Write a letter; that is Benecio Del Toro’s recommendation to any journalist that wants to ask him tough questions regarding his romantic portrayal of a megalomaniacal serial killer.
“The problem that I’ve had, if I’ve had problems with journalists, is, what’s the point of being a journalist if you’re just gonna talk to me and tell me stuff. Write a letter and in my own time I’ll write you back, or email. “
In all fairness, old Benny is just being honest and he should be given credit for that. He obviously realizes that no matter how artistic the cinematography is or how moving his performance, he still does not know who Che was and how many thousands of innocent men, women, and children died because of him. The last thing he wants to do is have to sit in front of a camera and record for posterity his utter cluelessness and idiocy.
Instead, write him a letter, or send him an e-mail. Maybe he’ll respond, or maybe he won’t. But at least he’ll stop looking like a moron on camera and in print.