At first, del Toro thought his part would be a similar size to “The French Dispatch,” and didn’t get his hopes up. But then he read the script. “[Anderson] sent me the next 20 pages and I ...

A new behind-the-scenes clip from the movie (now available to own or rent digitally) offers glimpses of just how Anderson, 56 ...

Director Wes Anderson breaks down the motivation of the character of Zsa-zsa Korda from the film The Phoenician Scheme." ...

The newest Wes Anderson film stars Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, ...

Benicio del Toro had a small yet memorable role in the movie as an imprisoned artist, ... Four years before Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” premiered at Cannes on May 18, ...

Michael Maggart, a high school friend of Anderson’s, has no training or aspirations to be an actor. The director keeps casting him anyway.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Benicio del Toro, who plays a wealthy, scheming mid-century industrialist in Wes Anderson's latest film, "The Phoenician Scheme." ...

(L to R) Benicio Del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda and Mia Threapleton as Liesl in director Wes Anderson's THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, a Focus Features release.

Del Toro moved from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania as a teen. His breakout role was as a mumbly, small-time crook in The Usual Suspects. Now he's starring in Anderson's new film, The Phoenician Scheme.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Benicio del Toro, who plays a wealthy, scheming mid-century industrialist in Wes Anderson's latest film, "The Phoenician Scheme." ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Benicio del Toro, who plays a wealthy, scheming mid-century industrialist in Wes Anderson's latest film, "The Phoenician Scheme." ...