Everything happened in 2003. You debuted with South of Grenada and you did it Seranos. Other series and films followed, until within ten years you concentrated your activities on series. Have you been offered more and better projects in this area?
The truth is that when. I started doing a lot of movies, and for a while I started getting more calls from TV. In this profession, at certain times a person chooses, and at other times it is what is offered to you, and I am offered more television than film. I will also say that more interesting characters came to me.
Coral is one of the most distant characters from you. Also one of the ones you are most proud of because of what he has as a challenge?
Yes, he is one of the most complex characters I have ever dealt with. And, therefore, one of the most difficult and at the same time the most fun. Such a character takes you to unexplored places and controls on an interpretive level. At the same time, it also gave me a lot of freedom because it is very multifaceted. There are too many characters inside of her because of her addictions, because of who she is, because of what she looks like, and because of all her changes. She can be the smartest and smartest, able to come up with a plan but also destroy it in the same sequence because the pain she has inside that leads her to these addictions turns her into whoever she wants to be accepted. And of course it gives you a lot of freedom and opportunity to play.
The last season of the series begins in a remote fishing village, where the three main characters are delighted with their new life. What kind of fate did filmmaking open for you?
We recorded in a city in Almeria, in San José, although the name is not mentioned in the series. And then, the sea part, because it was winter, we shot it in La Manga del Mar Menor because of the weather. On TV and in the movies, we always lie. For example, in the first season we were in Tenerife, and there were parts that were filmed in Segovia or Toledo.
Do you remember any other impressive places that one of your works has taken you?
The best thing about a movie or TV series is that it transports you to a place where you have the opportunity to not be a tourist because you live in that place for a while. In this sense, when I went to shoot in Chile (film Painting lesson), and I lived in Santiago for three months, it was wonderful. And also all the places that the film opened to me, always a few kilometers from Santiago, in the middle of nature. I remember the most impressive sunsets exactly there, when the sky lit up with fire.
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Veronica Sanchez remembers sunsets in Chile
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You have Andalusian blood, you are from Seville, but you live in Madrid. What do you miss about your hometown?
It happens to me that I adapt to places quite well. Seville seems to me to be a beautiful city that has made a commitment to its citizens. The whole center is pedestrianized, it has kilometers and kilometers of cycle paths… It is a city that is becoming more and more sustainable and with a beautiful old town. But if you ask me what I miss, I’ll tell you my friends and the memories I have from when I was in drama or high school. I miss people more than places.
What makes you fall in love with Madrid?
Here I built my adult life. My whole endeavor has to do with the fact that I arrived in Madrid and gradually started this path of interpretation that you never know. I remember the emotions of the first moment, that feeling of loss in a big city, very big for me. And also the loneliness of walking and trying to get to know her. My first house was in Tierra de Molina and I remember going down at night to drink coffee or tea alone and listen to music because that was my only company. And stay there, looking at this city with people coming and going, with such emotion and fear at the same time. Perhaps there is some romanticism in what unites me with Madrid, because I remember the feeling of my arrival. Now I have a love-hate relationship because I really like the life I’ve built here and sometimes I wish I was in a city that cares more about its residents, with better air, more sustainable, that bets on infrastructure that is more to serve the citizens.
Do you fantasize about a specific direction?
I am very much in love, every time I go somewhere I think “I could live here”. I wanted to live, apparently, in New York, in Kyoto… I thought I could stay and live in Chile. The last city I was in was Reykjavik and I thought so too.
Do you travel as much as you can?
Yes, I am quite the traveler!
If you do, what experiences or destinations do you prefer?
It depends on the moment. Sometimes I like to go to a big city, and other times I need a trip to the incredible nature to forget about humanity.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
The actress traveled with a friend in India, staying in monasteries.
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Best trip of your life?
