Eduardo Noriega is perhaps not a name you might instantly recognise, but he's a name you should remember. He's recently starred in two controversial carrying biographical movies, one called El Lobo and the other entitled Che Guevera.

For those of you who don't know Noriega has starred in some amazing movies before these, one of which saw Tom Cruise remaking his role in Vanilla Sky. Noriega starred in such excellent movies as Tesis and Abre Los Ojos, as well as the Guillermo Del Toro directed El Espinazo del diablo (The Devil's Backbone). I've seen these three films and I'd recommend each one, and in that order. He's proved himself a natural and very talented actor, someone who definitely grabbed my attention onscreen.

Now he's starring in a film based on the true story of a Police undercover operative in the Basque terrorist group called ETA. In an interview with Future Movies he reveals the story which is about...

...the individual who infiltrated the organisation back in the 1970s and became perilously close to those at the very top. Dubbed 'Lobo' (or 'Wolf') by the media, this was a man who lived in permanent danger of being uncovered by those who considered him a trusted comrade, and who was simultaneously exploited and then abandoned by Franco's secret police.

On the strength of Noriega's name alone I was interested, but the description of the movie and his of the character have me hooked.

"I didn’t want to play the hero...I wanted to play a simple guy who is manipulated, who didn’t know how far he was going to go…A guy who is trapped as an animal between two dangerous worlds much bigger than him. His story’s really tragic. He spent two years inside ETA feeling fear. He had to act all the time, control his behaviour the whole time. And it’s based on a subject really important to us in Spain."

He's also finished work on another big role, that of Che Guevera. Interestingly he reveals that there are two other movies about this man's life, and each covers a different era providing an interesting view of his years. Talking of a fellow actor Gael Garcia Bernal, he reveals the different movies of Guevera.

"...Fortunately the film he did about Che Guevara was the first period, the first trip Che Guevara took around South America when he was, like, 20 years old. I did just the guerrilla struggle in Cuba when he was almost 30 years old. And then Benicio Del Toro is shooting with Soderbergh and I think they are dealing with the last period of Che Guevara. So there are 3 Che Guevara movies in a row, but at least they are different periods."

The most recent effort is by Steven Soderbergh and stars Benecio Del Toro called Guerrilla. It will be interesting to see these different films which cover different aspects of the man's life, and perhaps give differing views of the person and his politics. It's particularly interesting that one will come from Hollywood, and it'll make for a good comparison.

I urge you, if you haven't already, to get your hands on Tesis, Obre Los Ojos and The Devil's Backbone. Personally I think Tesis is the strongest movie, and Obre Los Ojos goes a long way to show you were the Cruise remake fell short. I'm going to keep my eyes open for his next two movies and his career.