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Okay, we're with Adriana Torrebejano, thank you for being with us.
Before anything, the first question I want to ask is:
How did you arrive at Tierra de Lobos?
Well, I started by doing a casting.
The truth is, I did a casting for all the Lobo sisters.
First they called me to do a casting for Almudena.
I did the casting for Almudena. It went well...
But the director didn't...
She started saying, no, no, better for Nieves.
So the following week, I went to do a casting for Nieves.
I did the casting for Nieves, I did it with lots of Anibal.
Plenty, and in the end, that wasn't it either.
Because the director said:
It's that I don't think neither Almudena nor Nieves.
You have to be Isabel.
I said: "Who's Isabel? You never told me about her."
They said: "She's the other sister who at first doesn't have much weight".
Because at first, she doesn't have much weight.
She said: "But then she'll start growing and maybe...".
I said: "Ah, well okay, give me an audition".
And the next day I had the audition, I barely had time to study for it.
And I finished the audition and she said: "You're going to be Isabel".
You're going to be Isabel.
Because the truth is, that the casting director really trusts me.
She knows me since I was eleven yrs old.
So she knows I have a lot of character.
And that I could do this character.
Precisely, the evolution of Isabel in the series
is a point I'd like to talk to you about.
At first, as you mentioned Isabel is a completely minor character.
She practically has no importance.
And as the episodes have gone by,
She has become one of the main characters.
How have you experienced that evolution of Isabel?
Well, necessary.
Necessary because it's a very nice character.
Because... well, you already know her.
Someone with a lot of heart, who gives herself completely.
Then... to have it like...
Blurred... and slightly told about, well, it's not as... right?
As they gave me the scripts more of her life was being told.
Like that she grew up with Anibal. That Anibal had taught her everything.
That Anibal is her brother. That she started liking women.
That she didn't know, that...
All the information that was given to me was pretty...
Exciting, because I was getting to know her better.
Because in the beginning of season one
I sat down with the director of the series,
And we started drinking coffee and talking.
Because clearly, I knew so little about this girl
that I didn't know how to play her.
Then the director and I...
Created Isabel.
We created her and used her as a foundation.
A solid foundation of her personality.
But thanks to that, and because of that we've...
played her to the point of having a little more storyline and development.
Precisely about Isabel, What's the hardest thing about her?
What aspect of her is hardest for you to play?
Nothing.
Playing her?
It's just that I really like being Isabel.
So no... it's not hard for me to play her.
Well, maybe when I fight with Cristina.
Because I love her dearly but...
No...
Then there have been times that the writers
have put us in situations very...
Tug-of-warish, and...
It's like: "No, not again!" So, there.
You and Berta have great chemistry on screen.
The scenes with Cristina and Isabel are truly believable.
They're very realistic.
Do you think this is one of the reasons for which you've been so successful
- As a couple, internationally? - Yes.
Yes, surely, yes, because of...
The fact that we've known each other for so long.
So... Cristina, I mean Berta
has been my sister-in-law.
She has been a lot of characters with me.
We were in "De repente los Gomez" and spent a lot of time together.
So that's helped our friendship to develop.
We started the show being friends already.
And on top of that we're told we're going to be a couple.
So, it's like... Because at the beginning we didn't know.
Berta wasn't going to be my girlfriend on the show.
It was going to be another girl.
Not a new girl, but another one of the girls at the brothel.
So, from the first moment.
I don't know if... Well, Sara Gomez who appeared in season one.
They thought it could be her.
Then they changed their mind and decided it was going to be Lobo's girlfriend.
So they complicated it more.
Which Crisabel moment has been your favourite so far?
Out of the many moments you've had.
The favourite moment...
Berta and I always say the best scene is the first kiss.
Because of that, because they aren't... they don't know each other yet.
She's more... of a *** than right now.
She's more *** with me and I'm still kind of...
Be careful.
So there's more chemistry. There's unresolved *** tension.
That's cool. But, favorites?