Japan! It’s a country I’ve been to five times already, but I especially remember the time when I was traveling alone. It was very beautiful and very impressive, very nice to be in touch with me all the time. Whenever I go out, I usually wear headphones to protect myself from outside noise because cities are very noisy. Sometimes I don’t even hear anything, but my ears are blocked. But in Japan, I liked to walk the streets without listening to any music. I noticed that, despite the fact that the cities were crowded, there was no noise. And I really liked it. And another shocking trip was to India with a friend for a month. I have been to Kerala, Tamil, Nadu… It was all very impressive and I learned a lot. Also, we stayed at ashrams (monasteries) and not in hotels, and it also forced you to lead a very austere type of life. I remember that we got up at 4:30 in the morning when the events started and that we went to bed at 8:00 in the evening because the sun was setting, there was no more natural light and you couldn’t go out because it could be dangerous. It completely changed my life cycle. It was a very transformative trip, not only because of the country, but because of the type of life you join for a month staying in the temples. This is one of the trips I miss the most. The truth is that when I returned to Madrid, I did not know how to return to the rhythm and needs of life in such a city.
And that trip you are still waiting for?
Mexico! Peru too.
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Where are you taking us if we go north?
To Iceland, my last trip. I went with one of my best friends. We landed in Reykjavik, had a hotel for the first night, and then had to rent a car. We covered about 2700 kilometers around the island. It was a tremendous experience. It is a country to which I would return at any time of the year. We climbed glaciers and volcanoes, we were inside glaciers and in a lava cave that was formed 8000 years ago… I saw whales… It’s beautiful! I saw the northern lights, which were like the dream of youth. It makes you feel small…
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Which destination do you choose when looking south?
I can say Chili again. It’s also a country I’ve been to a few times, and I’ve done it from Santiago to the south. I got to Puerto Montt, Pucon… I climbed Villarrica Volcano, very hard! I will be back because I need to know Atacama. I have never traveled north to find a completely different country, with a different gastronomy and landscape. In a very interesting country: glaciers in the south, desert in the north…
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What if we go east?
The Red Sea. When I was traveling in Israel, I went scuba diving. It was my first contact with underwater life, and I remember the impact of the beauty of color without diving, seeing a completely unknown nature. I even felt powerless thinking about all the things under the sea that we don’t know about. We go through forests, jungles and there is a whole underwater world that we cannot access. Thanks to Sky Rojo this season, I had to get out of the open water, so I would like to go back now that I can dive up to 18 meters.
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In the capital, you must visit the Royal Palace and the temples of Wat Pho and Wat Arun.
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It’s a place I haven’t been, but it’s one of the trips I’m planning to do with my friend who I went to Iceland with, who is a very adventurous person: to float the Yukon River. It is a very beautiful journey that goes from Canada, from British Columbia, to the mouth of the sea, to Alaska. It can be done by canoe, autonomously, and there are parts where you have to go by riverboat, following the old gold rush route
What must not be missing in your luggage when traveling?
I’m good at packing! Obviously, chargers and so on, but in the most romantic way, I like to bring headphones to listen to music and a book, especially when I’m traveling alone because it’s my only company.
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The landscapes of Iceland starred in the last trip of Veronica Sanchez
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Do you “spend” any hobbies on travel?
I always try to carry a small suitcase, cabin stroller or something. It makes me very angry that I have to wait for my luggage and when I arrive because I’m looking forward to seeing the places and when I get back because I’m devastated.
The most valuable souvenir you have at home?
When I travel, most of the time I buy ingredients. I really like to cook! When I go to India, I come with a load of spices. Or I bring merkén from Chile or peppers and spices from India and Israel. And I also try to buy some handmade products, almost always ceramics. I have several chawans that are matcha tea bowls. In Japan, ceramics are very important, a whole tradition. I think I have five, one for each time I’ve been.
A dish that burned you?
One of the best places I ate in my life was in Tel Aviv. I can’t call myself a vegetarian because I eat eggs and some fish but very little, although my diet is 98% vegetarian and I’ve never had vegetables so delicious, so well cooked and with such an explosion of flavors as those I tried the restaurant there.
The last one is: Why do you travel?
For inspiring me, surprising me, teaching me… Because every time I travel, I realize all the opportunities I will have depending on where I was born. It’s as if traveling shows you how much you really belong to you and how much of that has to do with the environment you grew up in. Realizing that your personality has a lot to do with your circumstances. And I also travel because the inspiration I’m telling you about is like I have a lot of emotional, visual and sensory work material. These are tools that maybe later I can use to create characters.
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