Su reto en La historia de Juana (Univision), lo difícil de encontrar el balance entre la parte profesional y personal y su prioridad hoy en día.
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00:00The story of Juana. I think it's a project that arrives in a very unexpected way.
00:04In fact, I was already finishing recording Nadie Como Tú,
00:07which is currently airing in the United States, I think for an IMAX.
00:11We were finishing the project, the last weeks of recording,
00:15and they sent me the casting for Paula's character.
00:18It just so happened that I had a day off, that I didn't have a call,
00:21so I was able to go do the casting, I did the casting,
00:24and then they basically told me what it was going to be,
00:27and it was like 4 or 5 days later that we were setting the dates,
00:30and it was something very unexpected, because I really had plans like holidays,
00:36well, rest, and suddenly the story of Juana arrived,
00:39and besides, I was recording Nadie Como Tú, by Nacho Saba,
00:43with Brandon Peniche, so I just remembered,
00:46my last call, we were recording in Oaxaca, in a church,
00:50and I really wanted Brandon to be in the project too,
00:53because the truth is that we became very good friends,
00:56we have a lot of trust, he's a great person,
00:59a great partner, a great friend of mine,
01:01and I really wanted him to be with the character,
01:04that he stayed with Gabriel's character,
01:06and I remember that they told him the news over the phone,
01:09and he came running, we were very happy celebrating,
01:12and now we even talked about it with Carl Esquivel,
01:15our protagonist in Nadie Como Tú, and I told him,
01:17look, finally, after everything, I stayed with him.
01:19So now we are, for the second time,
01:21the couple in fiction, husband and wife,
01:23and the truth is that it's a great project,
01:26and I think things happen for a reason,
01:28so from one project to another, basically,
01:31we finished, I think two weeks later,
01:33I was already testing images, looks, makeup,
01:37costumes, everything here, here in the story of Juana.
01:41I never saw the original story, the Venezuelan one,
01:44I've seen, I remember seeing bits of the series
01:48where Jaime Camila was, which was on Netflix,
01:51I remember seeing bits, I remember the first meeting
01:55I had with the production people,
01:57they told me, look, one of my directors, Rolando,
02:00told me, open your mind and you will see
02:02that this kind of thing can happen,
02:04and everything that happened to Juana,
02:07and more or less I knew the plot, how the story begins,
02:11obviously how it develops, and the truth is that
02:13I even asked some doctors, and they said,
02:16no, this kind of thing does happen,
02:18and it used to happen a lot,
02:20so I never got to see the original story,
02:23and even when they told us, no,
02:26we had the opportunity to talk to Perla,
02:28who is the writer of the original story,
02:30who was adapting, she said to herself,
02:32now in the story of Juana,
02:34and many times I just don't like to look for references,
02:38oh, I'm going to see how the other person is,
02:41how the other actress was, how she did it,
02:43and also surely the story must have changed,
02:46I want to imagine, but because I don't want
02:48that to influence my performance,
02:51how I am going to interpret the character,
02:53but to work directly with the script,
02:55with what we have, and I think Paula,
02:58the truth is that we have achieved a character,
03:00I hope, very nice, to the liking,
03:02or not much to the liking of the public,
03:04since it is the antagonist of the story,
03:06but without a doubt a very challenging character,
03:09and very interesting.
03:10Paula, Paula,
03:13a very complex character, the truth,
03:15I think one of the biggest complications
03:17of this character is that she is
03:19a very unempathetic character,
03:21she is an unempathetic woman
03:23with the rest of the characters,
03:25many times she moves a lot for her convenience,
03:28and she is quite egocentric,
03:30so she thinks about her well-being,
03:32how she likes things to be,
03:34and things to be done,
03:36and she doesn't like to get out of control,
03:39or that she gets something in her plans,
03:41and that her husband plans other things
03:44that maybe she does not agree with,
03:46such as the baby,
03:48so to create a character so unempathetic,
03:51but at the same time that people
03:53want to see her on screen,
03:55the truth is that I think it is a great challenge,
03:58and Paula goes through many stages,
04:01which is also one of the most interesting things,
04:03and as an actress I love it,
04:05because it is building it,
04:06it is a roller coaster, really,
04:08through many stages,
04:09through stages of obsession,
04:11through stages of anger,
04:12through stages of when she is being,
04:14to a certain extent, a victim,
04:16and manipulated by other characters,
04:18which I am not going to spoil a lot
04:20for people to see,
04:22she is definitely the daughter of her father,
04:24of Rogelio,
04:25who is played by Alexis Ayala,
04:27and we have managed to create
04:29and work very well on stage,
04:31because Alexis is a great actor,
04:33just like Isabela Camil,
04:34who is my mother,
04:35also a great actress,
04:36Fede Espejo,
04:37who is my brother,
04:38we created a family that,
04:39as Alexis says,
04:40looks very bright,
04:41very beautiful on the outside,
04:42but full of darkness inside.
