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Fresh Air

Benicio del Toro

Fresh Air

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4.336.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Benicio del Toro is nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ‘One Battle After Another,’ where he plays a karate sensei who runs what he calls a "Latino Harriet Tubman" operation. He was also in Wes Anderson’s latest film, ‘The Phoenician Scheme.’ He spoke with Tonya Mosley last year.

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0:00.0

This is Fresh Air. I'm David B. in Cooley. Benicio del Toro, an actor who has made a career out of playing complex, morally ambiguous characters, is nominated for a best-supporting actor Oscar for his role in the Paul Thomas Anderson film, One Battle After Another.

0:17.5

Del Toro plays Sergio St. Carlos, a karate instructor and leader of an immigrant rescue operation.

0:25.3

Leonardo DiCaprio plays Bob Ferguson, a member of a far-left revolutionary group, the French 75.

0:32.7

He's burned out and has been living off the grid for 16 years, raising his daughter Willa.

0:39.7

Her mother, who also was a revolutionary, fled to Mexico when Willa was a baby.

0:45.5

Let's listen to a clip from the film. In this scene, Benicio del Toro as Sergio is in his karate

0:52.0

studio when he gets a call, warning him that the authorities are coming

0:56.2

after the migrants hiding in the building where he lives. While on the phone, he gets a knock at the

1:01.4

door. It's Bob. He's trying to contact his daughter who's in danger.

1:06.6

Hang on a second. Yeah, I I help you? Bob. Bob?

1:11.6

Briggs, yeah.

1:12.6

I need your help, I need your help, Sense.

1:16.6

I need your help, man.

1:18.6

You still there?

1:20.6

What time you get off for?

1:21.6

At la una.

1:23.6

When you get to house?

1:24.6

I'm coming.

1:25.6

Call Maricella and tell her on my way.

1:26.6

Where are you? I'm basically in the car I'd We should move Yes I'm gonna call this bronze And I'll call you back Okay Bye Bye We got to go I need a weapon Man All you got a damn Nuntucks You know I can get a gun. What? What, what's going on? It's MKU. MKU, man. They're everywhere right now. MKU, MKU, what? Well, bust it open my door. They're coming after me and Willa right now. Right now. That's heavy metal, bro. Yeah. Hey. Where is she? I don't know. I gotta charge my phone to find out. Here, use my phone. I can't. They'll trace that phone. I gotta use my phone. Let's do that at my place. We gotta go. Your place? Yeah. You got a gun at your place? I'll get you a gun. You have a gun, right? Okay?

2:18.3

Yes.

2:19.3

Okay. Right now, it's a goddamn roundup. I gotta deal with this. Okay. Yeah. Let's take that to go. Let's go to your place. Let's go to your place. I'll charge my phone. You got a gun there. What, what?

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