FILE PHOTO: Actor Antonio Banderas poses on the red carpet at the Spanish Film Academy's Goya Awards ceremony in Malaga, Spain, January 25, 2020. /Reuters
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas on Monday announced that he had contracted COVID-19, coinciding with his 60th birthday.
"I'd like to add that I'm feeling relatively well, just a bit more tired than usual, and confident that I will recover as soon as possible," he said in a birthday message on Twitter, adding that he had reached 60 "full of desire and aspirations."
The star of "The Mask of Zorro" said he would use his time in quarantine to read, write, rest and make plans for the future.
According to Reuters, Banderas has appeared in more than 100 movies in his lengthy career.
Soon after his announcement, many people on social media flooded the sites with get-well-soon messages to the star who was nominated in the Best Actor category of the latest edition of the Academy Awards for the lead role in Pedro Almodovar's autobiographical movie "Pain and Glory."