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Diego Luna Says Shared Meals On 'Pan Y Circo' Transformed Cast And Crew Alike

Scientists, artists, thinkers, activists and journalists gather for meals and conservation in the new Amazon Prime show. "We have to sit at the table," says host Diego Luna.
Scientists, artists, thinkers, activists and journalists gather for meals and conservation in an episode of <em>Pan y Circo</em>, hosted by Diego Luna (center).

Diego Luna wants you to start talking.

The star of Y Tu Mamá También, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Narcos: Mexico and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has a new series that he hopes will compel audiences to do that. It's called Pan y Circo, or "Bread and Circus," out Friday on Amazon Prime Video.

The title is a reference to the poem "Satire X" by Roman poet Juvenal, who wrote in the second century that bread and circuses — food and entertainment — are all that's needed to convince Romans to give up their political freedoms.

"The title was not my idea," Luna says. "When I heard it that first time,

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