I love one when we meet in the town and I do this to her
I grab her against the wall. I love that one.
I also love the one in which we get in, well she comes...
because she wants Lobo to see her. And I corner her against a wardrobe, in the dining room.
I have many favourite scenes. Many, many, many.
In a survey done by an international website,
You beat Callie and Arizona from Grey's Anatomy,
And Brittany and Santana from Glee as most adorable couple on TV right now.
What do you think about that?
It was very exciting.
We didn't expect it. It was a year ago, wasn't it? Close to that.
It was in 2011.
On AfterEllen, no?
It thrilled us. Yes.
We said: "they should invite us there to receive an award or to say something."
But yes, we were very, very thrilled.
Because your work is getting recognition.
So, it's good.
Right now, we're all suffering a lot.
With the wedding, with everything that Crisabel is going through.
Can you tell us something about what to expect from the show?
Something, give us a little hope if it's possible?
No.
I can't.
What I can say is what's already been hinted at.
I mean, what's already been shown in the previews.
I've seen a really wonderful gif.
With "*** Writers"
You're going to suffer a lot more. I'm sorry.
They're going to see each other more times.
And now the relationship will get really complicated.
Complicated because... well Isabel is going to find out.
Pretty soon that she's pregnant.
Because they can't keep it from her.
And that moment is going to be tough.
Tough for the relationship.
Because it's going to be hard to bear.
And of course, since there hasn't been another guy, it has to be her husband.
So she's not going to take it well.
At all. Yes, she's not going to take it well and Cristina...
She's going to take measures to prevent it, and to keep me.
As you know, Tierra de Lobos is aired in Italy
And your scenes have been censored.
They're not being aired. What's your opinion on it?
I don't understand it.
I already... when I found out I wrote about it.
On Twitter. The truth is, I don't understand it.
I simply don't know how to explain it.
It's like... I think there are scenes with stronger content than ours.
I think it's censored because of the sex.
Same sex, isn't that so?
But I don't agree.
I mean, I don't agree.
Not because it's my storyline but because there's a lot of love.
And there are other storylines more about sex.
And I think you can breathe the love, this relationship is the light.
So I don't understand why they don't allow people there to see it.
This week, Berta and you will receive an award at the 2013 Andalesgai Film Festival.
- What does this award mean to you? - Well, we're very nervous.
We're nervous because we're going to receive it tomorrow.
And we don't know what to say or who to thank.
Because it's like... We weren't expecting it. To tell you the truth.
Because our storyline isn't getting much attention here in Spain.
Outside of Spain it is, but not here.
So, since it's not getting much appreciation, everything we get is a surprise.
And we're very happy. Tomorrow we'll take the train to go receive it.
And we're going to give thanks to all the people supporting us
And to all the people on the net, on social sites
And on the street.
By playing Isabel, you've known and lived what it is to be invisible.
Not being able to show your love for another person openly.
To be free to express yourself.
Like your sisters do on the show.
How do you feel when you see that your work can help many girls see that it can happen?
That you can fall in love and live a love story.
Even though the writers are torturing us right now.
But at the beginning of the relationship with Cristina.
I think it's wonderful that a person, no matter their age, approaches you.
It's happened to Berta and to me too.
That they come to you and tell you: "Thanks for having done this job"
And well, I'm being paid for playing something and making it credible.
Not to help people live their daily lives with normalcy.
So, to me, that's an added gift
To a job well done, to having a relationship with a wonderful actress.
And to seeing the effort people make to see the show every day,
and to support us and to thank us constantly.
We're both in the clouds, really happy, to tell you the truth.
I know you're very active in social media, especially on twitter.
Which allows you to be near your fans. To know their proximity, right?
Their love. How do you live this interaction with your fans?
That you have the chance to deal with them.
Well, always... Twitter, I'm really in favour of Twitter.
It helps you to promote yourself, your work...
And especially to see people's reaction.
So far, I've never been disrespected.
So, so far, I'm very happy with people's reactions.
