He is returning to the theater four years after the premiere of his last project, ‘Prostitution’, which he directed. Andrés LimaIt is on tour until 2022. He does this with ‘Our secret actions’, which the Argentinian director and playwright wrote for him. Lautaro Perotti, With whom he repeated and shared the stage after ‘Chronology of Monsters’ Santi Marín And Macarena GarciaShe is the ‘daughter’ in ‘Christ’ and here too she has a complicated and painful relationship. ‘Our Secret Actions’, inspired by Lorca’s ‘Yerma’, opens in theaters for the first time Spanish Ships in Matadero On January 16 in Madrid, it is a story about the desire to be a mother and the desire not to be a mother, about mental deterioration and the breakdown of our bonds, about the inability to speak and the dreams that come from being manipulated. so much so that they turned into ghosts.
He has been working since the age of 17, doing theatre, cinema and television, One Goya, three Maxes and won the Valle-Inclán de TeatroThis She was nominated for the best supporting actress award at the Feroz Awards for her work in La Mesías and there are premieres of two films on the horizon: Carolina África’s ‘Summer in December’ and Clara Bilbao’s ‘We treat women so well’ but Machi, a magnificent actress, is one of the artists you ask. What professional period is he in and he tells you: “I look back at today and the truth is that I’ve been very lucky in terms of the projects and the people I’ve worked with.”
Of course, these projects are also very lucky to have you, right?
But they are the ones looking for me, and how lucky it is that I actually happened upon them.
Who is Azucena, her character Our secret actions?
This function was suggested to me by Lautaro Perotti. Monster ChronologySo he wrote it with me and a certain cast in mind, but we were all very unmoored at that moment and we put it aside. And I say, being in a pandemic, I suddenly feel like doing something with my very close friends… I called Lau and we said, hey, what are we doing with this function? Should we give it another chance? This Azucena is a female artist, a pianist, because she experiences a certain disappointment that she cannot develop her career as she wants or could, due to family circumstances, because she is a mother and has some kind of relationship with motherhood. heavy. He has complex human relationships, rarely manages compassion, but madly loves a person who is not his own blood, the character of Santi Marín. [un joven discapacitado al que quiere como un hijo].
It is very difficult to accept on a social level a mother openly saying that she does not love her daughter. This is not the case, because he loves her, of course he does, but there is very little connection between them. So we don’t fit in very well socially.”
Inspired by the work barren, talks about motherhood, but also talks about family as hell and sickly bonds. Your daughter wants to be a mother, you don’t love your daughter, and everyone seems emotionally crippled.
Yes, it is true that it is very difficult to accept a mother openly saying that she does not love her daughter on a social level. That’s not the case, because he loves her, of course he does, but there isn’t much of a bond between them. We don’t welcome this socially. The problem is that this woman, this mother, was talented. This is the problem, she is a frustrated person, who believes that she has no support from anywhere, that she has no wings to fly, that maybe she would have had more opportunities if she had not been a mother. .
She blames motherhood for her character’s lack of success.
Completely. It’s so stupid, but in her case, as you said, their relationship is very complicated because they can’t say things to each other, because they don’t know how to love each other, they don’t know how to love each other. They knew how to understand each other, but they did not know how to communicate.
When I read the text, I thought that this was also a study about disease and old age…
Now that there’s so much talk about mental health, this is what’s happening to him, yes, he’s not getting the support he needs because they believe he’s an alcoholic, but he has Alzheimer’s. And she is a young woman of 65 years old, but the biggest trouble is that she is aging nervously, she is running out of weapons to get by, and of course she is speechless. The point is ‘He is dominant and can be sarcastic, but he is fragile.
She is the second mother to become mentally ill after the movie she starred in. Christ Moreover, in this work, he reunites with his daughter from the TV series Macarena García. How did you experience that moment when they gave up the role of daughter and offered you the role of mother?
Well, what a joy and how beautiful. This is a very good sign. The worst thing would be if they stopped calling you just because you could play the girl. Actually, I have been a mother and grandmother since I was very young, but I don’t want you to think that this is something traumatic. Luckily, interesting moms keep writing. Because this is not playing a mother, but playing a woman who is also a mother.
Are you aware that this is a box office guarantee?
No, I know, I don’t know if I’m guaranteed, but it seems to be on sale today for whatever reason. I don’t know, the truth is maybe it is. I don’t think about it. What do you want me to tell you, that I’m a blockbuster?
One should be proud of this, right?
What do you want me to say…
For example, he worked hard to make this happen.
No, for me… I’m ashamed, very ashamed.
Because?
Because I am very modest, I am very shy, and these make me very ashamed. Imagine a headline like this: I’m a high grosser. I would never say that, it’s not my way of talking. You ask me: “Do you know that you are a top grosser?” But do you know that these questions cannot be asked? (Laughs) Don’t ask me about that because I’ll just tell you that it’s a great thing for people to go to the theater and if I can contribute to that, then great. But the word blockbuster… I won’t say it, you say it for me, but I won’t say it.
Also, are you embarrassed that they call you Machi, which is like calling you Espert, there’s only one and it’s so big?
Do you know what happens? They called me Machi all my life at school, Machi is coming. So I don’t associate it with anything big. And this seems ridiculous to me too.
Does the diva stereotype bother you?
No, no, I’m not a diva.
[El estereotipo de diva] I’m lazy, none of this actually has anything to do with me. Because when you feel like you are, you also feel like you’re on top of something, and that seems very scary to me in a completely collective work.”
I’m talking about the image of a star and almost a legend that is sometimes projected onto some actresses.
I’m lazy, none of this actually has anything to do with me. Because when you feel like you are, you also feel like you’re on to something, and that seems very scary to me in a job that, like May water, is completely collective and you need the person next to you. I know this is something people talk about, but it seems ridiculous to me to believe it. Not that I’m being modest, this is a stunning place; You have to do great things every day for it to be meaningful to get paid.
And then what a burden it is not to disappoint, isn’t it?
This is what happens. I’ve been doing theater all my life, and that’s something that keeps you grounded when you’re known for audiovisual products. When you work in cinema or television, a production car takes you home, someone else takes you to work, someone else dresses you… But in the theater you do everything yourself and that puts you in a very good place. It’s someone else, but it also helps you understand that in order to give 100 percent, you need to be pampered a little. This balance is beautiful and these things don’t fit there. There’s a lot left.
Which engine sparked your career?
I don’t know. I think changing other people’s lives makes you happier, you forget a lot of things on your plate. Since I haven’t done anything else in my life, don’t think so either… But what motivates me is the pleasure of doing what I do. And live. So combine it with life because otherwise it’s not worth it.