Laly Goyzueta: “We are a society that seems to have started in 1821” | The last bastion | Netflix | Bicentennial of Peru | CULTURE

Úrsula Goyzueta says she was never an haute couture model. “I’ve been a casual model, I’ve modeled in Saga, Carolina, in the Triki Trak,” she explains. He went to a casting and there were two models named Úrsula. One of them had to be renamed. Someone suggested Laly. The other Úrsula did not want to. She raised her hand and said I. Since then, Úrsula Goyzueta has been Laly Goyzueta. And today she is one of the protagonists of it The last bastion, produced by TV Peru and which has already arrived Netflix with great success. Series about the moments before Peru’s independence.

Laly Goyzueta says wrinkles show how much you laughed. I ask him if he laughed a lot. He replies that he has cried, but today he laughs more. She is 52 years old, although she may still be smiling at 30. “I laugh at people insulting me as ‘old’. I don’t have to undergo 80 surgeries to please them, ”he emphasizes. “I was old then, but here I am and I continue my struggle, I keep learning. I feel like an eternal student of life, ”says the first student in college and the top fifth in college.

You had to make a story about princesses in the nest. There was no casting, it was hitchhiking. They put the girl Úrsula Goyzueta like a flower. She wondered why it was her turn to be a flower. It was also a tree. “It was traumatic for me to be a flower,” she recalls, but laughs. Since then, he has, unwillingly, sought his voice and confesses that he found it “not many years ago”. It no longer feels like a flower or a tree, now it is the sun that illuminates the landscape in all its splendor.

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– What spirit do you arrive at the Bicentennial with?

When we finished filming The Last Bastion, they asked us a question: What did you learn from The Last Bastion? I learned quite a few things that I didn’t learn in school. The history books don’t tell you that way, they don’t include people of African descent. But what I’ve learned the most is that we haven’t changed anything in 200 years.

-What are we still the same?

We are a society that seems to have started from 1821, with so many prejudices, with a political class that only cares for its interests, a fragmented society, everyone goes their own way, there is no concept of homeland. Making The Last Bastion was a turning point in how I see Peru and its history.

– So, are you coming discouraged, surrendered to the Bicentennial?

Do not give up. May this make us open our eyes and ask ourselves what we want. It is our starting point to reformulate the concept of land. It is in our hands that things will be fine now. We have to make our homeland. We have waited 200 years to see who saves Peru, when it is in the hands of the citizens to forge a country.

– Do you feel that you are at your best as an actress?

I think there will never be a better time. But I can’t deny that my participation in The Last Bastion and the international repercussion Netflix brings has helped people see my work. For years I have not appreciated myself as an actress. I shouldn’t be saying this (laughs), but I’m telling you I don’t know why. I love my job, I love it, but … I don’t know how to explain it. As if my self-esteem wasn’t that strong. Yes, like this. But you better not say it (laughs).

– I understand you, Laly. And I will confess: I have asked for the interview with you because I feel there is a prejudice against you; Many of us may have put you in the place of the beautiful girl or actress with light roles. But if I’ve seen you inside The last bastion your performance stands out, you have your own light.

I’m going to confess something to you. When The Last Bastion came out on TV Peru, I wrote to my friends, and many of them showed it to me. Now that I’m on Netflix, all those people who fucked me (laughs) tell me I’m a cape. Being on Netflix doesn’t make me a better actress than when it was shown on TV Peru. For a long time there were even people who told me that I was only a pair of legs, a beautiful face. They sang “Television Talent” (by Willie Colón) to me, and you don’t know, it broke my heart. I think they repeated it to me so many times that at one point I believed it (it breaks) … It was hard to fight those prejudices. And yes, it was hard for me to believe in myself because there was always someone who said to me “you are not worth it”, “they only call you because you are beautiful”. But I have reached my age of 52 and feel proud of who I am.

-And what does the series teach you about the role of women in history?

What I like about The Last Bastion is that the story is told by the citizens, by the women, by the comedians; not for heroes. It’s how day to day was lived. This is how you see Antonia, who learned to read as a slave’s daughter and had a voice. As for my character, she was a woman who especially loved her family, that love of a mother capable of breaking plans. Playing Josefa was a challenge, but I met her out of love.

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-For the bicentenary there is an important stop: the elections. Which ghost are you going to vote with?

In the hope that we make the best decision. We have to think about what we want for another 200 years. This choice can be the start of something wonderful or continuity. We must not ignore the responsibility of being Peruvian. Wake up, who are you going to vote for, choose well, think about it, read government plans, listen to the debates, get involved, be an active citizen.

-If you had the candidates at the helm, what would you say to them?

Be fair and consistent. Don’t sell smoke. That they keep their promises. It cannot be the case that there are candidates who do not even know the region they are applying for. I try to be tolerant, but I am intolerant of people who don’t respect the rights of others.

-And what did you learn from The Last Bastion?

You have to be the protagonist in his life and the history of his country, we are not the secondary character or the extra. You have to stop selfishness. Women are strong, we are pillars. The last bastion gives me strength. I want to keep seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.

AUTOFICHA:

– “My name is actually Úrsula Goyzueta Muente. They call me Laly. When my husband gets angry, he says Úrsula (laughs). I am 52 years old and have a 15 year old son. I would like to go back to university, if I had money, to study psychology, literature, everything ”.

– “I was born in Jesús María, Lima. I studied communication at the University of Lima. I’ve always been a very inquisitive person, second in college and up fifth in college. After the Candela group I went to Mexico and studied at the Televisa Center for Artistic Studies ”.

– “Torbellino came, I did different things, a thousand jobs. I was mom. I returned with My love the wachimán, Our history and I continued to work. Now I am in an enterprise with my husband. It’s called MufFit, we’re at Instagam @ muffit.pe. They are delicious, healthy and nutritious, and we make them with love ”.

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