I don't really know how to explain it.
I like to see people's reactions every Tuesday.
I like to see people devoted to the storyline.
Wanting to kill the writers.
I've also thought about it, at some point.
So, it's something to be grateful for.
Because usually, there's no... people don't write so much.
As now. When the show is active and being aired.
Yes, and you've probably noticed a great increase in females.
- Female followers, in particular. - Above all.
- How do you live the...? - Yes, guys don't write to me on Twitter.
I don't understand why.
I do. I understand now.
It's obviously the storyline, isn't it ?
It's what we talked about before. The hope you give a lot of girls.
Especially young girls.
At Lesbicanarias we have readers from all over the world.
Especially Latin America.
So, they live a reality through you that, unfortunately
they can't live in their day to day lives, isn't it so?
That's why I think you have so many female Twitter followers.
How do you live that? Having so many girls crazy about you.
Well, I don't feel it so much, thank God.
But... but... very well.
Very well, because as I've said, I mean I've been approached...
The one that affected me most was a girl who was about 16 yrs old.
She came to me and said:
"Thank you, because thanks to Isabel"
"I can sit my mother on the sofa to watch a show"
"And I tell her that that's what's going on with me."
I mean, to have someone open up and talk so freely about her sexuality.
To a person like, a role model such as a father or mother.
That doesn't accept it, and to see the show and accept it.
It's like, because a mother watches the show not thinking about her daughter and says:
"So beautiful, isn't it? How they love each other"
"What a thing, no?"
And the the daughter says: "No, but that's how I am"
"I like women, too"
And then the mother is like... "Huh?"
But she understands it.
It helps to get into homes, and helps all those girls that can't be themselves.
Something I find pretty unfathomable in this century.
- But well... that's how it is. - It's what it is. - Yes.
If you had to choose an end for Crisabel, what would you choose for them?
The one I would choose isn't the one that will be.
I would have liked them to run away together.
I would have liked them to run away together. Yes.
I can't say anymore, because I'm giving clues.
No, no, no. I would've liked it but from the beginning, eh?
They've tried to run away many times.
And they'll still try.
But I would have liked that they would have run away suddenly...
And that they would have said...
FU Ehem... to Lobo and...
And so, but...
But it's also good to have them suffer and live all those things.
Let's leave Crisabel aside and talk about something else.
"De Chica en Chica" is a project very close to Lesbicanarias.
Because we saw the show and we're following this project very closely.
How did you get a part in "De Chica en Chica"? How did you arrive to this project?
By doing a casting, too.
They called me and told me:
"We have a film, this is the script, read it, do you like it?
Do you want to do the casting?" And I said: Sure, of course.
And I went to do the casting. I did two castings.
I had two auditions and they told me they had selected me.
And that's all.
Can you tell us something about your character?
Well, yes, eh... my part in the movie is going to be very, very short.
Very tiny.
I mean it's a character that...
Well, I don't know if you've seen the show that already exists.
There are four main characters.
I'm the girlfriend of one of them.
My role is very short. What's the interesting part?
My character is goth.
So it really amuses me to play it.
- It's going to be interesting seeing you as goth. - Yes, because if I were a normal girl
I'd say: "well, maybe..." you know? But it's a goth girl.
And she has a very strong attitude.
And what happens to her in the movie is interesting.
You're working non-stop lately. We see you in short films,
Video clips, you're doing theater, on TV...
You don't have a break. How do you do it to go everywhere?
Taking Gala (her dog) to the bars.
No, I wish I'd be more busy, to be honest.
Because the audiovisual field is pretty bad right now.
Terrible.
There's no work and we actors don't have means to get by.
So, it's like... It's great to have work.
I haven't stopped as you've said.
But all of it is to help friends and there's no financial gain.
It's just to survive.
So, having work is great, but let's see if things change a little.
And we can make a living out of this, too.
You're in theaters now with the play "Perversiones sexuales en Chicago"
You were in Murcia and next you'll go to Sevilla, if I'm right.
