Luis Martínez Madrid

Madrid

Updated Thursday, March 14, 2024-9:27 p.m.

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Everything goes too fast in the life of

Jeremy Allen White (Brooklyn, 1991)

.

In just over two years he has gone from the clever Lip of the series

Shameless

to the electric chef Carmy.

And at this point, explanations are unnecessary.

Two Golden Globes and an Emmy reflect the momentum and popularity of the protagonist of

The Bear,

the Disney+ production that has redefined the limits of hygiene in the kitchen.

It would even be said that the chaos in perpetual motion of the series devised by Christopher Storer seems to have taken over the life of an actor who equally dazzles the Instagram family with a pair of underwear as a flag that sets the coated paper on fire every time he appears next to them. his girlfriend.

Who is his girlfriend?

That's another question.

Now, his role in

The Iron Clan,

by Sean Durkin, returns him to the screen alongside Zac Efron, having become not so much a character as the very incarnation of an obsession, his favorite menu.

His is the role of one of the Von Erich brothers, the dynasty of fighters who, dominated with an iron fist by the patriarch Fritz (Holt McCallany), reached the highest peak of the sport, show or whatever, and then collapse into the deepest of catastrophes.

Toxic masculinity is this.

«It's interesting, because the father was directly responsible for them achieving greatness in wrestling.

The problem is that focusing exclusively on that is not healthy, it is not a complete way to grow," he says on the other side of the zoom, pauses for a second and continues: "If you look at it from a distance it is clear that sport does not allow you to show weakness.

Being vulnerable is prohibited.

That's how it is.

The problem is when you try to apply that way of reasoning to all aspects of life.

It is clear that not exhibiting weakness works in sports, but not in life.

My character, like all of his brothers, was incapable of doing something as simple as asking for help and communicating his problems.

And yes, that is a problem in which we can all see ourselves reflected.

The first and most obvious thing that surprises in the latest proposal from the director of

Martha Marcy May Marlene

(2011) and

The Nest

(2020) is, indeed, the obvious.

And those are muscles, not, for example, neurons or hats.

Allen White, like each of his four brothers (in reality, there were five), looks on screen with abs up to his eyelashes and offers the public the possibility of discovering striated fiber in places not yet explored by humans. .

He says that everything worked in part thanks to the fighter

Chavo Guerrero

who acted as a teacher of an art that moves equally between sports practice, theater, the most blatant lie and physical prodigy.

«The process was very disappointing at first.

It all seemed extraordinarily easy until the moment it was your turn to do it.

Then you became aware of the skill and preparation that is needed.

But, above all, it is a question of trust in your partner who has to pick you up... Otherwise, there were many hours of preparation.

“I would look in the mirror and get nervous,” Allen White remembers and smiles.

His character understands, like the entire family, life as sacrifice.

Do you recognize yourself in that? There is an old saying that the greater the sacrifice, the greater the reward.

And yes, I have always committed myself 100% to everything I have done and I am of the opinion that you have to give it your all, whatever you do.

But, as we said before, from time to time it is worth stopping and taking stock.

It's important to make sure you're not sacrificing too much.

That's not good.

Allen White maintains that he always admired the stories of actors who gave their all.

And he insists: «Yes, I believe in discipline, in effort.

But you can't neglect the rest.

It's very tempting right now that things are going well for me with awards and all that to accept everything they offer you.

And it is a lot.

It is now when you have to know how to put distance.

"It's good to go away for a while, think about things and stop listening to flattery."

Do you consider yourself a competitive guy?

Do you recognize yourself in Carmy's explosive character? I don't know if competitive is the word.

I think I can be, but the adjective that best defines me is obsessive.

At certain times, being obsessed helps you achieve success. And what is your opinion of Spanish music? I love it.

Who doesn't like Spanish music?

And he doesn't say more.

It is clear.