return to form after the follies The French Dispatch (2021) and Asteroid City (2023). The new film isn’t at the level of Anderson’s superb The Grand Budapest ...

SIMON: Wes Anderson has said that he wrote this character for you and you collaborated. DEL TORO: Well, I collaborated in the fact that - you know, Wes, first of all, he never said he was writing ...

But then he read the script. “ [Anderson] sent me the next 20 pages and I’m still in it and then the next 20 pages and I’m still in it,” del Toro said in an interview with Variety at Cannes.

SIMON: Wes Anderson has said that he wrote this character for you and you collaborated. DEL TORO: Well, I collaborated in the fact that - you know, Wes, first of all, he never said he was writing ...

SIMON: Wes Anderson has said that he wrote this character for you and you collaborated. DEL TORO: Well, I collaborated in the fact that - you know, Wes, first of all, he never said he was writing ...

SIMON: Wes Anderson has said that he wrote this character for you and you collaborated. DEL TORO: Well, I collaborated in the fact that - you know, Wes, first of all, he never said he was writing ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Benicio del Toro, who plays a wealthy, scheming mid-century industrialist in Wes Anderson's latest film, "The Phoenician Scheme." ...