Lucía Méndez es la madre de Diego Luna en La Máquina: “Nunca antes había interpretado a una mujer tan tóxica y dominante”
Raquel Laguna/ SUCOPRESS. La actriz mexicana Lucía Méndez interpreta a Josefina en la serie La Máquina, creada por Marco Ramírez y Fernanda Coppel. En esta entrevista, la artista nos habla de cómo fue trabajar con Diego Luna y el resto del elenco, así como del tipo de mujer que le gustaría interpretar próximamente en la gran pantalla. En La Máquina, el personaje principal, Esteban ‘La Máquina’ Osuna (García Bernal) está en un mal momento de su carrera como boxeador después de una pérdida devastadora. Su manager y amigo, Andy Luján (Luna) está decidido a ayudarlo a recuperar su gloria pasada. Sin embargo, la pareja empieza a meterse en problemas cuando una organización aparece y empieza a presionarlos. Mientras lucha por recuperar su carrera, la ‘Máquina’ debe lidiar con sus propios demonios y proteger a su familia, que incluye a su ex esposa Irasema (González), una periodista que está a punto de colisionar con el lado oscuro del mundo del boxeo. Los actores Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Eiza González, Jorge Perugorría, Andrés Delgado, Karina Gidi y Dariam Coco, entre otros, completan el elenco de La Máquina, disponible en Hulu.
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00:00What attracted you the most about Josefina's character?
00:05She's a completely different character from what I've done in my entire career.
00:10I've played strong women, even women with yellow eyes,
00:13like Diana Salazar, who is well-known in Spain.
00:17Or characters who can be prostitutes, or can be crazy,
00:23but I've never played such a toxic woman,
00:26such a dominant woman with her son, so captivating,
00:31that she even messes with his physique,
00:34and doesn't let him really have an opinion on his own,
00:37but is always giving opinions about what he should or shouldn't do.
00:45So, it was a challenge for me. It's a role for a first actress.
00:49It's a role...
00:51Also, with Diego Luna and Gael García,
00:54I think it's been wonderful to be in La Máquina,
00:59but it's a completely different role from everything I've done.
01:03And what can the audience expect from this series?
01:06What they can expect is that there's something very important in life,
01:09the friendship between them.
01:13Loyalty, friendship, the things they face,
01:17the enemies, Andy's own mother,
01:20who is Josefina,
01:22and I think what will really stay in the audience's mind
01:27is, first of all, the extraordinary performance
01:31that Gael had as a boxer.
01:34Number one.
01:35Number two, Diego, who is really his manager,
01:38and who is totally transformed in this series
01:45because he became a character.
01:47And he's not... What's his name?
01:50Diego Luna.
01:51It's Andy.
01:52He's a totally different character
01:55from all the characterization he did,
01:58which is very interesting.
02:00And apart from that, I think all the characters are Mexican,
02:03they're Latino,
02:05and we're very proud that this series was made in Mexico,
02:10directed by Gabriel Ripstein.
02:12You have a very successful career.
02:15This project, how is it different from others you've done before?
02:19What has it brought you, what have you learned from it?
02:23Well, I've definitely learned that when you have a good actor in front of you,
02:27an excellent actor, things go much better for you.
02:30And I've learned that opportunities come to you,
02:33that God's times are perfect,
02:36and that I'm very happy to have made this character in La Máquina.
02:43Josefina.
02:44And as an actress,
02:45what kind of woman would you like to play on the big screen
02:48and you haven't done it yet?
02:52I don't know.
02:53Definitely, I haven't thought about it yet.
02:57I've done so many characters, so different, so different.
03:01But I'd like to be a woman from history.
03:04Of course.
03:05One that was tremendous.
03:07Not a little series, my queen.
03:09No, no, no, I don't like little series.
03:11One that was tremendous, that was kind of wild,
03:14that was kind of, huh?
03:15Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
03:17That suddenly they kill her in the bonfire for wildness or something.
03:21But definitely, a little series and holy?
03:24No, I wouldn't like it.
03:26So I'm going to look for one that's kind of wild, kind of tremendous.
03:30That's the one I'd like to be.