(CBS) Part science fiction, part drama, part thriller, Antonio Banderas’ latest starring role is creating a stir. And no – it’s not “Puss in Boots.” The actor portrays the lead in the Spanish-language feature “The Skin I Live In,” an unorthodox project helmed by legendary filmmaker Pedro Almodovar.

The film had it’s debut at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in May and also ran at the recent New York Film Festival. Banderas and Almodocar had previously worked together on five different films throughout the course of the 1980s and early ’90s, and many of these projects helped propel Banderas towards international recognition.

“The Skin I Live In” marks the first time Banderas and Almodovar have teamed up in more than two decades. Banderas sat down with CBSNews.com to discuss his starring role as a vengeful doctor who holds a mysterious woman captive in his house, 경산출장안마 in this sexually-charged film filled with Hitchockian twists and turns.

CBSNews.com: There’s been much talk of “The Skin I Live In” as a reunion of sorts between you and your director Pedro Almodovar after 21 years since you’re last film together [1990’s “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!”]. Why did you two decide to collaborate together again after all this time?

Antonio Banderas: Well, the decision always comes from the director, who is the one actually has to make the choices. One of the choices is just to call actors and he called me almost 10 years ago. He approached me at the Cannes Film Festival. And he just decided to go with me. For me, it was a satisfaction to work again with somebody that I recognized as a director who changed all the rules of the game in Spanish cinematography. He defies continually the rules of cinematic gravity. It’s almost like finding a glass of water in the middle of the desert to work with somebody like him. So pure and so faithful to his ideas and his personality.

So you feel like you’re in safe hands when you’re working with Pedro?

It’s not exactly that. You actually feel the opposite. It’s a risky situation. You’re almost like on the verge of a cliff continuously with him. But that’s what creation is. When you feel very safe, when you feel very secure with what you’re doing, you’re doing nothing. You’re just doing something that is craftsmanship. You’re not creating anything new. With Pedro, it’s a totally different idea. You almost feel naked in front of the camera. I think he feels naked too, behind it.

This film’s subject matter is very daring, very provocative. Was that something you were looking for?

Not looking for, specifically, but…[“The Skin I Live In”] makes you really reflect about identity, which is one of the issues of the movie. Survival. Power. And ultimately I think that the movie is about creation. This guy, that I’m playing, is kind of trying to play God. To have the possibility of changing a person, and what the overall person is about. And [my character] has to pay a price for that.

Speaking of this character that you play, Robert, did you have any reservations about going into this at all?

No, not at all. Because this is my sixth movie with Pedro. Whatever happens in my life in the future, I will be remembered somehow by those six movies that I have done so far with Pedro Almodovar. We’re probably going to do more in the future. I know how he defies the rules of cinematic gravity. And how he breaks all the codes – you know, the Spanish cinematography – and probably the world’s cinematography.

The response to this film has been very positive so far on the festival circuit.

Yes, very good. The normal tendency, with Pedro Almodovar, he provokes always very very radical reactions in one way or another. But that’s the way he is. He’s not a mainstream director. He doesn’t do something very edible. He does things that have to materialize. That have to be digested. And touch as many different genres at the same time. And create his own in a way. I think Pedro is actually a genre in his own right.

“The Skin I Live In” is now playing in theaters in a limited run.