Andy García as General Enrique Gorostieta firing a rifle in Cristiada. Image: Cinépolis trailer
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Andy García Dubs Himself Into Spanish for the First Time. Cristiada Returns to Mexican Cinemas 14 Years Later

Priya Raman · October 18, 2026 · 5 min read

Cristiada was shot in English in 2012. Fourteen years later it's back in Mexican cinemas in Spanish, and the voice coming out of General Enrique Gorostieta is Andy García's own. It's the first time he has dubbed a whole film, and he kept his Cuban accent to do it.

Mexican cinemas have a period epic on their screens again this weekend. Cristiada, the 2012 drama about the Cristero War that English-speaking audiences know as For Greater Glory, returned to theaters across Mexico on Thursday, October 15, in a new Spanish-language version.

The selling point is printed right on the trailer. Cinépolis released it with a title card that reads "Voz original de Andy García", the star's own voice, followed by another that promises the film "por primera vez en español", in Spanish for the first time. García, who plays the retired general who ends up leading the Cristero fighters, recorded his role himself.

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