Urtasun sympathizes with Javier Bardem if he is on “some kind of blacklist” in Hollywood for his support for Palestine

The Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun has shown his solidarity this Friday with the actor Javier Bardem given the possibility that this “he could have been included on a list of some North American production companies, in some type of blacklist, due to his positions and demonstrations against the genocide in Palestine.”

“I want to send a very clear message. Javier Bardem has the solidarity of the Government of his country and the Ministry of Culture of his country. We will always be at the side of Javier Bardem and any other actor or actress in our country who wants to demonstrate politically in defense of their freedom of expression and also demonstrating in defense of human rights and against the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” Urtasun assured in statements to journalists at the Government Delegation in Catalonia, in Barcelona.

Thus, he has stated that Bardem or “Any artist” who is “attacked for exercising his freedom of expression” will have the Ministry of Culture and the Government of Spain on his side.

The head of the Culture Department has expressed himself like this a few days after the media outlet founded by journalist Mehdi Hasan, ‘Zeteo’, asked Bardem about the possibility that The new director of Paramount studios, David Ellison, would have put him on a “blacklist” for calling for a boycott of companies that supported Israel’s actions in Gaza.

“Yes, I’m not surprised. I mean, I’m not surprised.. But the thing is that it’s not so much about their blacklist, but about who we want, who we decide to work with,” Bardem explained.

In September, the Spanish actor signed a manifesto along with 3,900 figures from the film industry to ensure that he would not work with institutions that “justify or support the genocide in Gaza.” “My not getting a job is absolutely irrelevant compared to what happens there. It’s that simple“Bardem expressed himself then.