When I was a kid, Albert Espinoza He spent 10 years (starting at the age of 14) in the hospital due to cancer. So the architect ‘Vermelles bracelets’ And ‘Forth floor’ He was able to enjoy walking to school a bit. A desire to win them back arose ‘way home’, The program in which the writer, director, screenwriter and now the presenter accompanies the celebrities by following the route they followed from school to their homes when they were little. Sixth premieres on Tuesday, February 13 (22:30) second seasonwith new guests: Máximo Huerta, Alaska, Norma Duval, David Bustamante, Manuel Díaz El Cordobés and Roberto Leal.
“Last year it took a lot to convince people to come, and this year it was the opposite, there was a lot of demand,” emphasizes Espinosa, who has had some of his busiest days: nominated for goya Eugenio is the screenwriter of the film about ‘Saben That’ and is releasing a new book this week. ‘I love the chaos and friction of living again.’
The new guests of ‘The Road Home’ are all the heroes of the first episode. they will cry in the end. “The same thing happened to us here,” the bestselling author continues. ‘Yellow world‘ And ‘If you ask me to come, I will leave everything, but tell me to come’accepting that it is one “emotional terrorist” because his works always touch the most sensitive tissue.
For example, as a novelty in the program this year, some fun with kids Something that simulates the guests being little. “I think anyone that you take to their old school and show them people from the past is going to end up getting emotional,” Espinosa explains. optimism something that distills all of his creations.
“I He should have died at 15 Because they gave me a 3% chance of survival from cancer. I saw many of my friends die. That’s why I don’t think it makes much sense to worry and be upset. “Especially when I have seen death so close,” he thinks. “I try to have a lot of fun and do many different things to never get bored,” he adds.
“I have three books left”
Even though he is 50 years old, he is not on the wrong track. He has 14 books, directed films, wrote series, programmes, play scripts, acted… “I have three books left to write, I won’t write anymore. Now I really want to do television,” he admits.
you have it in mind presenting a ‘late night’ but most of all, save many more seasons of ‘The Road Home’ if given the chance. Recalling that he missed school a lot as a child, Espinosa said, “I always thought that in this route, people open up to you and tell you things that they didn’t reveal to you in school, their desires, their desires.” He said his classmates thought his middle name was Unavailable. Because whenever they did a roll call and said his name, that word always came up.
Thanks to the program, he now saves the routes he cannot enjoy, and gives his guests a folder with photos of their idols in each edition. You won’t miss images from 80s movies in yours ‘Rain Man’Because cinema had fascinated him since he was little. Or photos of players barçaThe team in which he played as a goalkeeper in youth teams until cancer cut his sporting future short and took it away from him. a leg, lung, and part of the liver.
“I cut my leg about 50 times”
We actually saw it on all the ‘Way Home’ shows How to remove a prosthetic leg He’s at some point along the way with the famous incumbent. “It’s a very natural thing. I take them off about 50 times a day, for example every time I sit down. People who wear glasses don’t always wear them. The same goes for my leg,” he says.