ANTONIO BANDERAS TANGOS IN TAKE THE LEAD

Antonio Banderas stars in Take The Lead modeled after ballroom dance teacher Pierre Dulaine who brought his program to inner city schools giving kids confidence by teaching them how to waltz, cha cha and do the tango.

The sexy Spaniard who has done a bit of dancing himself opposite Chita Rivera in the Broadway musical Nine says he dared to tango in the film.

“I have a faciilty for physicality and physical things in a certain way. I will never be a great dancer but after dancing with Chita Rivera for 228 performances on Broadway I may dare to just play a tango in the movie. In movies you can do that actually but if you go into theater you have to be more careful because its real time. What you see is what it is. There’s no where to hide behind anything, you know.”

Antonio promises to keep up with the dancing lessons and take his wife Melanie Griffith to Pierre Dulaine’s studio in New York where he now has a home.