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PABLO ANDRADE: The Tablecloth
Off to the Cannes Film Festival, Pablo will be in a short film screened there and the pearls of wisdom he offers is that if your passion and craft is acting, “Be obsessed and don’t have a Plan B for your career.”
Actor: Pablo Andrade (from Venezuela)
Director: Youssef Lahlou (Moroccan-born)
Synopsis: A group of friends and family who gather for a birthday meal seemingly engaged in cordial conversations while hiding imperfections and secrets under the tablecloth.
- How was the casting process for the project? It went fast. I read for two different characters. I felt connected to each one. However, I felt more energy and connection with the character I was cast, Tom, and his point of view. Tom was a perpetrator of domestic violence. I felt that my role was not to portray him solely as a bad guy, but to also look at the other side of this character. And since the director, Youssef, is also a foreigner, he had no problem with my Spanish accent in English.
- The film seemed rich in culture, religion, rituals and tradition, how was that for you? It was a very heterogeneous cast, as well as crew, which I enjoyed and it nurtured me as an actor greatly.
- Are you still taking classes at HB Studios? Yes, I am at the 4th level there. In spite of these three awards [he recently won two HOLA Awards and a Latin ACE Award], I firmly believe in the importance of taking acting classes. I’ve always sworn that if I were to ever win an Oscar I would still take classes. As of late, I am taking classes that range from stage combat to directing for theater.
- At this point in your acting career, tell me how it feels to be in a film project traveling to Cannes? I am totally surprised, not because I didn’t feel the film was worth it– don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a great short. I have just received three awards in the last six months. I have also gotten a new role in the last two months at Repertorio Español with Cronica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold) by Gabriel García Márquez. And here I am with a project going to Cannes– one of the best film festivals in the world. Plus more importantly, it’s a great film that I am proud to be aligned with because of the execution rendered due to its visual and emotional artistic investment.
Tablecloth trailer
HOLA Awards Acceptance Speech (in English and Spanish)
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