—I haven’t seen myself much, but I’m happy with my work, in general. There are 70 chapters and, looking at a macro level, I am satisfied and proud of my work.
—In schools we have never been taught to handle criticism because that is not in your control. We can’t change what people think about us. It’s not important either. What matters is the work, the job and being able to do it with all the respect that this sacred job deserves. I have only focused on my job.
—Didn’t the criticism affect you?
—I haven’t even noticed. I have no idea what they’re even talking about. I was very focused on my work, on technique, on advice and above all on research and study. You think acting is making jokes, acting has more to do with reading books than anything else.
—Is there a before and after Mario when learning more about Nectar and Peruvian cumbia?
—I have entered a very privileged place that very few living people know, what is behind cumbia, business, mafias and what is behind musical art itself. I have also learned that Johnny Orozco is an enlightened man, he is a musical genius on the level of Cerati or the Beatles. Johnny Orozco was an innate genius whose soul knew things it had no reason to know. He was a man who learned to sing in the street and who sings like the gods, with vocal technique and lyrical singing, too.
—Which of all those songs you heard on the soap opera did you like the most?
—It seems to me that ‘Beer, rum and nectar’ is one of the best songs that exist. It’s my all-time favorite. The musical composition and the changes of rhythm are incredible. The very good melody. Secondly, I choose ‘Suéltame’ for a scene with Reynaldo (Pacheco), where Deyvis sings with his father for the first time in a formal setting (…) And number three is ‘Pecadora’, because it is the favorite song of Deyvis based on what he remembers about his father. It was the first song he sang in real life with his dad and it’s a blast.
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