00:00The fact of talking about impunity and justice, and how sadly,
00:07And this happens all over the world; it depends on how much money you have and how many contacts you have.
00:13when justice should be absolutely impartial,
00:16It's something that really touches my heart, my very core, and I wanted to talk about it.
00:21I didn't know, it seems crazy, because I didn't know four days ago
00:25that the trial began to generate this debate.
00:29It's a cliché, I know, but it's like a dream, you know?
00:32I'm like I wake up and see everyone writing to me and all that, and I can't believe it.
00:37That's six years of work, isn't it?
00:39Completely lacking.
00:40This series represents five or six years of our lives' work.
00:42with a lot of effort, a lot of heart, and so on.
00:45I believe that the best protection you can give your children,
00:52children, males, females, it's education.
00:59I think that's fundamental.
01:01I even talk about women, because women also need to know how to protect themselves.
01:07knowing what not to expose, knowing how to defend oneself, knowing how to raise one's voice as well.
01:16I don't understand, while I was filming the series, I remember that one of the things
01:20What blew my mind the most was, how is it possible that we have such a flawed system?
01:24So rotten.
01:25So rotten, where nobody understands, nobody has bothered to care,
01:28In other words, how is a victim going to be reporting and telling their story?
01:35Surrounded by 30 strangers, a man tells you,
01:41So, tell me, how did they play it?
01:43And you have, I mean, it's humiliating.
01:47How much of your experience as a father is reflected in your character?
01:52I tried not to do it for my mental health.
01:55Yeah, I figured.
01:57But I couldn't.
01:59There were invariably days when I had to face my daughter.
02:08And, well, yes, suddenly I thought about my family, I thought about my daughters.
02:15And I think it's something I wouldn't do again.
02:19Really?
02:19Yeah.
02:20He took me to very dark places.
02:23It led me to things I didn't like.
02:26They helped me with the series, yes.
02:28They helped me with the scenes you saw.
02:31That scene, do you know which one was the worst for me?
02:33Which?
02:34The one in the video.
02:35For me, that was it, it really hit, not Miguel Portillo, my character, but Eugenio Derbez.
02:44Did you shed tears?
02:45Yes, yes, yes, absolutely.
02:47I was there and, yes, wasn't I?
02:50And I didn't like it.
02:51And not just one take.
02:52Yeah.
02:53No, no, no.
02:53One, two, three.
02:54And that's not it, that one, the one in the series isn't...
02:59The most?
03:00The most.
03:01That day, my dear Eugenio went out, but...
03:04Moved.
03:05Like a rag.
03:06Yes, I went to thank you and you weren't there...
03:11No, it exploded into waste.
03:11We were about to load you up.
03:13Yeah.
03:14And how did you find the character?
03:16I mean, I'm amazed, right?
03:17For those of you who are currently doing this diver work, right?
03:21It's like a diver going down into the depths to explore the character.
03:25How do you get into character?
03:27And especially when you're going through such a tough time.
03:30I'm interested too.
03:31As?
03:32No, I mean, I remember that...
03:37It...
03:37He was a bit of a masochist.
03:39Because I remember that from the time I was designing and going through the whole process,
03:46I spoke to my wife and she said, "Hey, do you want me to catch up with you?"
03:50I told him, no, it's not worth it because I'm very busy and besides, being alone helped me.
03:54That loneliness of not being accompanied helped me a lot for the character, but it made me feel very alone.
04:03And I've talked about it.
04:04In other words, it was three and a half months of being depressed.
04:10My wife used to tell me, "Hey, I'm worried because I see you."
04:13I was saying, yes, yes, I feel bad, but no, but it's okay, it helps me with my work.
04:18So, yes, I took the plunge and spent those three and a half months in depression.
04:24And if you see me physically, I look very bad.
04:26I mean, I see myself in the series and I'm like, oh, I look like I'm in pain, but I
04:32It served.
04:32So, it was an intense dive, and when I finished I remember saying, I don't want to make a scene anymore, I'm going back to...
04:40comedy.
04:41I didn't like this.
04:42But curiously, comedians have a powerful dramatic, acting streak.
04:50Yes, I think it's because of the range that comedy forces us to have.
04:54Comedy forces you to undress.
04:57So, the comedian is capable of going out naked and doing...
05:01Without shame.
05:02No shame, you know?
