Carlos Olalla and Andrea Thurman have been the two leading actors in the announcement of the 2023 Christmas Raffle. She represents a young woman saturated by all her daily obligations, while he is her father. The tenth of the lottery, as on other occasions, represents the hope and hope of being together on the most important dates of the year.
Although Thurman is the main protagonist, Carlos Olalla also plays a fundamental role. Born in Barcelona in 1959, the performer is known for appearing in more than thirty films, in addition to as many television series, short films and theatrical works. Some examples of these works are The Serranos (1 episode), The intership (3 episodes) and 4 starswhere he still works.
Although especially in this 21st century there has been no shortage of jobs in any of the performing arts, the current life of the performer has not been easy at all. Affected by the precarious conditions of actors who do not play star roles, Olalla had to beg for alms not many years ago and sell poems on the Madrid Metro.
In an interview in WindowOlalla made visible the situation he was experiencing. Sometimes you have to get off the stage to avoid losing contact with reality., he stated. His mobilization, in addition to implicitly implying an attempt to obtain funds for the maintenance of his family, represented a claim about the situation that the actors were experiencing in Spain. as a consequence of the non-decrease in cultural VAT.
Being poor doesn’t scare me at all, I admit it with pride, he added before criticizing the contempt for culture. Why are they criminalizing culture? Because they don’t want people to think. What can we actors and actresses do? Fight to make people thinksettled in an intervention that received the support of many professional colleagues.
