London, March 6 : Oscar-winner Benicio Del Toro has become the latest celebrity to enjoy one-to-one talk with controversial Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

The film star's meeting with Chavez came during his tour to the South American country, aimed at promoting his Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara biopic Che.

According to reports, Del Toro took time out of his busy promotional schedule to pay Chavez a visit in Caracas.

Washington, Jan 22 : Film director Terry Gilliam has revealed that actor Benicio Del Toro was `frightening' and `frustrating'' on the set of `Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas'.

The 68-year-old moviemaker feared Del Toro was "out of control" for much of the 1998 movie.

"He gets pretty deep into his character, and sometimes I thought he was out of control. What I found out is he''s frightening," Contactmusic quoted Gilliam as telling Rolling Stone magazine.

"He required a lot of handling, and, after a while, his need to be so intense wore a lot of us out.

Washington, Jan 15 : Hollywood actor Benicio Del Toro has likened revolutionary leader Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara to Batman.

The `The Argentine' actor, who has played the role of Guevara in director Steven Soderbergh''s four-hour epic, silenced critics of the leader by saying that the revolutionary was actually "a warrior" with a very bad reputation.