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 ...

Benicio del Toro had a small yet memorable role in the movie as an imprisoned artist, but Anderson wanted more for the Oscar-winning … ...

Left to right, Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera and Wes Anderson attend the photo call for "The Phoenician Scheme" at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19. Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI ...

SIMON: Wes Anderson has said that he wrote this character for you and you collaborated. DEL TORO: Well, I collaborated in the fact that - you know, Wes, first of all, he never said he was writing ...

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.

But then he read the script. “ [Anderson] sent me the next 20 pages and I’m still in it and then the next 20 pages and I’m still in it,” del Toro said in an interview with Variety at Cannes.

NEW YORK, June 6 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning actor Benicio del Toro says writer-director Wes Anderson meticulously plans every scene in his movies, but still welcomes input from his cast.

SIMON: Wes Anderson has said that he wrote this character for you and you collaborated. DEL TORO: Well, I collaborated in the fact that - you know, Wes, first of all, he never said he was writing ...

SIMON: Wes Anderson has said that he wrote this character for you and you collaborated. DEL TORO: Well, I collaborated in the fact that - you know, Wes, first of all, he never said he was writing ...

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." ...

SIMON: Wes Anderson has said that he wrote this character for you and you collaborated. DEL TORO: Well, I collaborated in the fact that - you know, Wes, first of all, he never said he was writing ...