of becoming a luchador Troy Gentile as Young Ignacio Ana de la Reguera as Sister Encarnación, a nun at the monastery Héctor Jiménez as Steven / Esqueleto, Ignacio's tag partner Silver King as Ramses, the luchador champion and Ignacio's idol Carla Jimenez as Cándida, a portly woman who tries to court Steven at the luchador's party Richard Montoya as Guillermo Enrique Muñoz as Señor Ramon, Ramses' manager Moisés Arias as Juan Pablo Donald Chambers as Silencio, one of the wrestlers who defeats Nacho but is disqualified when Esqueleto runs over him, injuring his foot Darius Rose as Chancho Peter Stormare as Emperor, the local magic-man who claims that eating eagle eggs will give Ignachio the eagle's power Diego Eduardo Gomez as Chuy Human Tornado as El Snowflake, one of the luchadors who faces Nacho Mascarita Dorada as one of Los Duendes Production Black was a fan of the film Napoleon Dynamite and its director Jared Hess, and the two met in Los Angeles to discuss collaborating. Black was drawn to Hess' idea of a man of the Lord secretly living a life of violence via his love of lucha libre wrestling. While filming, Black sustained a gash on his eye after diving out of the wrestling ring during a stunt. He was rushed to the hospital but was able to continue filming. The film was shot entirely in Oaxaca, Mexico. Music Director Jared Hess originally wanted musical artist Beck to be behind the soundtrack for the film. Beck, being a fan of Hess, accepted. However, Paramount Pictures did not think Beck's style fit the movie, so composer Danny Elfman was brought in to replace him. Elfman then wrote a full score and recorded it in May 2006. However, only about 2/3 of Elfman's score ended up in the movie (with one of the songs, Ramses Suite, appearing in the released soundtrack). Due to how much of Elfman's music filled the film, Elfman's representatives asked that Elfman be the only person credited for the film's score. Hess caught wind of this and would not allow the studio to remove Beck from the credits. When finding that he would not have the only music credit, Elfman told Paramount to remove his name from the film. An agreement was eventually reached where both Beck and Elfman were credited for their respective parts of the score. However, Elfman appears with sole credit in the