Written in SHOWS he 6/3/2024 · 3:31 p.m.
Since joining Witchesreplacing Thelma Biral, Luisa Kuliok He enjoys the applause of the public every night and being part of a show that went down in history within Argentine theater. There she shares the tables with Nora Cárpena, Moria Casán, Graciela Dufau and Maria Leal. And in dialogue with Soontold what his bond with them is like.
“The key to Brujas lies in the fact that each one plays her role, her interpretation and together we form a success called Brujas. I feel happy and grateful to be able, at this moment, to offer the public a work full of love and where there is a lot of good, shared laughter. And there is also emotion. So, what better than being able to go to a place to laugh and be moved? And end up in a festive place, which celebrates life. ” He assured in a conversation with the journalist Nicolas Peralta.
-Which of your colleagues have you never worked with?
-With Moria we worked on Primavera, a very beautiful and funny film by Santiago Giralt. We had had some divine scenes and her daughter, Sofía Gala, had worked with Roberto on a formidable work, which was directed by the same director who now directs me in Juana Vive: Rosa Celentano. There was a very strong bond and, furthermore, in those years on Channel 9 I remember that she was doing Master and Lord and Moria arrived with her Sofia belly. We shared the makeup room and what that meant for our memories. Sofía Gala, in some way, I saw her birth and how she was gestated in that belly with the love of her mother. Moria is great and it is a pleasure to meet on stage.
-And with the others?
-With Nora Cárpena we had done radio drama in her cycle and, furthermore, in my adolescence my honorary date with my mother was to sit down and watch soap operas by Nora and Alicia Bruzzo. From there, admiration and affection were born forever. I never imagined that she would star in a novel, although she had been studying theater since she was five years old. I knew that soap operas were not rehearsed, so I looked at those great actresses and thought: “How are they able to do that?” A very deep admiration for Nora and a very essential affection. She had never worked with Graciela Dufau but she is an admired actress, with the enormous things she has always done and with Hugo Urquijo, her husband, we have participated in cultural events. I had never worked with María Leal either and it was a happy meeting, plus we had a very playable scene.
-They kiss on stage with María. Is this the first kiss with a woman in your career?
-Yes, it is the first time. Let’s see: actresses and actors do everything. It’s like when people ask me if kisses or slaps are real. In fiction, it’s all true. It doesn’t mean that you fall in love with the person. But a story is always told truthfully. From that, I can do anything because I’m telling a story. These days, kissing a woman is normal but I imagine that when Bruges was released, more than 30 years ago, the kiss between two women must have been something striking. Fortunately and thanks to the struggles that have been carried out over gender diversity, it is no longer an issue who one kisses with. It is the first time I kiss a woman at work and there is no abnormality. It’s part of my job and doing it with an actress like María Leal is absolutely wonderful.
-Do you feel comfortable?
-Very. Otherwise I wouldn’t do it. I have never kissed actors I didn’t feel comfortable with. María is fantastic and, furthermore, I am the one who kisses her at a very crucial moment in the play. What happens to the characters is very committed, beyond the kiss. They are both raw, because of their personal stories and what is told in the work. It is a comedy but with a lot of emotion and even suspense because you don’t know what happened and there is something to discover.
-They are lifelong friends who meet again when they grow up. In your case, do you have a connection with a school friend?
-These women were placed in a nuns’ boarding school at the age of six, but they have seen each other over the years. Not all together, little by little, some years yes and others not but they have seen each other and have maintained a certain correspondence. Until the day Elena, the owner of the house, invites them to discuss a particular topic. They don’t know it but she quotes them. In my case, I have not maintained a connection with childhood friends. Some years we saw each other for the anniversary of receiving, but not much more. Yes, I met someone online who had been my close friend, but then life took us on other paths. It was a happy meeting. He hasn’t come to see the play yet, but when we crossed paths online, we noticed that we still have a strong bond since those times.
The complete interview with Luisa Kuliok is in the May digital edition of Pronto magazine, it can be downloaded and read for free by clicking on this link