05:03And putting on a wig and looking ridiculous and showing your belly.
05:08In other words, as a comedian you lose your fear of everything and suddenly you have to scream.
05:13And it's like you have...
05:15You become so flexible that when they tell you there's drama, you just say, 'ah,' and you fit in better than
05:23A soap opera actor, for example, who you suddenly tell, well, here you have to shout and do the
05:28ridiculous.
05:29And they're like, oh no, what a shame, right?
05:31Clear.
05:31And then, after we played, since we were always laughing, laughing, laughing, I noticed it, you know.
05:41I feel like I'm holding onto a lot of pain.
05:44Clear.
05:46Because I'm constantly forced by society, by my job, and by everything...
05:50Whether you're depressed, at the supermarket, at a wake, or in the hospital with a relative, people
05:57always, oh, like him, listen, listen to me, no, it was horrible, my characters.
06:02So, I kind of keep the pain inside, and the day you bring it out, I think that's where it comes from.
06:08So, you wouldn't do another drama of this magnitude?
06:11Look, I've already seen the result, it's been a few months, so I think I would do it again, but it was
06:19strong.
06:19And with Aitana, let's say, Aislinn is already grown up, right?
06:23But with Aitana, I imagine you get, I mean, you went into alert mode with her even more.
06:27Absolutely. In fact, let me tell you, before I came here, I told my wife, "You have to see this."
06:41He missed the trial because he hadn't seen it; he already watched it all on Saturday.
06:46Like me, marathon.
06:49But then Aitana was there and said, "So what's the series about?"
06:54And we were left like that, Aitana, I mean, Ale and I were like, you tell her, I tell her, we don't tell her
07:02Nothing, we avoided the topic.
07:03And suddenly she told me, Ale started to tell her what it was about and it was a very powerful moment because it was
07:10How to educate her, how to start telling her something that I believe, I believe that the best prevention is education.
07:18Telling them, "This happens, this is what happens, tomorrow it could happen to you, and we want you to know."
07:24count.
07:25And we explained it to him sort of, not completely, but about 80% I'd say, and it occurs to me to ask him, do you want to
07:34Want to see the first episode?
07:36Because I remembered that the first chapter was kind of...
07:39It hadn't started yet.
07:40It hadn't started yet and I said to him, "Do you want to watch the first episode? And then you decide."
07:44And she grabbed her hand and said, no, no, I don't think I'm ready.
07:48I loved it.
07:49I would have thought that any child would have said, yes, I want to see it.
07:53No, and he said, ok.
07:54How old is she, Eugenio?
07:55She just turned 12.
07:56She just turned 12, you're so little.
07:58And then she told me, no, no, no, I don't think so, better not, I'm not ready.
08:03Good.
08:03So, I liked it.
08:04On an artistic level, you too have faced several monsters, several "us"s, and several closed doors, let's say.
08:11Look, you're not going to make it, look, you're a Mexican, you're doing your comedy down there and
08:15Now you're in Hollywood.
08:17So, there's a parallel there too, a similar one, right? What do you think?
08:21Absolutely. And it's been hard for me to face many monsters. And just like Miguel, my character, who doesn't
08:32He has money, he has no resources, he has no connections, and yet he stands up to his father.
08:37That's what's happened to me in my career. And what can I say? I could be here for hours, literally.
08:44hours, telling you about the number of rejections I had, especially in drama.
08:48Now that we're talking about drama.
08:49My mom was a soap opera actress, and I wanted to be a dramatic actor. I never wanted to be a comedic actor. Never. I
08:55I wanted to be a dramatic actor. And the amount of rejection I faced was brutal.
09:01Amazing. I remember one day, a producer, I arrived and said, "Hey, Mr. Burillo, is there any way that..."
09:09Can I audition for your new telenovela?
09:12Because I saw that I was going to start a novel. And he said to me, "Have you improved yet? Because if not, there's no point."
09:20I got home and told my mom, I don't want to be an actor anymore.
09:23Yeah, yeah. I mean, really. And suddenly, finally doing this for me is like, you see 40
09:32Years go by like this.
09:33And to say, I made it despite everything, I fought, I held on, I didn't give up. And here I am.
09:42Hello friends, I'm Eugenio Derbez.
09:44I am Daniel Krause.
09:46We send you our greetings and don't miss the trial, now available on Amazon Prime Video.
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