The revelation acting category can be somewhat chaotic at times, but it fulfills the function of rescuing roles of great complexity that escape stereotypes.
We talked to Nicolle García (‘Libertad’), Jorge Motos (‘Lucas’), Almudena Amor (‘El Buen Patron) and Chechu Salgado (‘The Laws of the Border’)
It is without a doubt one of the most chaotic categories of the Goyas, the one that corresponds to the best revelation performers. All generational spectrums coexist in it, from young people who have just started, to veterans who, for whatever reason, have never been proposed for candidacy and can apply at any time despite their age.
Since 2011, a rule has been imposed: children under 16 years of age will not be allowed to participate. Until then, the youngest winner had been Andoni Erburu, 10 years old, the boy from ‘Secretos del corazón’, by Montxo Armendaríz. The oldest nominee was the mythical Walter Vidarte, a very important actor, director and playwright who developed his career in Argentina and who was ‘rediscovered’ in our country thanks to the rural thriller ‘The Night of the Sunflowers’.
It is also a category, that of revelation, a bit cursed, as evidenced by the fact that many of the interpreters who have been nominated or even those who have been victorious have been lost track of, ratifying that maxim that the Goyas do not translate, much less, into a direct jump to fame. However, the truth is that it is also the category that offers the greatest diversity and in which some work is not obvious and very risky.
risky roles
It is the case of the papers that they interpret nicole garcia Y Jorge Motorcycles in their respective films, ‘Libertad’ and ‘Luke’. She just turned 18 and has no prior acting experience. She was selected in the streets of Moravia, in Colombia, while skating with her friends. He is 22 years old and he has trained since he was little. They can be antagonistic, but both give off a magical magnetism on the screen. Nicolle in a brash way, Jorge, through a deep understanding of his character.
“I accepted the challenge because it seemed like a gift to be able to live that experience,” says Nicolle García. “But I wasn’t very clear about where I was going to go either. Fortunately, everything was very easy for me thanks to Clara Roquet and the whole team that accompanied me. I felt very identified with Libertad, but also with Nora (whom she embodies Maria Morera), because I’m very shy and at that time it was difficult for me to get out of the bubble of my childhood”.
Jorge Motorcycleswho just premiered ‘Feria: Dark Light’ on Netflix, knew that his role in ‘Lucas’ required many layers for us to understand: a teenager who feels guilty about the death of his father, who goes through a very difficult time delicate and that come into contact with a pedophile. “He’s a very complex character because his heart and his brain go in two different directions, but it’s the kind of challenges that motivate me, complicated and dense projects, which require a construction and deep sea navigation. The least important thing is their economic size, if they are bigger like ‘Feria’ or smaller like ‘Lucas'”. The young man is precisely excited that, being such an independent film, academics have noticed his work. In addition, naturally from Valencia, he will celebrate the Goya in his city and with his mother on his arm.
In the case of Almudena Love It has been arriving and entering through the front door. This year we have been able to see her in ‘The Good Boss’, for which she has been nominated, and as the absolute protagonist in ‘La Abuela’, the new horror film by Paco Plaza. She started doing modeling jobs when she was in college, but she never took it too seriously, she used these moments to live new experiences and travel. He believed that his height, 1.77 meters, would be an impediment to get roles, but it was just the other way around, because for the casting of ‘La granny’ they were looking for an actress with the stature of a model and she became the ideal candidate. After the pandemic she joined the choral cast of ‘The good boss’. She is Liliana, a young woman who goes to work at Blanco’s (Javier Bardem) factory and will end up falling for her. Or is she the other way around? “That’s what I like about this character, that you don’t know who is the wolf and who is the sheep. He played with those two concepts all the time and also with the unpredictability and innocence of his youth,” says the actress. “I didn’t want to fall into the stereotype of femme fatale, hooker. I find it interesting that instead of giving in, he pulls out his weapons. Whether those weapons are legal is another thing, but nothing in this movie is.”
If there is a character that will remain in the memory this year due to his mythical aura, it is that of ‘el Zarco’, the quinqui from ‘The Laws of the Border’, who nails Chechu Salgado in one of the most charismatic performances of the year. It is his first important role in a film, but the Galician actor had already participated in series such as ‘farina’ and above all he had spent a long time in his land dedicated to the theater. He admits that he likes to play bad. “I like to face myself, I like to feel uncomfortable, to do things that take me to the precipice. The bad guys offer you to get out of your comfort zone. And in the end, everyone is fascinated by antiheroes, although I prefer the concept of ‘outsider'”.
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