Antonio Banderas was WARNED by Steven Spielberg of THIS on ‘Zorro’ Set

Antonio Banderas was warned.

In a recent interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Antonio Banderas celebrated the 25th anniversary of The Mask of Zorro. The 1998 action film, which was directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, brought in $250 million worldwide.

When the movie was being made, Spielberg was present, and Banderas claimed the Oscar-winning filmmaker forewarned him of the future of practical vs. CGI filmmaking.

"Steven Spielberg said to me once when we were shooting, ‘This is probably going to be one of the last Westerns shot in the way the Westerns were shot in the old days, with real scenes with real horses, where everything is real, [real] sword fighting, no CGI,'" Banderas recalled.

"Everything was [practical]."

Banderas added, "And he said, ‘But things are going to change. they’re going to change and they’re gonna change fast. And so you should be proud of this movie.’"

"And I am, probably even more now than at the time that I was doing it. I don’t know if I was absolutely conscious when I was doing ‘Zorro’ that it was going to have an impact. The impact that it’s had, and especially after 25 years… It was a very beautiful adventure movie with a lot of ingredients that made it shine in a very beautiful way. I have nothing but good memories."

Will there be a THIRD 'Zorro' movie? 

The 2005 sequel The Legend of Zorro, which starred Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the same roles, was much less popular at the box office. 

However, Banderas claimed to Yahoo that "different ideas" for a third Zorro film have been "approaching" him.

"Obviously if I do another movie now, I would play the [mentor] character that Anthony Hopkins did in the first version," Banderas said.

"I [would] be the character that passes the torch to the new Zorro, which would be great, just to do so. But you know, if it comes, great. If it doesn’t, you know, the other two are there forever."