04:44So,
04:45he has been a character
04:47quite, quite complicated,
04:49especially because
04:51they are giving us the scripts
04:52about the march,
04:53and you are discovering
04:54to see what is going to happen to him, right?
04:56I think he is one of the most challenging characters
05:00that I have played,
05:01precisely because of those things,
05:03because of the little empathy
05:04that she has with people,
05:05many times she says things
05:07that even I read the script
05:09and I said,
05:10how am I going to say that?
05:11How ugly,
05:12how am I going to say those parliaments?
05:14But well,
05:15that's the character,
05:16that's how it's written,
05:17and I hope people
05:19want to see that villain
05:21so obsessed with herself
05:23and with her husband too,
05:25on screen.
05:26I think one of the coolest things
05:29about Paula,
05:30Paula is a model,
05:31she is a model,
05:32it is her career,
05:34she cares a lot about her career,
05:35so Paula's looks have been,
05:38wow, really,
05:39we have done everything for her,
05:41we have been constantly changing
05:43how her clothes look,
05:45her hairstyles,
05:46her makeup,
05:48we have experimented,
05:49we have played with the makeup team,
05:51the truth is that I have brought proposals,
05:53hey, here we put stones,
05:54and here we put an eye like this,
05:55and here we put,
05:56I don't know how many things
05:57we haven't done,
05:58the truth with Paula,
05:59I think she is one of the characters
06:00that has had the most changes in her wardrobe
06:01in the whole story,
06:02because sometimes
06:03in one day she changed
06:04three or four months,
06:05without a doubt,
06:07that has been very interesting
06:09and very cool,
06:10that process,
06:11and I think the other thing
06:12about interpreting Paula
06:13is all the environment of Paula,
06:15all the actors
06:16with whom I have worked,
06:17the team,
06:18the truth is that
06:19I had a great time,
06:21I worked with several friends,
06:23for example,
06:24Fabiola Guajardo,
06:25who in the story
06:26we love each other
06:27and then we don't love each other,
06:28we have a love-hate relationship
06:29throughout the whole story,
06:30but I have never worked
06:31so closely with her,
06:32she is a very good friend of mine,
06:33working with Brandon,
06:34sharing with great actors
06:35like Isabela,
06:36like Alexis,
06:37and the truth is that
06:38having a good time on the set,
06:39I think it is one of the things
06:40that also,
06:41without a doubt,
06:42has been the most pleasant
06:43and the most beautiful
06:44of giving life to Paula.
06:45I could tell you
06:46with sincerity
06:47that it is something
06:48very complicated,
06:49not only for me,
06:50but I think
06:51that in any other career,
06:52for man,
06:53for woman,
06:54for whoever,
06:55and I think
06:56I am in the process
06:57of learning
06:58to find that balance,
06:59because the truth is
07:01that when we are recording
07:02a project,
07:03it is basically
07:04consuming us all the time,
07:05it is 24-7,
07:06you are in the forum,
07:07you are on the set,
07:08you are on location,
07:09you come in early,
07:10you have to study
07:11for the next day,
07:12prepare everything
07:13for the call,
07:14and for example,
07:15here in this production
07:16we record from Monday to Saturday,
07:17so you also have to have time
07:18for yourself,
07:19for your family,
07:20for your partner,
07:21even for your pets,
07:22I don't know,
07:23for your friends,
07:24also for yourself,
07:25that is the important thing
07:26to do,
07:27to have time
07:28for yourself,
07:29I think that is the important thing
07:30to do exercise,
07:31to eat well,
07:32and there are a lot of things,
07:33so the truth is
07:34that I think it is like juggling,
07:35suddenly everything
07:36comes out of control
07:37without a doubt,
07:38but I try to
07:39learn,
07:40never,
07:41well,
07:42never say never,
07:43but I try
07:44not to reject
07:45the job opportunities,
07:46because the truth is
07:47that it is something
07:48I have worked a lot for,
07:49and thank God,
07:50and I consider myself
07:51very fortunate
07:52in that sense,
07:53I have received
07:54some projects
07:55and incredible opportunities,
07:56to which it is very difficult
07:57to say no,
07:58and to say,
07:59you know,
08:00now my priority
08:01is this,
08:02another,
08:03because at this moment
08:04in my life,
08:05without a doubt,
08:06my priority,
08:07definitely,
08:08apart from my family,
08:09is my job,
08:10is to build,
08:11to continue building
08:12that career,
08:13so I always try
08:14to say yes,
08:15and try to look,
08:16obviously,
08:17especially for things,
08:18for example,
08:19I don't know,
08:20time with the family,
08:21so try to devote
08:22time to every little thing,
08:23I am in the process
08:24of learning to do it,
08:25without a doubt,
08:26but there it goes,
08:27thank you very much.