{"id":54503,"date":"2011-06-10T22:39:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T05:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=54503"},"modified":"2011-06-10T22:39:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T05:39:41","slug":"demian-bichir-joins-savages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2011\/06\/10\/demian-bichir-joins-savages\/","title":{"rendered":"Demian Bichir Joins Savages!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weeds star Damian Bichir, who plays Esteban Reyes, (the shady husband of Nancy Botwin) is the latest actor to join director Oliver Stone&#8217;s upcoming &#8216;Savages&#8217;, a big screen production from the novel of writer Don Winslow.\u00a0 According to reports Bichir, whose great at playing the bad guy, is the latest addition to a cast full of stars such as Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively, Salma Hayek, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Toro and more.<\/p>\n<p>For the unknown, Savages takes place in Laguna   Beach, California where two nefarious marijuana dealers, Ben and Chon (played by FNL actor Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson of Kick Ass) are making quite a killing for themselves.\u00a0 Unfortunately high times for the twosome come to a disturbing halt after they grab the attention of a Mexican drug cartel who kidnap their girlfriend. Yes, their shared girlfriend played by Blake Lively!\u00a0 Savage is set to start filming this July with a script from Shaft writer Shane Salerno.\u00a0 This should be good!<\/p>\n<p>Demian Bichir brags a lengthy resume of Che, part one and two, The Runway, and\u00a0 A Better Life. 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Weeds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weeds star Damian Bichir, who plays Esteban Reyes, (the shady husband of Nancy Botwin) is the latest actor to join director Oliver Stone&#8217;s upcoming &#8216;Savages&#8217;, a big screen production from the novel of writer Don Winslow.\u00a0 According to reports Bichir, whose great at playing the bad guy, is the latest addition to a cast full 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