They say the first factor that pushed them to join was the cast. ‘Girls’ night’, Series Disney+ is about friends taking justice into their own hands in front of members of a pack, and that’s understandable. Because it contains Maria Leon (Seville, 1984), protagonist ‘The left-handed son’ and ‘Below’; Leticia Dolera (Barcelona, 1981), actor, director and ‘film creator’‘perfect life’; Silvia Alonso (Salamanca, 1989), among other TV series in ‘Amar es para siempre’ and Instinct; In addition Paula Usero (“Love lasts forever”, “#Luimelia) and Mexican Aislinn DerbezThe person we saw in ‘The Flower House’. We talked to the first three about the ethical and moral debates that arise in the series.
You are strong women, but didn’t such a powerful story scare you? What encouraged you to accept the role?
María León (ML): Especially the cast. Learning who these strong women would be involved in this project – I loved this description – was the first thing that encouraged us to embark on this adventure.
Leticia Dolera (LD): And then there’s the journey of the heroes, who are faced with a moral and ethical debate that challenges them and runs through them; That is, to what extent can you take justice into your own hands and how can that make you a victim? So, you can start as a victim and become an executioner, and then become an executioner by being your own victim.
Because that’s what ‘Girls Night’ is about; It’s not just a story of sisterhood, but also a story of taking justice into your own hands. Do they at least justify or defend what they did?
LD: It’s not that they thought about it and made a plan, it’s that they suddenly found themselves in this situation that spiraled out of control. And they are not the typical vengeful heroes, as Silvia said, but normal women, like your neighbor, your cousin, who find themselves in this situation and are trying to survive and try to help a friend who has fallen into this situation. they are in trouble. he. However, the series reflects the frustration, anger and pain of many women who the system has failed to protect.
Lola, María, I kind of planned this because she’s been kidnapping members of the pack. I didn’t know how far things would go though.
ML: Absolutely. Lola has a secret anger, a pain, and a fear that turns her into what fear becomes: the devil. The anger he allows to develop because he feels so much pain and so little support and protection causes him to take justice into his own hands. You need to relieve the pain and move from being a victim to being an executioner.
“(Lola’s friends) empathize with her and decide to accompany her, knowing they are doing something inappropriate.”
Since her character, Silvia, is a civil guard, a fight breaks out between the woman and the agent during this period she has to live through.
Silvia Alonso (SA): Yes, yes, of course. But he just got out of a situation that had something to do with this… I don’t want to give any spoilers. He is frustrated with justice and is not sure the system can handle this type of situation. So at this point, maybe you’re considering making a different type of decision than the one you would have made a year ago.
ML: Because these women are also united by the impetus to empathize with the victim, not judge them. They empathize with him and decide to accompany him, knowing that they are doing something that is not theirs.
LD: Actually, I think the purpose of María’s character is just to scare them.
ML Yes, it’s getting out of control.
“He is frustrated with justice and not sure the system can handle this type of situation.”
The audience can understand these. Because all of them, except for her character Leticia, carry a trauma that pushes them to this situation. They all want to help Lola, but they also bring out their demons.
LD: But it’s also an issue that affects all women because we’re all afraid to go home. We were all told, “Send a message when you arrive.” On the other hand, not to our male colleagues. They also had almost no fear of sexual assault. I dare not say never because there may be cases. I know men who have been attacked, but in childhood, not so many in adulthood, although there are cases. The truth is that the structural problem is sexual violence against us. And of course it’s something that happens to everyone, because it doesn’t affect all of us.
The show talks about herds, but it also talks about non-consensual, sexist violence… It’s a broad spectrum of what can happen to women now.
ML: Now and always.
Yes, of course, but you can see more now, can’t you, María?
LD: They’re talking about it now.
ML: Yes, they are talking about it now.
So does it matter that this is fiction?
ML: Yes, it’s important that we have a louder and louder voice and that we can represent something that is often not represented for whatever reason. They are often not given space to be viewed calmly without being rejected. We must give voice to the truth. And this is a fact, a tremendous but true fact.
LD: Now, as a result of the Jenny Hermoso and Rubiales case and the revelations about constitutional and normalized machismo in the Spanish Football Federation, the hashtag #Done emerged, created by journalist Cristina Fallarás. And if you go in to read the testimonies, your blood will run cold. Very impressive. And we all have stories.
“This is an issue that affects all women because we are all afraid of returning home.”
What do you like most about your characters’ reactions? Do you empathize with them and would you do it that way?
ML: I don’t know if I empathize with him, but what I like most is the brotherhood between them. Unity in this case makes them great, and the courage to protect themselves, to listen to each other, is the courage that humanity in general must have; between them and them. We must be united, we must listen to each other more. You may have an open ear to the victim and not be so afraid to run away from where the problem is. I really love the characters who never leave and turn their backs on Lola, even if they don’t accept what’s going on. They always keep listening to it.
And civil guard rebels need to do what they think is important, right, Silvia?
SA: Very important. To be honest, it would be good for me too because I tend to do what is expected of me. And I’m in the process of stopping.
ML: Very good.
SA: So yes, I can say that I love this character.
What about you, Leticia?
LD: The problem is, my character can’t quite decide what to do. Yes, support your friend, because you can’t leave him in a difficult situation, because if he’s not going to pay for it, that’s him. Because eventually they will arrest him and accuse him of many things: things he did and things he didn’t do. What my character learns is that she can’t continue being her sister’s mother. All these resignations she makes on a personal and professional level to support him become a cage for both of them. He learns that he must let her fly, that he must abandon the home he and his sister have built for the two of them.