Here's my translation of the first part of Christian and Ezequiel's interview from Susana Giménez's show, enjoy !
Susana Giménez: it's amazing !
let's meet Christian Sancho and Ezequiel Castaño !
ooh!
ahahaha
come over here with me!
Awesome!
Ezequiel: what a sight !
SG: what a sight !
Hi Christian how are you my love?
Christian: I'm fine.
SG: good, very good.
Sit over there for the lights
CS: thanks
yes they're "divine", we knew that already
those images make me nervous, I can't figure out how you were while filming them!
this final scene with the two of you together is so well done
CS: really?
there were a great work from all the crew
we put our bodies, our faces, but there are other people..
SG: ok, but you have to do them!
CS: yes, but there is also a great directing and editing work behind, the music..
SG:
it's a work of art!Flaquito are you working a lot!
I remember last year's sketch over here..
CS: you brought me luck Susana!
SG: luck? I'm really happy about it..
this series is having an incredibile success "chicos"
I watch it every night.. I love it!
the truth is that the success is huge and is changing the careers of many including yours
C & E: yes
SG: all the series is awesome, but you two are pioneers
EC: there's a lot of work behind those two minutes, not only on the set with the technicians..
CS:
EC: some of them are familiar faces, I've been knowing them for years..
SG: of course
EC: I know the majority of them over here
SG: it's a lot of actorial work
EC: we have many chats, talks, conversations..
CS: a lot of comunication..
SG: but when you read the screenplay and you knew what was going to happen between you two..
CS: the subject of homosexuality in football was introduced with my character Ribeiro, he didn't know about it, he learn it along the way..
EC: I was introduced as a rookie, a promising player, they "sold" him to me that way.. and then he slowly changes..
CS: he was into girls before !
EC: he was a rising star and the series was showing the pros and cons of this, then after a month and a half they told me it was going to be some changes and I had to adapt myself to it..
CS: the crew went crazy when they knew Sancho was coming!
SG: and your families, what do they say?
CS: my wife is happy with all of this, and in this case she's not jealous! she's calm this time around
EC: my girlfriend is calm when I tell her that I'm going to have a scene with Sancho !
SG: they are jealous of women then?
CS: no it's rare.. the truth about this character is that we show a gay man in a different way from the usual way in wich they're portrayed in tv, it's more respectful, more credible, more honest..
the base is that a gay man is a man, he has masculinity and has many things in common with a heterosexual man and generally viewers and the community like the way we portray them.
EC: that's why I refer to the backstage work, because we as actors we have to fight preconceptions that we all have..
SG: yes but
you have to that, I wouldn't be able to kiss another woman!
EC: but it's a matter of trainig..
SG: I don't know if I could kiss a chick like that with open mouth!
CS: you thought we used tongue during that kiss? ;D
SG: I thouth that..
CS: in our first kiss..
SG: yes I thought that, I swear it!
EC: no, no
CS: it's a camera's work by the technicians who move away the (camera's) trolley while we kiss, so everyone thinks we used tongues
SG: I'm impressed !
and people on the streets? how they react? do they say something bad to you?
EC: they react well, actually many are a bit shocked because it's such a different story..
SG: I see that way too
EC: it's something that has never been told in this way
CS: they are all very respectful, many gays approach us and they tell us to continue in the same way, that it's believable..
SG: because we are used to the same stereotypical gay in tv and movies..
CS: but that is the 0,5 % of the gay community..
SG: of course!
CS: we usually underestimate that; I think these characters can transmit a message, look at mine and what he's going through, he's losing his family, he passes through various emotions, frustration, all the guilt..
SG: ok
Chris, now I'm asking you as men , out of your characters, this was your first scene?
C & E: yes
SG: how long did it take to film it?
E: actually it's was before we're going to eat, we prepared it, we talked with the director, but..
CS: the director asked us to kiss before the filming, you know to relax a bit..
SG: of course!
EC: when the moment arrived, there wasn't much time before lunch, but we decided to slow down and postponed it, it was a wise move, relaxed we talk..
SG: they made you at ease?
EC: we came back and we did it
SG: just once?
CS: yes, the first take was the good one
SG:
you are so beautiful and have [glow=red,2,300]divine[/glow] faces
CS: thank you
SG: what are those little things that you have carved in the belly?
how many hours do you train?
CS: it took many years
SG: you need a lot of crunches for that!
CS: it's a mix of various exercises, aerobics..
SG: you have an amazing body
CS: thank you
SG: the Americans are doing those kind of exercises since the 1960s.. look at how great still looks Harrison Ford..
CS: when one does sport regularly this is the result,
I started as a kid
SG: they forced you doing sports?
CS: yeah they made me running early in the morning through the woods..
SG: are these characters changing your career?
EC: yes in a certain way, these are steps..
SG: but this is a big one
CS: I have to be honest, when I was coming here I was thinking that last Sunday you had as a guest over here my favourite actor, you were interviewing him and I was eating a pizza, it's crazy now I'm here in the same place..
SG: are you talking about Ricardo?
CS: yes I think he's the best Argentinian actor, I admire him, his technique, his career.. and I'm surprised of being here..
SG: you're here for all that is happening, for your fame..
CS: yes I hoped it.
SG: you started very little (acting)?
EC: yes I was 15..
SG: how old are you?
EC: 28
SG: I thought you're younger, you look like a kid!
EC: it's the screen's magic!
SG: at 28 you're still a kid!
EZ: I was 15 and I've been here other times dancing with the cast of Chiquititas..
SG:
Chiquititas !how old were you when you came here?
EC: 13-14
SG: I had to see those!
EC: you have to look for them!
SG: someone has to find those scenes, I'm dying to see them !
EC: and now I'm back..