Beauty and the Beast- Ana Margarita's Story Set to Hit the Big Screen

Ana Margarita Martinez, who I had the pleasure to interview a few months ago, is about to have her life shown on the big screen.  She said she can't reveal details at this time but confirmed a report in El Nuevo Herald that said she would soon be the subject of a movie.  Ana Margarita, for those who don't know, was duped into marrying a Cuban spy who was sent to the US to pose as a member of the Miami exile community and infiltrate the Brothers the Rescue organization.  He was also working for the CIA but his allegiance became clear when he showed up in Cuba three days after castro shot down the Brothers to the Rescue planes in 1996, killing four people. After losing her job and her home, she eventually found her way and the light at the end of the tunnel. She sued the regime for rape and won millions, although whether she will ever see that money remains to be seen.

Today Ana Margarita is a Public Relations consultant and as a result of her work and from the celebrity her very public life has brought her, counts among her friends and acquaintances some of Miami's most elite and famous. With that in mind, I'm very curious to see who plays her and who will get the part of the dastardly Juan Pablo Roque.  More importantly, I am hoping that she remains involved with the film so that it doesn't turn into a vehicle to make the castro regime look misunderstood and Roque to look like he wasn't all that bad, rather a victim of the United States.  This movie deserves to be told with dignity, in the same manner that Ana Margarita has tried to live her life after it was turned upside down and inside out twelve years ago.

Below: Ana Margarita with Steven Bauer (bestill my heart!)