From Madrid, within the framework of the world presentation of The EternalutaNetflix blockbuster, Ricardo Darín He maintained a dialogue with El Middle the country. In the interview, the Argentine actor spoke for the first time the painful moment he is going through after the death of his sister Alejandra, which occurred in January this year.
Ricardo remembers her as her parenting partner, her life witness, and does not hesitate to affirm: “I’m going to be duel for my little sister”. The interview, conducted at a Madrid hotel, combines the promotion of the audiovisual project with an emotional tour that includes loss, fragility, family memory and lack of faith as a barrier to religious comfort.
His voice breaks by naming her. The absence goes through it definitively. He says there are no words to explain the pain and ensure that he will live the rest of his life in duel. “One can prepare for the death of their parents, but not for that of a younger brother”, He says. And in front of that tear, he recognizes a Honda envy towards believers. He would like to think that Alejandra is in the hands of God, turned into an angel. But he has no faith.” If I were a believer, I would be so, but so angry with God that it is almost a luck for them that it is not, “he says.
In the midst of that duel, Darín launches a new high profile project as the protagonist of The Eternalutawhere he plays Juan exceptan ordinary man pushed to become a hero during an alien invasion that freezes Buenos Aires. The paper connects with personal reflections. See in that character a metaphor about courage in times of hostility. He does not describe him as a hero, but as someone who knows how to react at the limit moments. Says that Make decisions in extreme situations is the most difficult thing in life and that many times people are paralyzed before the abyss. For years he thought of himself as a brain type, little given to the courage, but admits to having changed his mind. He understood that the value does not exclude fear, but contains it. “The brave is the one who, being afraid, goes forward”, He says. And with that criterion, he dares that he is then a brave guy.
-After almost six decades of action, Darín avoids talking about consecration. You don’t feel infallible or finish. He argues that “it is still in process, that it has no certainties about what you are going to do in its next feature film and that its toolbox is never complete.” Sometimes a fine polisher is missing, he says. He lives under suspicion of himself and does not stop looking from the outside. Self -demand defines it more than awards. He does not believe in speeches and prefers to learn by observation, as who is spying on the eye of the lock. Now observe young people with respect. It highlights the level of training they have and their opening to dialogue. Some look at him arrogantly, but they are the least, and usually notice in those who are less prepared. Value those who risk learning.
Later talk about the theater. Describe the scenario as a site of pure vertigo, without a network, where public energy circulates or is interrupted without warning. There feels powerful. Not in a divine sense, because he does not believe in God, but in the sense of being in charge. That energy that passes or does not pass can lift or collapse in seconds. And although he sees the threads of the puppet, he lets herself be wearing when an actor truly embodies her role. At that time, he says, he climbs the conveyor belt and stops seeing the interpreter.
The memory of papa Francisco It also appears in the conversation. After the death of the Argentine pontiff, Darín reviewed his opinion and revalued his figure. He believes that he left important lines, especially when talking about the poor and injustice. He observed the discomfort he generated in conservative sectors and takes it as a sign that he did something valuable. He considers that there is still a long way, but that he tried.
Finally, he recalls an intense night during the pandemic, when his wife Florencia Bas suffered bilateral pneumonia by COVID-19. Both were infected and he had to decide between hospitalizing or duplicating the medication under medical indications by phone. He chose the second and managed to stabilize it. At that time he was also afraid. And, once again, he made a difficult decision.
