Javier Bardem to play Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes in Amazon's Cortes miniseries

The Hollywood Reporter

Steven Spielberg and the Oscar-winning actor will produce the four-part miniseries, in which Barden play the legendary Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who changed the course of history by causing the fall of the Aztec Empire. The miniseries is based on the 50-year old script by blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.