Eduardo Santamarina he needs no introduction, his extraordinary acting career speaks for itself. To the long list of productions he has recently adorned with his talent, he added Looking for frida, the series for which he recorded Telemundo according to the rules of the new normal. After its premiere in the United States, on January 26, Santamarina spoke exclusively with HOLA.com, about this story with which he returns to the small screen. With the kindness and charisma that characterize him, he opened his heart to us and moreover thriller television he also told us about his most important life project: his family with Mayrín Villanueva. Sincerely, the man from Veracruz, told us about his facet as a father and how he lives the first love of his children, Roberto Miguel Y Sebastian, which made him remember the illusion of this phase.
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Excited by the work he did in Looking for Frida, the actor confessed to us: “It is the first time that I, as an actor, play this genre, I had never done an exciting project, of intrigue and I am very proud of the result. If you work on these types of projects, are situations that take you to the limit”. Eduardo referred to the theme that touches this series: “There are 80 chapters and from chapter one my daughter disappears, imagine, embody these characters, they are very deep and painful scars, because it is a tragedy.” The actor acknowledged that this work was a great challenge: “Embody it and the fact that it was the first time I did something like this, emotionally it was very draining, but when you see the result, you enrich yourself in many ways, both as a person and as an artist, ”he explains.
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Eduardo confessed that before taking the role of Abelardo Pons, he consulted him at home: “It’s something I spoke to Mayrínbecause whenever we are invited to a project, we talk about it with ourselves and yes we touch this topic between us imagine if you have five kids it’s something your nadi don’t wante, above all, we cannot blindfold ourselves as we live every day with the issue of uncertainty ”. The actor took the opportunity to talk about social networks that play a crucial role in the plot, a situation for which he admitted talking to his children about the use of these applications: “Yes, you have to do it, the a matter of saying how they can help us, use them well, blessed technology, in our time it didn’t exist. That they don’t feel like they want to watch over them, on the contrary, it’s just wanting to know where they are, in the event of an unforeseen event, an unpleasant situation, in order to act appropriately ”.
Speaking of social networks, we ask him about the courtship of his son Roberto Miguel who is very excited via Instagram: “More in love than ever”. The actor acknowledged that his son at home is not the only one to be shot by Cupid: “Also Sebastián, well, of the five we have, Roberto and Sebastián are super in love and they fill us with joy, besides reminding us why, In the case of both, it’s their first love, it’s super cool”. As to whether he advised his children about love, he said to us, “These things, in the area of love, they must discover. All I dare say is, in their case, that they are men, that they take care of their girlfriends, that they are women, that they are not doing what they would not like their mothers or sisters to do., that they should treat them with deep respect, that’s the suggestion I dare to say ”.
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Added to the love his children experience is the love he and his wife, Mayrín Villanueva, profess for each other. In this sense, he revealed to us how he plans to celebrate his 12th wedding anniversary on February 28th: ”We bring Mayrín to work, from sunrise to sunset, neighbors on one side and a telenovela on the other. The 28th arrives and there is no opportunity to leave, because of work and because of the pandemic, but that It is not a pretext to be together and endorse our love, with our children, here at home. It is a moment to be grateful that she has decided to be with me and that I am with her, there is a life commitment ”. Santamarina said he was very proud of the great team he has in house: “Thanks to our union, we join mine, yours and ours, we are a mixed family where we love each other very much, where there is a lot of respect, we have managed to have a good family. This job isn’t just for parents, either We have to thank our five children and thank God here we go, discovering new stages, now theirs”.
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Why did you leave Members on Air?
In another topic, the actor also told us why he left Members on Air, a project he learned a lot from: “I already closed that cycle and it was beautiful because it was almost a year and a half to do something that I had never done in my career, who hit me with some great balconies, imagine, five brothers talking about everything and nothing ”. The actor acknowledged that his departure had already been discussed: “I couldn’t be there anymore, I thought so because when I’m making a series, a soap or a movie I can’t give the members the time it needs on the air, then I miss a lot ”. He taught professionalism and took the opportunity to speak miracles about the drivers who entered his place and Mauricio Mancera’s: “In this new season they have put José Eduardo, who is great, and Yordi, who is a great teacher, into programs like this.”. With much affection, the actor acknowledged that he records great memories of this project: “It was a great learning experience, it was fun. I saw the general audience of members on the airMy surprise was that I thought it was a program for men, because the language is a bit flowery, but I was surprised that the majority of the audience is female, ”he concludes.