Nacho Libre [2006] (1 disc)

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• During a Wrestling match in London, England on May 11, 2019, Cesar Gonzalez who played Ramses, died in the ring from a heart attack. He was 51.
• The custom sky blue and crimson red coloured Nacho Libre mask, is still sold by Mexican mask makers to this day (2020).
• Jack Black's character, Nacho, was based in part on Antonio Banderas.
• While filming a wrestling scene, Jack Black jumped from the ring and struck his head on a chair. This caused a black eye and a gash above his right eye which needed stitches.
• The film was partly inspired by ^[?] Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez--a Mexican priest who became a wrestler to raise money for his parish.
• During filming Jack Black recorded a series of "confessionals" which were uploaded onto the Internet as video podcasts available from iTunes. They became one of the most popular podcasts in the world.
• Ramses is portrayed by Cesar Gonzalez, a real-life luchador best known as Silver King, a second-generation luchador who is the son of lucha libre legend Dr. Wagner. He is also the brother of fellow luchador Dr. Wagner Jr. and the uncle of the recently debuted Dr. Wagner III.
• The song that Jack Black sings at the party was improvised.
• During some of the wrestling scenes they used blow-up dolls to replace some of the audience. Supposedly, they cost much less than extras and they looked real.
• One of the moves that Satan's Cavemen performs is the "619" by ^[?] Rey Mysterio.