Goya Awards. 'Girls' prevail in the best Goya gala ever
Milena Smit tells that she has always been very lost;
that he does not understand why at 17 you are forced to decide what your life will be from then on;
that he had never considered that he would end up doing what he does right now .... "But that is over," he says near the conclusion to his laments that it is at the same time the enthusiastic introduction to his life as of today: «Now I not only know perfectly what I want, but I also know what it would be like if it weren't what I want right now.
am".
Sorry.
"Yes, if I were not an actress, I would be a psychologist"
.
It is clear.
story
On Instagram to another, Smit has gone from hotel receptionist to the most sought after, desired and even envied Spanish actress.
His story is not so much an adventure to success as to revelation.
The nuance matters.
Without ever having received an acting class
, and with the only reference and resume that his brilliant and frantic (not so much anymore) activity on the social network, one fine day he literally fell into the arms of director David Victori.
Filming
You will not kill
the trigger for all catastrophes was missing;
the spigot that turns the existence of its protagonist (Mario Casas) into a nighttime tragedy.
And there she appeared transformed into an angel and a demon at the same time;
in victim and executioner.
Everything at once.
«When I got to the casting, the first thing they asked me was where I had come from.
I did not know to say.
How do you answer something like that?
From the time they offered me water until I left, we stayed for four hours.
First we meditate, then we talk and ... we talk.
All that time it was my first acting lesson.
When I got home, I got the call saying yes, I had been caught.
And I got excited.
Although, in reality, he did not know why so much emotion.
I had no idea what I was up against, "he says, taking a second and continuing:" When you don't know what you're doing, it's the most beautiful thing.
You let yourself go and see the reaction of those around you.
So, I didn't have any kind of tool.
I just did what I felt like and it came out.
And from there to the nomination for revelation actress.
And from there (or better during) to see himself with Penélope Cruz and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón in Almodóvar's next project
Parallel mothers
.
“I am not very aware of everything that happens around me or, better still, I am, but my job is not to show it.
Must be like this.
I want to stay out of the anxiety that the rest of the world projects on me.
I am sure that if I stopped to think I would be blocked.
And if I did that, I would stop being who I am and possibly lose my job.
The reasoning seems as slightly complicated perhaps as it is precise. And, again, where did Milena come from?
He says that he was born by chance in Elche, but that he is from another side.
It is also unclear which one.
If you didn't know how to answer Victori, you don't know how to answer in general either.
He has lived in Torrevieja (Alicante) before doing it first in Murcia and now in Madrid.
His father, hence the surname, is Dutch and his mother, La Mancha (from Yeste).
«I have neither gender nor generation.
I don't think I represent anyone, but I'm not looking to be original either.
I just do what I think I have to do at all times, ”he says.
«I believe that everyone has the right to be lost.
I was for a long time.
When I was 17 I left home and the fact that I had been through whores, as I have had, hardened me.
That makes you see things if not clearly, yes with generosity.
I have learned to be more aware of others.
I know that I have been lucky and knowing that makes me have my feet on the ground.
What if my generation is narcissistic or selfish?
Maybe for everything there is a moment in life.
But
narcissism is cured, and it is cured by working.
Also as a hotel receptionist ”, he confesses as a declaration of principles.
He does not speak Dutch, but he does speak English, a language with which he communicates with the countless cousins and nephews of his father's eight first uncles.
"I studied German for seven years, but it's hard for me," he points out. He says he came to Almodóvar in the same way as to Victori.
In fact, he likes to point out that it had not yet been released
You will not kill
when he went to the casting of a mysterious film: "I received a reprint without any indication about the character or the text."
He had to do three more tests until, finally, he was in front of Almodóvar and Penelope one fine day.
«I remember that I asked to redo a scene.
I cried out of despair.
But I did it before I knew anything, "he says.
And he continues: «I have entered this world suddenly and I have had to learn to know who Almodóvar is.
I have always liked him, but after seeing all his films, I am left with the moment in Volver when Raimunda sings.
Every time I see him, I start to cry. ”And once again, where did Milena Smit come from?
«I still don't know ... but let no one trust what I say.
When I use Instagran, I know exactly what I want to sell and what I want to be seen from me.
I do not show who I am but who I want to project »
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It is clear.
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