>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
MY FIRST GUEST IS AN INTERNATIONAL MOVIE STAR YOU
KNOW FROM "EVITA," "ZORRO," AND "PUSS IN BOOTS."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW ANTONIO BANDERAS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) PD-1 AND PD-L1
>> Stephen: I CAN'T BE OUTSTYLED BY YOU
>> YOU ARE COPYING ME, YOU ARE COPYING ME
>> Stephen: THE SERIOUS FORM OF FLATTERY.
YOU'RE IN NEW YORK NOW BUT YOU LIVE IN LONDON NOW, RIGHT?
>> I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN LONDON FOR FOUR YEARS
>> Stephen: I CAN TELL BY THE THICK ACCENT
>> IT TOTALLY CHANGED MY ACCENT AS EVERYBODY PROBABLY NOTICED.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S GOING TO COST PEMONEY, NOW
WILL I DO "PUSS IN BOOTS" NOW?
>> Stephen: YOU SOUND LIKE A CHIMNEY SWEEP NEW.
>> HE DOESN'T HAVE THE BRITISH ACCENT AS I HAVE NOW.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHY DO YOU LIKE
LONDON.
>> I WANTED TO GO TO EUROPE.
IT'S AS CLOSE YOU CAN FIND TO EUROPE AS HOLLYWOOD IN TERMS OF
ACTORS AND PRODUCERS.
AND I'M WITH MY GIRLFRIEND, ACTUALLY, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO
LEAVE EUROPE, SHE LIVES IN SWITZERLAND.
I FOUND A PLACE IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE UNITED
STATES.
>> Stephen: YOU GREW UP IN MALAGA, SPAIN.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: SMALL TOWN?
ATES CITY WITH -- IT'S A CITY WITH 500,000.
>> Stephen: THAT'S PRETTY BIG.
YOU'RE PLAYING PICASSO NOW IN "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC"'S GENIUS
SERIES.
PICASSO GREW UP IN YOUR HOMETOWN.
>> YES, HE GREW UP THERE AND LEFT BY THE AGE OF 12, I THINK.
>> Stephen: BUT EVEN BY AGE 12, HE COULD PAINT LIKE A
MASTER.
>> NOT SO MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT PICASSO BY 14 OR 15,
HE WAS A CONVENTIONAL PAINTER BEFORE HE BROKE THE STRUCTURES
OF PAINTING AT THE TIME.
>> Stephen: IS THAT BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE HE'D MASTERED A
TRADITIONAL STYLE AND THERE HAD TO BE A NEW HORIZON?
>> HIS FATHER WAS A PROFESSOR OF PAINTING, SO, YOU KNOW, HE
TAUGHT HIM TO BE VERY ACADEMIC AT THE BEGINNING.
IT WASN'T UNTIL HE WENT TO FRANCE THAT HE STARTED
DISCOVERING ALL THE NEW STYLES AND HE PRACTICED ALL THE NEW
STYLES.
H HE TID PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING, AND EVERYTHING WENT VERY WELL,
HE BECAME HUGE IN.
HIS PERSONAL LIFE, HE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF PROBLEMS,
ACTUALLY.
>> Stephen: THE HUGENESS IS THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT HIM
BECAUSE WE OFTEN THINK OF ARTISTS, EVEN GREAT ARTISTS AS
HAVING A VERY TORTURED OR POOR LIFE OR NOT BEING APPRECIATED IF
THEIR OWN TIME BUT THAT'S NOT PI PICASSO'S STORY.
>> NO, HE WAS VERY RICH, VERY RESPECTED VERY SOON, PROBABLY,
YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO HE GREW UP IN THE TOWN WHERE HE WAS BORN.
WAS HE A HERO IN THE TOWN?
>> OH, YES.
AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO THINK -- WHEN I WAS A
LITTLE KID, SPAIN WAS A DICTATORSHIP, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE
MANY HERE'SOS OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE ONES THAT WERE
WERE OPPOSITE OF THE REGIME OF FRANCO AT THE TIME SO THEY WERE
COVERT.
BUT TO STOP PICASSO, HIS POWER, WAS IMPOSSIBLE EVEN FOR FRANCO.
SO THE NEWS WE HAD A PAINTER THAT WAS WELL-KNOWN ALL AROUND
THE WORLD WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP.
SO HE WAS OUR HERO FOR MANY OF MY GENERATION, YEAH, DEFINITELY.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE FROM "GENIUS: PICASSO."
HE'S FACING OFF AGAINST A SPANISH FASCIST OR NAZI?
>> A NAZI.
IT WAS THE OCCUPATION OF PARIS BY THE NAZIS IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND HE IS ONE OF THE ARTISTS THAT DIDN'T
LIVE, HE WAS CONFRONTED.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS CLIP?
>> IN THIS CLIP, HE WAS ACTUALLY BEING THREATENED BY A GERMAN
S.S. OFFICER AND HE'S ACTUALLY THREATENING HIM BACK.
