'Despacito' star Luis Fonsi pivots to lead movie role in 'Say a Little Prayer'

Global superstar Luis Fonsi initially thought he'd just "stick to the music thing" after the success of "Despacito" — until he read the script for the movie "Say a Little Prayer."

When a friend of Luis Fonsi's passed him a film script, the global pop star agreed to look at it as a courtesy.

“I wasn’t looking (to act). I wasn’t auditioning. It wasn’t something that was next on my to-do list,” said the artist, whose song “Despacito” became a global phenomenon. “I’m thinking in my head that by page 10, I’d be like, nah, (I’ll) just stick to the music thing.”

But as he read the script on a long flight from Miami to Madrid, he realized that he could identify with the movie’s main character, he told NBC News in an interview.

Now, Fonsi is making his debut as a lead actor in the film “Say a Little Prayer,” which opens at AMC and other theaters nationwide Friday. The movie, which features a nearly all-Latino cast, follows the romantic adventures of three best friends in San Antonio.

Searching for true love, the three friends recite an ancient prayer to St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost things, only to encounter unexpected results.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/luis-fonsi-movie-little-prayer-lead-despacito-rcna180636

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