How's the theater experience? How do you live it?
I like it more than television.
Much more, to tell you the truth.
If there was a way to... well television is great.
But... ***, it would be great to have more theater projects
I'm thrilled right now, with 'Perversiones' I feel that way.
And now with "La Vida Resuelta" I can't even tell.
I have a great time.
I mean it's very exciting and it can't be compare to television.
I mean, television is here, and now everything is really measured.
There's no time to get it wrong, there isn't...
In theater you're a little more...
The risk of doing it wrong is more visible. There are no second takes.
Of course. And above all, theater allows you to do roles
that television never offers you.
And thank God, now in "La Vida Resuelta"
I'm playing a wonderful character that I would have never been offered on TV.
Tell us about it.
Let's see... How can I describe it, because...
It's a young girl, around 20 yrs old or something.
And her biggest wish or her biggest life goal,
Is to be on Big Brother and to get her *** done.
So, nothing else in the world worries her.
She doesn't care about anything else. She's not very educated.
She's educated in life, in personal affairs, in emotions.
But she doesn't know, she doesn't know anything.
She's always smiling, she's a light and I can't tell much more.
She's always mixing up words.
I don't know, like "Rictus". Instead of "Ictus" she says "Rictus".
And things like that. She's very funny.
The play features five characters.
All very different.
And everyone of them has a story to tell.
And that's what's interesting about it.
And they all come together in a nursery class.
With a goal: finding a vacancy for their children.
And that's what starts the plot.
- I can't tell more. - Then we'll have to go see it.
Yes.
Aside from this project, do you have any others you can talk to us about?
That I can talk about, no.
But there are more.
Yes, there are some things, there are always some things.
They're not sure, otherwise I could talk about them.
But there's always something. Yes.
- What message would you send? - Well, the video from a DJ.
We shot it very recently.
From Juan Estereotipo.
I shot it, I don't know, two weeks ago or something.
It will be released soon.
Well, not soon, I'm lying. It will be released next year.
In February or March.
Then we'll watch it, too
What message would you send to the Tierra de Lobos fans
That are watching you right now?
Well, mainly I want to thank them.
I'm thankful that you follow the plot that you like it, that you enjoy it,
That you live it even more than us.
I always like to see the show while I read what you think on Twitter.
Because the truth is, Berta and I are delighted.
With everything you tell us, because everything is wonderful.
So thank you. I can't say anything else.
One question we usually ask is:
Is there a question you've never been asked that you've always wanted to answer?
- About Isabel and Cristina? - About anything.
I don't know.
The ending? No!
I'd love it if you knew all of the plot and we could talk freely.
Things...
I don't know, it would be interesting to know how Berta and I created Crisabel.
Wouldn't it? Maybe. It would be interesting.
- Yes. - Then tell us about it.
Ah! You want me to tell it.
Okay. So eh... Is this the last question already?
- No, there's one left. - It's been really quick.
- Eh, so, eh... - You can talk as much as you want.
Where do I start...
Isabel's character wasn't going to be a lesbian.
They hadn't even talked about it or anything.
It happened because of things I added to the scenes.
Like, for example, it started, I think at the brothel.
When Anibal and Isabel kill the wolf.
They go to the brothel and they have a few drinks
And a *** comes by and bends down.
And you can see her ***, her cleavage.
Isabel just does this. That's all.
That's where it started.
That's when I talked to the writers and told them:
"Why don't you make this girl a lesbian?"
Because it can be very beautiful. You could tell it very well.
And a lesbian in the 19th century can be very interesting.
And they were thinking about it for a few weeks.
And they said: "Well, this can be a good idea"
So they started to write and to think...
And Isabel started having more obvious things, like going to the brothel...
And things like that so that she could start wondering what she liked.
And when they told me it was going to be Berta I was thrilled.
Very, very, very thrilled. And then what we did was...
We didn't want to do something bizarre. We didn't want to do something false.
So we went to have coffee every day.
