Veronica Sanchez Back to our screen with Beloved 1922A period series marking his return Telecinco, The chain that saw its artistic birth 20 years ago Serranos. This actress is acting in this new production elena, A woman determined to break the rules imposed by society at the beginning of the 20th century. We chatted with its hero Angela, The 47-year-old talked about her character, what it meant to return to a channel that was an important part of her career and what it was like to be a part of the series, including developing great friendships with her co-stars. Maribel Salas, Andrea Duro, Elena Maroto and Raquel Cuerol, would have found love with Luis Fernandez.
© Luis Miguel GonzalezElena, your introduction Beloved 1922 This is a very determined, empowered woman. Now we see this as something relatively normal, but what was that attitude like at the time?
VS: They are constantly facing obstacles. Actually, my character and that Cecilia (Raquel Queral) They ran away from there Seville A dramatic situation forces them to confront the simple truth of being women. They run away to start a new life. All the men around them, some don’t trust them and others try to take advantage… only those who are part of the main cast, who alone believe in us, join our cause and instead fight for us against but, in the end, It’s all nonsense.
© Luis Miguel Gonzalez / MediasetYou have already worked on period series, what draws you to this type of production?
VS: For me, to please my mother. He is very excited to play such a role; I’d like to see myself further back, with a crinoline. This makes her so happy that I say: “That’s great, a period series to please my mother!” And clothes help a lot in creating character. When you wear clothes from another era, the body is positioned differently, because, for example, the shape is in a different place, maybe you are wearing a waist or the size of the heel is different and it helps you get into the character. A corset changes you because you breathe and move differently than a period dress. In the 1920s many women broke the stereotypes: they cut their hair short so that they would not have to draw so much attention to their long hair. It’s almost an act of affirmation. Cut your hair, wear loose clothing so you don’t wear a corset…
© Festival of the South International SeriesMaybe that your character is a marchioness makes things easier for her?
VS: He is the subject of other social corsets. She has a completely unhappy marriage. I wouldn’t say it was forced, but it was agreed upon. To raise her family’s status, they married her to a Marquis and thus she gained the title of Marchioness. But Elena never wanted to marry that man, and she probably didn’t want to marry him. So they are already in a structure of unhappiness that cannot be broken, and that turns the marriage into something quite sad, even violent. He also has barriers to breaking into that wealthy class, but only when it comes to money.
© Festival of the South International SeriesWhat does it mean for you to return to work at the chain after all these years?
VS: I’m excited to be back at Telecinco, because it’s true that we haven’t worked together since. i left Serranos In 2005, and since then it has been almost 20 years! I’m not just excited to be back MediasetRather that fiction returns to the common chain. It’s great that the platform exists, but I think there are so many ways to watch television.
True, because there’s a lot of charm in waiting seven days to find out what’s going to happen, leaving the guesswork…
VS: Now the series is back on air, even on the platform, which gives you a weekly episode. What seemed great to us at first, seeing at once, now we prefer something else. Because, deep down, consumption became compulsive and we didn’t enjoy them as much.
© GlobomediaHow’s ‘Los Serrano’ Living That New Life on Streaming?
VS: The success of this series does not surprise me. I’m very happy, but there are two things that really surprise me: one is that it still works, I have nine-year-old fans who say: “But you weren’t born!”, but they still like it. The other is comedy Serranos It was more localized to a particular time and environment, and yet it works in the Nordic countries. And I wonder: “Will they understand?” And yet, it works. It transcends boundaries, transcends time and connects with new generations. So, to be honest, I’m the first one to be surprised.
© Festival of the South International SeriesWhat does television, the medium that made you famous, mean?
VS: First I started studying to do theater, because since I was born in Seville and studied dramatic arts there, access to cinema really seemed like going to Hollywood, going to Madrid and opening doors for you. Because the market was so small, you thought: “Who’s going to get me?” Starting with movies already surprised me, but then came television.
During that time television provided me with valuable acting training. When you have to direct a character at the speed at which it’s filmed in this medium, when you have to integrate it into the written scripts while you’re interpreting them, it’s a challenge. It’s fantastic acting training. But now, in addition, I think we’re making a lot more risky television. The characters on television from when I started and what we say today are much more daring and there is a place for women. I think that my recent roles have given me the opportunity to play very strong women, who always represent an acting challenge for me, and they are stories that I really want.
© Festival of the South International SeriesGood atmosphere is breathed among its cast Dear 1922, Which of course gave way to various anecdotes, do you remember?
VS: I don’t know, the truth is we’ve come together a lot. We all have different ages. Maribel Salas is the oldest and we’re 59 to Raquel Queral, 20, the youngest. It’s interesting that we come together so much, even if we go to dinner together or go to the movies together, and we share not only what unites us at work, but also in life. We advise each other, we tell each other stories… Also, at the beginning of the series we realized that there was no way to shoot eleven hours a day for eight months without some kind of “drug”, so we bought a sweet. Cart
What a good idea! A little sugar always helps…
VS: We’ve been eating sweets all day and we thought we’d have to stop at some point… But, we never stop! So we ordered our mini fridge and a bunch of candy and spread the “bad” to the whole group. Everyone was hooked on Jelly Bean. We did a terrible job with food, but… (laughs)
© Festival of the South International SeriesDo you have any kind of group chat?
VS: We had one when we started, a “favorite” chat that, when we started rehearsing, was just us, communicating about rehearsals and so on. This caused quite unhealthy jealousy among the kids and they forced us to make another one where we included them. Luis (Fernandez) became very jealous, so we opened a chat in which we included them.
© Festival of the South International SeriesThe original is definitely more fun, because you’re going to keep using it anyway, right?
VS: Yes, of course, that’s for sure, and it’s more active. We talk about our stuff and they don’t need to know. (laughs)
Veronica, do you think that reflecting the empowerment of women through fiction helps raise awareness of abuse and mistreatment today?
VS: Yes, I think it has a very, very important role, even if it’s just in terms of finding references. Fiction explains us as a society, perhaps tells us about our past and shows us our present. I think so, in the sense that the work is important, without the need for morality, teaching or anything like that, just as a reflection. In this we have always found a mirror and an explanation, at least I do. I was educated on VHS with movies… and it helped me a lot to understand myself, to understand the world you live in, which when you’re a teenager you don’t really know how big it is. References are always interesting. It is important to explain ourselves, it is important to communicate with other societies and it is also important to find references to project ourselves.
© Getty ImagesYou mentioned before starting in the theater, do you want to return to the stage?
VS: Yes, but I admit that it scares me a lot at the moment, because I feel the adrenaline rush of going on stage… I remember when I was doing theater, every day before I went out I heard the audience murmuring and they told me that I Leaving him, this will be the last day. Because I was starting to hyperventilate and panic and I was thinking, “This can’t be good.” But then you forget, you get into the wheel of the character, you enjoy, and when you see that you like it, you send something, you forget everything and the next day again. I felt that adrenaline of live music and I want to go back, but I know I have to do important psychological work, because now it makes me dizzy. Now I’ll just think I’m forgetting the text. (laughs)
