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He had never made a bad

Carmen Maura

so bad

as in 'Someone has to die', the mini series about homosexuality in Franco's time that Netflix premieres this Friday.

What would you highlight about her character in the series, which is the great villain? I have never done a bad one so bad. The public may be very happy, but I don't enjoy making people suffer. It's a game, yes, although I don't know how they're going to take it so bad. But hey, as later I do good again ... I serve the same for a torn as for an unstitched, that is why they have offered me so many different things.What do you think of what Manolo Caro, creator of 'La casa de las Flores' and about this series? He was a bit worried because he had never done drama, he had always dedicated himself to comedy and in Mexico he is considered a comedy director. I talked to him a lot, I told him not to worry, that he could do whatever he wanted. He knows Spain very well, because he lived here for a long time when he was young. And it's incredible, because it perfectly portrays the Spain of that time. I was born in '45 and I have memories of that dark and gray Madrid, and of everything we went through. What do you think of your colleagues in the series? And, specifically, Ester Exposito? I am very proud to be in this cast. When I found out that I was going to work with her, I saw myself as 'Elite' and then, seeing her dressed as a wonderful lady, she is incredible too. I loved it and it seemed to me that she is a very complete actress. And then everyone else is great: the Mexicans, Cecilia Suárez, Ernesto Alterio, Pilar Castro or the dancer, who is a world champion and you can't imagine what he is capable of doing. What do you think that the series talks about Homosexuality in Franco's time? It is very good that a series has been made telling this, because there are many young people who have no idea how things were then. And it is very well portrayed because it was as it is: the aversion that there was, of 'curing them' ... Why do you always defend that what you do is a trade and not 'art'? I have very separate the actress from the person , so I don't give it too much importance. And I'm lucky that it has never gone to my head. This is a job that I am good at, although I never thought I would get where I have come. And I do nothing but thank my Guardian Angel that he has set me on the path of being an actress, because it is the only thing that really comes to me in life. I cook normal, as a mother I have been very normal and this has been good for me since I was little. I still consider it a game and it's the best I can do. It is the same as playing house. The only thing that this is more fun. How about the mini-series format? I always told Manolo that I would have liked it to be a movie. After all, there are three chapters. But at this moment it has been fortunate that it was a series because, with all the mess that we have with the covid, releasing a movie is a sadness and a frustration. People don't go to the movies. How about working for Netflix? The truth is that Netflix works very well. I think the work they have done with the launch is very good. Let's talk about "safe culture". We are trying to do everything possible to make the culture a little alive. In fact, there are a lot of people who are shooting right now. And it takes a lot of courage to shoot, because everything becomes much more expensive and more complicated with this mess. But the cinema or the theater are one of the safest places there is now, much more than an airport. And you take less time. For example, in theater, my performance of 'La golondrina' lasts an hour and a half. And if I forget a paragraph, less [laughs]. What is it like to shoot in a pandemic? I was very sad to see the poor technicians, all with their masks on all the time. Because I don't see their faces and I have realized to what extent my audience when I shoot is the team. It didn't cost me anything ... [barking] Shut up Rita, please, it's not the time! Oh, a dog. It's just that when she sees a little bird ... And she also has a tendency to bark when I'm talking on the phone. Sometimes it gets really heavy. But for me, those of us who had a puppy or a cat next to us during confinement were very lucky. I lived it alone and I will thank her for all the life that I exist, because I could talk to someone. And she answered me; even if people think not, they understand. How about this general being 'on the verge of a nervous breakdown'? When you thought that there were people who were in a tiny apartment with children and without a chance to take the air ... I understand that there are those who have become a little 'pallá'. This is going to have an impact, it is very clear. And then the restlessness of not having a job. Or, with ERTE, the number of people who have not received it yet ... It is normal for people to be upset. And then what awaits us, because this has only just begun on an economic level. You, who have been in France for a long time, what do you think about how it has been lived there and here? It is true that France has always had a love of culture and a protection towards it that is far from ours. But I stay with my country, with Spain. I'd rather be here. Faced with a crisis, they feel things like humiliation, which we don't even remember, because we are made of iron. And then we have more sense of humor. So, faced with a situation like this, it is almost better to be here. How do you see that people of culture continue to be suspicious and that Serrat is a "look" for some? Serrat's thing is completely unfair and it makes me black. It has no reason to exist. But we are like this. And when are you the target of criticism? Nothing happens. Because, on the other hand, I feel very fond of people. I am very proud of how they treat me. And since there has come a time when I say what I want, and I have every right to say it ...

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