Journalist: Macho men and submissive women have always been frequent in soap operas. What happens today?
Lupita Ferrer: We cannot ignore the current issues because it would be living in a fantasy world and for that there is Disney, which also changed its themes. Our world is too convulsed with war, abuse, domestic violence, femicides, problems that have always been there but are now being shown on the screen. In “Cristal” my character had a dark past, he had abandoned his daughter, and today we need themes that are close to reality and with which the public identifies. There was a time of narco series, but that is a limiting issue, the true feeling does not appear, they are cold themes, without human emotions, which is the only thing that lasts.
Q.: What interested you about this story and your character?
LF: I wanted to return after my mother’s death. My character and that of my daughter are current and modern, but despite all the modernity, women continue to suffer the same ills. I play the mother of a woman abused by her husband. I think that movements like #MeToo go through the content and there is also the horrific fear in abusers of being denounced for practices of the past. Today domestic violence is treated in series not only physical but also psychic manipulation. And women still don’t know where to turn.
Q.: What characters and leading men do you remember most fondly? What was pending?
LF: I have two emblematic novels in my life; in which I debuted as a young blind peasant, it was not seen in Argentina, the novels were not yet sold. “Cristal” opened the doors to Latin America for me. A gallant that I cannot forget is the Spanish José Bardina, also that of Cristal, Raúl Amundaray, and Arnaldo André for his way of being, his kindness, his being so seductive. I set out to conquer him at that time, he was from husband to husband, but I was not successful with him. A pending character for theater is Blanche DuBois from “A Streetcar Named Desire” and I would like to do something within the world of Alzheimer’s, my mother died of this disease and I know the problem very well. A character with dementia is very strong and not often seen.
Q.: Before it was radio and soap operas, today networks and platforms, how do you adapt to today’s world?
LF: I’m taking computer classes, I’m a little better but people of my generation are afraid of technology, really afraid, it’s hard for me, I have to propose it. That thing about influencers seems like a waste of time to me, seeing a young woman who dances like crazy in a room, I don’t understand it even though I told my representative to help me transmit messages through the networks. It is not an easy world for our generation.
Q.: And what would you say to the new generations who want to act?
LF: They should not believe that because they are pretty they are going to be famous, you have to study theater, everything starts on stage. You have to strengthen yourself a lot inside because in this career you have to deal with fame, which doesn’t last forever, on the contrary. There are ups and downs, and for that it is necessary to prepare because there are many actors who sink in moments of depression, those in which the phone does not ring.
Source: Ambito
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