Just two of my fav historical matadors.
I am currently reading a biography of El Cordobés, which i found in the bookshelf of my grandpa (he travelled through Spain a lot during El Cordobés prime, so he got it to get more insights about it back then) and MY GOD. His story could easily be a movie. Growing up in the chaos of the Spanish civil war, he lost his parents early and grew up in extreme poverty, almost starved and then one day he decided to become a matador and risked his life many times on his path until he later became one of the richest and most successful matadors ever. It's really worth to check out the book, it's "Or I'll Dress You In Mourning" by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre. I got a lot of inspo for my matador oc Montoya.
Also about Manolete: There is a movie with Adrien Brody, who is an INSANELY PERFECT cast for Manolete – they look 1:1. Also Penelope Cruz... two beautiful actors playing historical people trapped a doomed romance,? Hell yeah. The film is called "A Matador's Mistress".














