The actor told how the preparation process was to interpret the ex -president, his encounter with Zulemita and the controversies surrounding the series.
The actor Leonardo Sbaraglia He revealed that he met ZULEMITA MENEM During the research stage prior to his protagonist in the former president’s biographical series Carlos Saúl Menem, which promises to generate strong media impact.
“I am very anxious for the premiere of the series and I really want people to see it. It was one of the most important adventures of my acting work. A great challenge and learning, ”said the artist.
Leonardo Sbaraglia and the challenges of a historical role
Sbaraglia explained that to build the character spoke with “Many people from their surroundings and their small table”, Who gave him key information to understand the figure of Menem from the one more intimate side.”Zulemita came and I met her. I couldn’t talk to her so much because it’s more delicate, but always the best wave”, He said.
On the inevitable controversy generated by the approach to a real figure, the actor said: “The controversy will appear, arise and is part of the matter of playing a character that existed in real life. I perfectly understand that people who belonged to that life can feel some complexity with some things that are treated in a series of six chapters. ”
Menem Series
Although he clarified that the former president never came to know personally, he stressed that he rebuilt him through “a huge amount of information, proportional to the work involved. “And reflected:”We no longer talk about the president and his management. There are many things that one cannot understand about the complexity of being in that place and at that time in history”
Finally, Sbaraglia concluded: “There is a very biased look on what that person was. When interpreting it, you are obliged to try to understand and not judge”
Source: Ambito
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