Victoria Abril was Pablo Motos’ guest last night at The Anthillwhere he talked about his play jellyfish, a tragicomedy that will be presented within the framework of the Mérida Classical Theater Festival from July 31 to August 11. And, precisely, Mérida is, in reality, the last name of the actress, who confessed yesterday why she had changed it to Abril.
“Because when I started working, very young, Being an actress was very frowned upon, being an actress was synonymous with being a whore and a disgrace to the family and I had to change my last name.“, explained the interpreter to the presenter.
Beginnings in which there were not the same resources as now, not even specialists: “In a western, Coming towards you, They tied my hands and feet and dragged me with a jeepas if she were tied to a horse, all over the beach of Almería. It was the first 3D movie. Subsequently, Tarantino once told me that this was his favorite movie.”.
How to memorize scripts
Victoria Abril also revealed what it was his secret to memorizing the texts he had to interpret: in the water. “Swimming is the only sport I do. I am water, I am a crab, and I need that means to breathe, to have silence and listen to myself. I only swim in the sea and swim three kilometers, which is three quarters of an hour, as I get bored, I review and memorize the texts. In addition, it helps me with diction, because I am talking in the water and when I get out I pronounce much better.”.
And she confesses to being totally disconnected: “I don’t watch television by medical prescription. With Covid my cortisol went up from watching the news and I almost went crazy, I turned it off and until today I live much happier. I don’t know anything, not even who my enemies are, I greet you with delight.”
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