Eduardo Santamarina he doesn’t need any introduction, his extraordinary acting career speaks for itself. He recently added to the long list of productions he has adorned with his talent You’re looking for Frida, the series for which he recorded Telemundo under 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 characterizes him, he opened his heart to us and beyond that thriller on TV, he also told us about his most important life project: the family with Mayrín Villanueva. Honestly, the man from Veracruz told us about his fatherly side and how he lives the first love of his children, Roberto Miguel Yes Sebastian, which made him remember the illusion of this stage.
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Excited by the work he did in Search of Frida, the actor confessed to us: “It’s the first time that, as an actor, I play this genre, I’ve never done a project of suspense, of intrigue and I am very proud of the result. When working on such projects, there are situations that push you to the limit”. Eduardo referred to the theme of this series: “There are 80 chapters and in 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: “Incarnate it and the fact that it was the first time I did such a thing, emotionally, it was very exhausting, but when you see the result, you get rich in many ways, both as a person and as an artist “, he explained.
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Eduardo confessed that, before accepting the role of Abelardo Pons, he consulted him at home: “It’s something I talked to Mayrín about, because whenever we are invited to a project we talk about it between us and yes, we touch this topic between us, imagine, having five children, it is something you do not want to swimIt is, above all, we cannot keep our eyes on ourselves, living the problem of insecurity every day ”. The actor took the opportunity to talk about social networks that, in the plot, play a crucial role, a situation for which he admitted that he talked to his children about using these applications: “Yes, you have to do it, the problem of saying how they can help us, to use them well, blessed technology, in our times did not exist. That I don’t feel that someone wants to supervise them, on the contrary, they just want to know where they are, in case there is an unforeseen event, an unpleasant situation, in order to be able to act in the right way ”.
Speaking of social networks, we ask him about courting his son Roberto Miguel who, through Instagram, is very excited: “More in love than ever”. The actor admitted that, at home, his son is not the only one who was shot by Cupid: “Also, Sebastián, now yes, out of the five we have, Roberto and Sebastián are super in love and fill us with joy, in addition to reminding us why, In the case of both, it’s their first love, it’s super strong”. If he counseled his children about love, he told us, “These things, in terms of love, he must discover. The only thing I dare say is, in their case, that they are men, that they take care of their girlfriends, that they are women, that they do not do what they would not want to do to their mothers or sisters., that they must treat them with deep respect, this is the suggestion I dare to say ”.
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To the love that his children live is added the one that he and his wife, Mayrín Villanueva, confess for each other. In this regard, he revealed to us how he intends to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his wedding, on February 28: “We bring Mayrín to work, from east to west, making Neighbors, on the one hand, and a soap opera on the other.. The 28th will arrive and there will be no opportunity to leave, because of work and because of the pandemic, but this It is not a pretext to be able to be together and support our love, together with our children, here in the house. It is a moment to be grateful that she decided to be with me and that I and she have a life commitment ”. Santamarina said he is very proud of the great team he has at home: “Thanks to our union, we join mine, yours and ours, we are a mixed family that we love deeply, where there is a lot of respect, we managed to have a good family. This job is not just for parents We have to thank our five children and thank God, we go here, discovering new stages, now theirs”.
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Why did you leave the members in the air?
In another subject, the actor also told us the reason why he left Members in the air, a project from which he learned a lot: “I have already closed that cycle and it was beautiful, because he spent almost a year and a half doing something I had never done in my career, hitting me with some extraordinary balconies, imagine, five brothers talking about everything and nothing ”. The actor admitted that his departure was something that had already been discussed: “I couldn’t be there anymore, I thought so, because when I make a series, a soap opera or a movie, I can’t give the deputies the necessary time to broadcast, then I miss him a lot ”. Taking professional lessons, he took the opportunity to talk about miracles about the drivers who took his and Mauricio Mancera’s place: “In this new season they put José Eduardo, who is wonderful, and Yordi, who is a great teacher, in this type of program.”. With great affection, the actor admitted that he remembers this project wonderfully: “It was a wonderful learning experience, it was fun. I noticed the large audience of deputies in the airMy surprise was that I thought it was a program for men, because the language used is a bit flourishing, but I was surprised that most of the audience are women “, he concluded.