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They have known each other since they were babies, both became actors, then sizzled together on screen in the Oscar-nominated Y Tu Mama Tambien. Eight years on, Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna are two of Mexico’s most prized exports, with their own production company and a new film – in which they co-star – released worldwide. But you’d never guess from meeting them, writes FIONA McCANN

IT’S funny how a fantasy fulfilled can turn into something almost run-of-the-mill. Like the one where you’re in a hotel room with two of the hottest young Latin American actors in the business, except rather than a reprise of some steamy scene from their film Y Tu Mama Tambien, you’re checking out their iPhone pics and chatting about football and kids.