We could title this chronicle with something striking and suggestive like ‘320 guests and one ex’. As if it were a sequel to the famous film that starred Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell in the 90s. Maybe it has nothing to do with it, mind you, beyond the fact that the leitmotiv of the movie were, obviously, a succession of ‘yes, I want(s)’that the sky was Britishly grey, that the groom looked like he had come from a boutique on Belgravia Street or that the family and friends of the bride and groom were all as varied as they were interesting, unusual and colourful… But whatever the case, the story of Ana Guerra and Víctor Elías had everything to be another story of that generational and cinematographic portrait of Four weddings and a funeral. Especially because he included that speech that makes your hair stand on end and runs up your back like an electric current. And without resorting to WH Auden… Natalia Sánchez was the author of those words. Because, furthermore, Natalia was the ex. An ex who has never stopped being present, very present even, when not even the heart of one was in the hands of the other, but belonged to third parties who today are her husband and wife. Because they love each other. Really. Hence, his story not only silenced those present, but also made Fran Perea stutter in a state of grace. So much so that it deserves a chronicle. This.
© CLICK10PHOTOGRAPHYEveryone expected to be excited. Those things happen. And more, at weddings. Because it is a celebration of love – wherever it comes from – and without fear of going overboard with sugar. And because you empathize with the feelings of people who love each other, either because you have experienced that crucial moment in your life or because we all want to be loved like that, without conditions, at least once in our lives. But perhaps no one expected his revelationsso heartfelt and so honest. Feelings on the surface that not only made the couple burst into tears but also disarmed the protagonist of the show. The Serranos as master of ceremonies and born for stand comedy.
© CLICK10PHOTOGRAPHYAnd that, before she picked up the microphone, Fran’s jokes were all directed at her like a target. In an improvised way and also very hilarious. Because due to maternal logistics, the actress Return to Las Sabinas I was late to the ceremony. Who hasn’t that happened to either…
Almost out of breath, losing his temper (literally, because his speech was slipping through his fingers while he was running) and leading a family procession in which Marc Clotet He barely followed her with little Neo on his shoulders and little Lia tangled between his legs… And Natalia was not in sneakers. She was wearing heels and on the grass… Later we would know why, but that is another anecdote. Marc told us that Neo got crazy in his party outfit and his mother, in the rush and chaos, had forgotten her earrings and necklace… Later, at the second roundabout celebration path.
But when he managed to regain the rhythm of his breathing and calm down, those present, on the other hand, began to accelerate their pulse. Because the young woman, with the same simplicity as depth, managed to make a portrait of their youth together and their friendship, faithful and selfless, and their affection, beyond time or space, something fraternal and transcendent. “Victor and I met when we were very little. We were 12 years old. That was 21 years ago. I think we’ve known each other for more years than we haven’t known each other,” he began by saying. “We met at the Picasso studios. That day we had the first script reading. He was about to turn 12 and by chance, the two of us were taken to eat alone. With each other, together for the first time and, as expected, we fell badly, but fatally-fatally,” Natalia said while Fran interrupted her to address the guests and point to Víctor. “It’s a ‘modus operandi.'” Remember that, with Ana Guerrahis wife, Cupid’s arrows had had the same trajectory.
© CLICK10PHOTOGRAPHY“At that moment, Víctor already had his character and so did I, as we know (laughs). From there, we started engrave The Serranosthey began to be broadcast The Serranos and of course, our lives changed. Hours and hours locked in production cars, vans, dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms, the concert tour throughout Spain… Little by little, we realized that we were not as far away as we were. we thought about each other“Natalia continued, taking a drink of water to quench the emotion that was burning in her throat.
“Through the series, we began to experience very intense things that only the two of us, due to age and having the same circumstances, could understand and, above all, share: the lights and shadows of all that, the fame, that hurricane that enveloped us. And really we were just kids…” But, in terms of living, the actress recalled, Víctor had a lot of advantage over her given that, despite being almost the same age and the reality that surrounded them on filming was the same, the one that each of them had in their houses, it was very different. In hers, everything was easy and in Víctor’s, however, everything was difficult.
“At that time he was a tremendously intelligent, tremendously sensitive child… With a wonderful sense of humor that helped him deal with your reality and that he used as protection and sometimes even as an escape route. The worse Victor was at home, the more jokes he made on set… Ana, the tutor we had, would let us know in the morning how Victor had spent the night or if the legal tutor had called him from the police station and Victor was going to have to come a little delicate, that we treated it delicately… And that’s what we did.” At that time, the guest roster was a sea of tears. AND Victorwhich on November 27th will publish a book in which it recounts some of these passages and memories, too.
© CLICK10PHOTOGRAPHY“For me,” said Natalia, looking at the boyfriend, “you are still that child. You continue to be that persevering child who pursues his dreams, who does not judge, who learns to play the piano or whatever they throw at him, who puts together a thousand groups, who gets excited, who believes that he laughs out loud, who sees every failure as an opportunity. And I have always said that people are not what happens to us, but what we do with what happens to us. And I think it is more than evident that what you have done with what has happened to you and what happens to you is at least, for feel proud of yourself.”
“After everything we experienced and a teenage love affair that lasted six years, we finally left it,” said the one who was then the actor’s girl, in reality and fiction, to stop the crying and spark laughter. “We began to live separately, but always knowing that we were there for each other. For me, you are a brother of life. You were the first one I called to tell you I was pregnant before my parents. From a coffee shop in Edinburgh. We share tears of emotion…”
“Today, without a doubt, two very special and very important chairs are missing: that of your mother Meli and that of Tito, your father, with whom I have shared all my adolescence and who, in their own way, also acted as parents to me, just as my parents have done to you (…) I don’t know if you remember that my parents, in a very complicated moment, considered adopting you. “That would have been enough for a series, right?” Natalia revealed while Víctor nodded excitedly.
© CLICK10PHOTOGRAPHYAnd over the years, Ana appeared. “And when you told me about her,” Natalia continued, “I was not surprised by the compliments and the words you had for her… How much I liked her way of being, her character, her voice, the incredible which was… What surprised me most was seeing how it made you feel, because it makes you feel at home. And that makes me very happy. I feel very proud of you, of this moment that you are living and that you deserve so much. I am proud to be part of your life, to be able to continue accumulating memories and to be able to continue accompanying you on the path, learning from you and with you. I love you very much.”
And at that moment, Ana is no longer I will cry like a cupcakeit was a real torrent. And Natalia. And Victor. And so does everyone.