It’s microwave-hot in the Ateneo de Madrid canteen, where we’re chatting, and straight from the crematorium in the beautiful library of the Home Learner, where the video accompanying the digital version of this interview is subsequently recorded. Robin Cortada – tall, with his hair blowing in the wind and shirt open in the middle of his chest, and impressive as one might expect from archive photos – sweating profusely under the lights, without valid metaphors, but he does not lose sight of the viewfinder for a second nor the subject of the conversation. Perhaps her childhood and adolescence in hot Cuba, and her years as a model, peeling back from the cold in the winter and the heat in the summer as a relationship and a portrait of the world’s best designers, helped her endure the suffocation. Translator of the famous wicked Farouk from the series PrinceAnd the He returns to the scene after three years of sudden absence having achieved so much popularity that he cannot take to the streets without a riot. Let’s go to the chaos.
Where was?
after, after Prince I have linked several successful chains: What did his eyes hide?And the Elm and ox… I was in a very sweet moment, but in those moments my father passed away, very young, the man I wanted to be. Two years later, my mother passed away after a very complicated operation in the hospital, chemotherapy and severe suffering. I know that this is the law of life, that I am not the only one, and that this happens to everyone, but the duel with the epidemic joined me, with the fact that the Neftlix project I had turned into has let me down, and I hit rock bottom. I’ve been through hell. It’s as if someone said: You’re fine, well, now you’re going to pay your fee. Today, it’s all grounded, and I’ll be back.
What about the idea of punishment? are you religious ?
No, but I think so, perhaps, to find meaning in all that has happened to me. He didn’t play that fast and everything together.
Admitting you hit rock bottom can’t be easy.
I cry and do it without any problem. I just try to be alone so as not to involve the people nearby. I’d rather hit the wall and suffer myself, I don’t know if I explain myself. This is very special. It hurts a lot. I don’t know if sell Weakness or not, what I know is that I Buyer when i see her. But you have to be enough high To help someone low, find out what you can contribute. If someone is weak, what you cannot do is to place another burden on them.
When did you start noticing the effect of your appearance on others?
on the principle. It was very clear. The girls looked at me, whispered, and sent me little notes [ríe]. But talking about it cocky, no, the following.
And when did you know your fitness could be a job opportunity, in addition to your studies?
In Cuba, beauty didn’t do me much good. I am one of the survivors. I always made a living. I started traveling alone as a tennis player when I was five years old from Juventud Island, where I was born. I was so good at it, I competed both on and off the island. I have always studied with a scholarship and neither the tennis awards nor the scholarships considered me handsome. I didn’t look at myself in the mirror. It was Alida, my bac literature teacher, who, apart from my passion for books, told me about the homeHavana fashion house, and it is here that I began my career as a model, which led to me becoming an actor. I studied engineering, but in fact I always wanted to be an actor, even if I didn’t put a name to it. That’s why I was fascinated by the characters in the books.
She was a fashion model. hurry to Gaultier, Westwood or Armani. Go from sleeping in bed at boarding school to frequenting hotels and lavish parties. How did you experience that trip?
It was beautiful, tough, I wish it all [ríe]. not dangerous. I’m well aware of my privilege. This is for the lucky few. I understand that the model is being punished and insulted. They think they’re stupid and no, I don’t even talk about myself anymore: I have casual male and female friends who are wild, and very interesting. But we are punished like this.
Again the punishment. Why does he lash out so much?
It’s not that. is that I know everything. I know very well where you come from. I know that my beauty was my visa and passport to the great world. I’ve learned languages, I’ve known the world and very interesting people. I do not complain. But I won’t apologize either. The form is also very lonely. You are in a five star hotel, experiencing incredible things, but deep down, you are alone. You can have a typical girlfriend, but you’re still no match. You cannot share it with yours.
Did you eat it, drink it and enjoy it?
I couldn’t resist living. Cautiously but intensely. I don’t need strong experiences, I already had them. I want peace of mind.
How many times have you been told on file Pour Who are the actors who are too handsome for a role?
Lots, this is another cost to be paid, but on the other hand, it gives you the advantage of low expectations. You might think that they will demand less of you than others, but the opposite is true: you have to prove twice as much as you get caught. You can’t imagine what I had to prove to get the role of Farouk. Multiply anyone by eight or nine times. Anyway, I have no problem with rejection. As we say in Cuba, I have a lot to fall for.
How does a Cuban see Cuba from outside Cuba?
Cuba is where I was born, where I have my bones bone, and I love that country. It is in the process of complex and delicate changes. I think the other is the process sequence of events that escape me.
What’s the worst thing about looking like him?
To not go unnoticed. It doesn’t matter if you are famous or not. It wasn’t like that before, and I wanted to think I could, but they made it clear to me that no, I’d already quit. I have a lot to fall for and am so grateful to my parents for joining them and leaving this gift to me.
His role in The Prince brought him legions of fans. Do you think they will stay there?
Girl, I don’t know, there are people who write to me on the networks and they are very fond of me. Physically, I’m not special. We are several with my profile. Maxi, Caetano, Mario…
Select your Profile.
Well, a tall guy, you know. Spaniards have little. I think what I love about me is not me, but how Farooq did, how I did my work. In fact, he was a character destined to be short-lived and became a co-star. I think everything I’ve learned in my life came into this role. Since then, I have not stopped training as an actor. Now I am more prepared and have more to contribute.
Have you ever felt like a vase lord?
Of course, but I do not have the slightest conflict with it. When I feel like this is happening, I go on autopilot. Can’t you get me? neither do I. I wouldn’t convince this person that they might be missing something if they can’t even see. She misses her.
typical actor
Ruben Cortada (Isla Juventud, Cuba, 37 years old) is or appears to be a man without pretensions, but that does not mean false modesty. He used to take chestnuts out of the fire and get their place by hand. At the age of only five, his mastery of racket led him to compete as a tennis player across the island, after which, the ease of his studies allowed him to combine scholarship with scholarship until he studied engineering at university. The meeting with Alida, a high school literature teacher, was crucial for her to decide what she would do with her life. His love of books taught him – “I love French literature” – and on the practical side, encouraged him to show up at La Maison, Havana’s fashion house, to take advantage of his good looks. And take your first steps as a model. After a brilliant career as a model, during which he was the image of Jean Paul Gaultier and other fashion greats – “I’ve lived great things, like being the only man in a women’s fashion show” – Cortada reclaimed the dream he had never lost: being an actor. Al-Faruq character in the series Prince He shot him to stardom in Spain. With “The Fourth Passenger,” by Alex de la Iglesia, opening this fall, he hopes to pass his penultimate exam: the audience’s response.
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