>> I AM TOLD YOU ARE GENERAL MULLER IS AN ADMIRER OF MINE.
>> GO AHEAD.
TAKE ME.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE FINDS OUT YOU ARRESTED THE MOST FAMOUS
ARTIST IN THE WORLD.
PERHAPS IT IS YOU WHO WILL DISAPPEAR.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IS THAT BASED ON A
TRUE STORY THAT HE SORT OF STARED THEM DOWN?
>> ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS SHOW IS, BEHIND THIS GREAT
INSTITUTION, LIKE "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC," YOU KNOW, GAIN AGO
LOT OF PRESTIGE -- GAINING A LOT OF PRESTIGE FOR MANY YEARS OF
GOOD WORK, CREDIBILITY, IS IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE TO PUT
FACTS ON THE TABLE.
>> Stephen: IT'S RESEARCHED.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: HE GOT IN TROUBLE WITH THE NAZIS.
HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN IN TROUBLE WITH YOUR ART?
>> YES.
ACTUALLY, I WAS.
>> Stephen: HOW?
IN FRANCO'S TIMES -- >> Stephen: PEOPLE MAY NOT
REMEMBER THAT GENERAL FRANCO WAS THE BRUTAL FASCIST LEADER OF
SPAIN.
>> DICTATORSHIP OF FOUR YEARS IN SPAIN.
>> Stephen: YES.
THERE WAS A GROUP WHO GOT ARRESTED BECAUSE THEY DID A PLAY
AGAINST THE REGIME, RIGHT?
SO ALL GROUPS IN SPAIN, WE JUST MADE A PACT AT THE WE HAVE TO
JUST -- A PACT THAT WE HAVE TO PROTEST TO LIBERATE THESE GUYS.
WE WERE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN MY HOMETOWN, AND WE WERE
PERFORMING IN THOSE YEARS, 1976, 1977, YOU KNOW, WITH FACE AND
VERY DRAMATIC MOVEMENTS, NO WORDS.
>> Stephen: EVERYTHING IS GOD SPELL.
>> EXACTLY.
I REMEMBER DOING THAT AND SEEING IN THE CORNER OF MY EYE
SOMETHING SHINING IN THE WINGS AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
SO I KEPT DOING MY THING.
THEN WHEN THE CURTAIN WENT DOWN AND I LOOK, IT WAS THE SHINE OF
THE HELMETS OF THE COPS.
THEY WERE WAITING FOR US TO JUST FINISH THE SHOW.
SO THESE GUYS GOT ON THE STAGE AND THEY PUT US ALL ON OUR
BELLIES -- EVERYBODY DOWN!
THEY HANDCUFFED US AND TOOK US TO THE POLICE STATION.
BUT MY FATHER WAS A COP AT THE TIME, A SECRET POLICE.
WHEN I GOT TO THE POLICE STATION, I HAD MY FATHER COME TO
ME AND HE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME BECAUSE I HAD MY FACE WHITE.
HE SAID, IS THAT YOU?
I SAID, YEAH!
HE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
HE ASKED THIS GUY OVER HERE, THERE WAS A HUGE COP BEHIND ME.
I SAID, WHAT AM I DOING?
HE SAID GO TO YOUR MOTHER, GO TO THE HOUSE.
I SAID I CANNOT GO TO MY MOTH WERE THE HANDCUFFS.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THE STORY HAPPENED.
SO THEY HAD TO RELEASE EVERYBODY.
SO AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CLOWNS ON THE
STREET ALL PAINTED IN WHITE.
YEAH, STORIES LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME HAPPEN IN SPAIN.
>> Stephen: HAS PLAYING PICASSO CHANGED YOU?
>> I THINK SO, IN A WAY.
EVERY CHARACTER I PLAYED IN MY LIFE CHANGED ME, INCLUDING "PUSS
IN BOOTS."
>> Stephen: OF COURSE.
HAS IT IMBUED YOU WITH ANY ARTISTIC ABILITY, YOU THINK?
>> WELL, I CAN PROBABLY PAINT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN BEFORE.
I STARTED DOING THE -- >> Stephen: WELL, I'D LIKE TO
SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN.
>> OH, NO, REALLY -- >> Stephen: WE HAVE A SKETCH
PAD HERE FOR YOU.
WE HAVE A PEN FOR YOU.
>> OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: I'M GOING TO SKETCH YOU, AND YOU --
>> OH.
>> Stephen: AND YOU SKETCH ME.
AND IT HAS TO BE VERY PAST.
GET YOUR PEN READY.
WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.
>> OMIGOD!
>> Stephen: CAN YOU PLAY A LITTLE SPANISH GUITAR?
♪ ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO!
♪ >> I GOT YOU!
ALL RIGHT, SHOW ME YOURS.
IT'S A PICASSO!
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU!
"GENIUS: PICASSO"!
PICASSO!
PREMIERES TUESDAY ON "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC."
ANTONIO BANDERAS, EVERYONE! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.