Beautiful downtown Catemaco, Veracruz only has good memories of Mel Gibson’s effort to produce the film Apocalypto in the region.
Mel Gibson never got drunk in Catemaco.
(a loose translation from El Universal)
Mel Gibson never got drunk during the eight months he filmed Apocalypto in the area, according to a local film production member.Mostly Gibson showed up in town to eat pizza or dance in a nightclub. A local bartender says that maybe once in 10 times here, he drank a beer, the rest of the time he shot pool (billiards), teaching others his techniques. Sundays he would come alone into a local cafe and plan his work, sometimes joined by friends playing cards. He enjoyed to eat quesadillas and drink natural juice waters.
A waiter states that Gibson was always an amiable person, who played with children and took photos with admiring local girls.
His only vice seemed to have been racing around the area unaccompanied in a green Volkswagen. Even during the end of the local production cast party, Mel abstained from alcohol and instead entertained his collaborators.
