Although the actor planned to return to the country from Madrid last November, after filming a movie, he decided to stay and live in Spain
The actor Oscar Martínez He was happy to be spending these months in Europe, specifically in Spain, and was very forceful in pointing out that Argentina is “very toxic” for him.
One of the protagonists of the successful Wild Tales, traveled to that country in September 2020 to resume filming a film with Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas that had been suspended for the coronavirus pandemic.
“Several years ago the idea of being more here than in Buenos Aires began to flutter on me, because I’m fine, I have a good time, I am comfortable, they treat me very well and I feel at home“, revealed the artist in radio statements from Madrid.
“Faced with the Argentine crisis as well as the economic one, it is a blessing to have a work alternative in Europe. I live it as an enormous privilege and I want to enjoy it “, considered Oscar Martínez.
“Argentina is very toxic to me”
Oscar Martínez affirmed that he does not miss anything from Argentina
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Likewise, the Argentine actor related how he decided to stay in Spain: “I thought I would return in November and as a result of the pandemicI mostly said ‘no, we stayed.’
“Being abroad, I do not speak of Argentina because it seems to me that it does not correspond. But it is true that from a distance one sees things better and takes notion of the magnitude of certain things,” Martínez analyzed.
“Uncertainty anguishes me more than fear. I was not afraid of ending up in therapy because I was infected. I took care of myself, I take vitamins from day one and avoid social life,” said the artist.
Finally, Oscar Martínez, stated: “I don’t miss anything from Argentina. My daughters, my grandchildren and my friends are there but I was having a very bad time, Argentina is very toxic to me“.
He also referred to the differences between Argentina and Spain in relation to the coronavirus pandemic: “It is different here. Since I have been, there is no seclusion. There were restrictions on hours for bars and restaurants, but except because people are wearing masks, nothing on the street reveals that there is a pandemic.”
Relatos Salvajes is one of Oscar Martínez’s successes
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Official competition, the new from Oscar Martinez
Oscar Martínez filmed Madrid the final stage of “Official Competition”, the new film by his compatriots Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn that he leads with the Spanish duo Penélope Cruz-Antonio Banderas in a work that for the actor confirms that something happened that made him “visible for the cinema”.
“Many of the films I made in the last seven years had an important success, such as ‘Wild Tales’ or ‘The Illustrious Citizen’, and thus I arrive at the fourth film I make in Spain,” Martínez reviewed during a telephone interview with Télam .
The other three feature films that he starred in that country were “TocToc” (2017, Vicente Villanueva), “I, my wife and my dead woman” (2019, Santi Amodeo) and “Vivir twice” (2019, María Ripoll).
But, in addition, the author and theater director, 70 years old, received on August 27 the third distinction awarded by the Malaga Film Festival, in this case for his career.
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