To talk and talk and talk and to read the scripts together,
And to rehearse the scenes together so that everything would be really natural.
That it would flow and that it would be real.
Because many times you have to do scenes
with a partner, with an actor that you barely see, or know anything about their lives.
And you see them that day on the set and you shoot and you both go home.
And there's always that feeling, that sensation
that it's the first time you're doing that scene.
And there's always some fear to touch each other and...
It looks more forced.
Well, maybe not forced, because you're acting anyway.
But there's always that wall of respect.
You have to break it so that the couple can be credible on screen.
And we had a very important thing: we were friends.
I don't really care, I mean Berta can do whatever she likes to me.
So, since that wall isn't there,
It goes... and everything explodes...
As I said to you, you've succeeded.
You've succeeded. You've given it that sensation of reality that's so hard to achieve,
Especially on primetime, on Telecinco and in Spain.
Making it real, having it feel real is very difficult.
You've achieved it.
I think that's why you have so many followers.
And that's why you're so loved. It's a couple that's received a lot of love.
And is still receiving it, even though we're all suffering very much.
Never... we never imagined that we'd cause all this.
Or that it would get so much...support.
We just wanted to do something beautiful and tender and real.
Because we both had the same opinion.
We were tired of seeing couples, straight or not, it doesn't matter,
- That don't have... - That have something missing.
- A spark was missing. - Yes that's it.
So I think since I read the scripts with her
and saw how to make it natural,
We arrived on the set and it just flowed.
It flowed and you believed it. And we've also been very lucky.
That everything's been shot delicately.
I mean, it's not just the tenderness we gave it.
It was doing it all super naive, all very white.
Because it's white, we didn't want anything...
And thanks to that and how it's been made and treated,
I thinks that's why it has worked.
And really, before it premiered there were questions.
Because we didn't know if it was going to work, or be liked.
How they were going to see it. Because it's a show that can be seen by a girl like you
Or by a seventy year old woman in her village and in her home.
Who says: "My God, what scandal!"
So, we had to find something that would be beautiful and not scandalous.
Yes, not to satisfy morbid curiosity.
We'd also had liked to do a wild sex scene.
We weren't allowed.
So everything was always slow and very delicate.
So that it wouldn't shock.
- Well, I think it was great. - I'm happy.
The last one to finish up.
You're very famous for your jokes about blondes.
Tell us a joke about blondes for Lesbicanarias, please.
Damn... You got me.
I have one... ***, this one's really, really, really bad.
Okay...
I'll tell it to you.
There's a blond girl.
A blond girl who starts working at a museum.
The poor girl has spent two very stressful weeks.
Because she's never worked at a museum.
And suddenly, the first group of foreigners arrives.
Of tourists. And they start like this... The Chinese are taking photos....
Well, follow me, follow me.
They start opening up rooms, here's this room, that room, showing everything.
The blonde had memorized everything from start to finish.
So, it was going great. So they arrive at the dinosaurs room.
And he says. He says... I'm laughing already.
He says... the first tourist says:
"Sorry, that dinosaur... how old is it?"
How old is it?
And she starts:: "Oh, I don't know it's from the age of the herbivores...
I don't know, it may be,
two thousand years and fifteen days"
The tourist looks like this and says: "Two thousand years and fifteen days?"
"Two thousand, okay, but fifteen?"
She says: "Well, yes, two thousand years and the fifteen days I've been working here"
I don't know why you make me do these things.
- It's really bad. - I'm sorry, but yes, it's really bad.
It's really bad. They told it to me and I tell it.
- Well... - I didn't have another one.
Thank you for having been with us.
- Likewise. - For sharing your time.
And if there's anything more you want to say...
Well, it's been a pleasure.
I would have liked to have all of you here.
And be able to talk and to be asked questions and resolve your doubts.
And personally thank you for all you do.
Because I really won't ever tire of saying it,
You're great and everything you do every day,
Is remarkable. And Berta and I, even though she's not here,
We thank you.
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