Bad Bunny makes huge career move after Super Bowl performance
The singer is making himself known on both stage and screen
Bad Bunny is making moves in the acting world after landing his first lead film role.
It's been a successful start to the year for the 'Tú No Metes Cabra' singer, who's spent the first two months of 2026 playing the Super Bowl halftime show, and winning the Grammy award for 'Album of the Year' for Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
And now Bad Bunny - real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio - has landed his first leading role in René Pérez Joglar's directorial debut Porto Rico, according to Deadline.
Starring alongside Javier Bardem, Edward Norton and Viggo Mortensen, Porto Rico is a said to be a historical drama which tells the history of the unincorporated US territory, with previous drafts suggesting the film would detail the life of Puerto Rican revolutionary José Maldonado Román.
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Deadline notes that it's not currently clear if the film will be following the same script, but revealed Porto Rico is billed as a project which 'blends historical scope with a visceral, lyrical approach and a gripping narrative inspired by true events'.
The film will be produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who previously created The Revenant and Birdman.
While it's the first time in which Bad Bunny has played a leading role, it's not his first time acting, with the 31-year-old previously appearing in F9 and Bullet Train alongside hosting Saturday Night Live and having a career as a professional wrestler.
More recently, he has appeared in Caught Stealing alongside Austin Butler and Happy Gilmore 2.
"I have dreamed of making a film about my country since I was a child. Puerto Rico’s true history has always been surrounded by controversy," Joglar, who is also known by his stage name Residente, said.
"This film is a reaffirmation of who we are — told with the intensity and honesty that our history deserves."
"This film sits in a tradition of films we deeply love, from The Godfather to Gangs of New York, that both thrill us with visceral drama and iconic characters and eras while also forcing us to face up to the shadow story under the American narrative of idealism," Fight Club star Norton said.
"Everybody knows what a poet of language and rhythm René is. Now they’re going to see what a visual visionary he is as well. And bringing him and Bad Bunny together to tell the true story of Puerto Rico’s roots is going to be like a flame finding the stick of dynamite that’s been waiting for it."
Topics: Music, Bad Bunny, Super Bowl
Brenna Cooper