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He started working by accident, and he loved the experience because he had grown up behind the scenes and on film sets. Since that first time he has not lacked opportunities, even with… His father is Dario Grandinettiin theater and cinema. Before the pandemic He went to try his luck in SpainIt is also because his mother is Catalan and he wanted to share his family on the other side of the Atlantic. He did well and stayed, doing series, films and theatre.
It’s been a year since then Juan Grandinetti He decided he wanted to live between Buenos Aires and Madrid, and that’s what he’s trying now. These days, he says goodbye to his apartment in Spain to spend four months in Buenos Aires with his family in Buenos Aires. Nation He talked to him about that dream he cherished, his relationship with his father, the fond memory of working with his “uncles” Jorge Maralli, Juan Lerado and Hugo Arana, and he also talked to him about the weight of his last name.
-You are one of the heroes Businessmenon Disney+, directed by Alex de la Iglesia. What was the experience like for that job?
-The series is written by Robert Bodegas and Alberto Casado, the Pantomima Vol duo very famous in Spain. When I cast, my friends were amazed because they are so special here. They wrote a few things, and one of them was what they ended up doing Businessmena comedy set in Joint work Where characters developed over time and in different videos coexist. Alex de la Iglesia contacted them because he wanted to work with them. It was a very good and enjoyable experience. And now I’m going to Buenos Aires these days.
-Are you coming to work?
-Not exactly, but I hope something happens because I’ll be there for four months. About a year ago, I started to go back and forth a bit. I came to live in Madrid in February 2020, a month before the pandemic, and have been settled here ever since. My initial idea was to come and go, working here and there. I came to shoot a movie and started working. I have family in Barcelona, so it’s easier. My mother (Eulalia Lomparte Lorca) is Catalan and half of my sisters are as well, so the idea of coming wasn’t crazy because I have family support. And my old man comes and goes too; He’s now in Madrid, so we see each other a lot, fortunately.
-Did you live in Spain at other times in your life?
– No, but he came often. For example, I spent the summer here. Until I was seventeen, my mother lived in Buenos Aires, so once a year we traveled with my sisters to visit my grandmother and family. Later, when my mother came to live here, I more or less maintained the habit of traveling once a year, and took advantage of this opportunity and traveled all over Europe. When I came to work here in Madrid, I really wanted to stay and try my luck. I also wanted to be close to my nieces and see them grow up.
It’s hard to have a divided family.
-Yes, it is difficult to have a broken family. But I also feel proud that I can travel and see the world.
– What was the first job you did in Spain that made you think about changing your life?
-In 2016, I made a movie called appropriate chapterwith Imanol Arias, also acted by my father, Luis Luque, Valeria Alonso. At that time I came and stayed for a month and a half, but I was not bitten by bugs to stay. And then, in 2019, I came to film Damn handsome Which was directed by Beda Docampo Viejo, and I benefited from it and stayed for four months. I had such a good time that I decided to come and stay. I chose Madrid rather than Barcelona, where my family is, because it is more suitable for my work. Last year I went to Argentina to film Summer terpenesMorena Fernandez’s first feature film in which Lali Esposito acts, among others. This was my first time back to work in Argentina, since coming to Spain, and I realized that I really missed working there. Although it is similar because there are many bridges with Argentina, joint production and mutual admiration, there is a difference. At least I recorded it and didn’t realize how much I missed it until I went back to work in Buenos Aires, five years later.
-What difference did you notice?
-It’s a cultural thing that’s hard to explain. I grew up in Argentina, in Buenos Aires, and I work this way, communicating and communicating the way people there communicate. Although it is similar here, there are differences. I see this a lot at the family level as well, because I have two halves of the family in different places. I have high expectations for this trip. I hope there will be some work or maybe self-management because I have a friend with whom we did a beautiful theater series in Madrid and now we want to do it in Buenos Aires.
– When you decided to become an actor, how influential was the fact that your father was an actor?
-I say 100 percent (laughs). As far back as I can remember, I’ve been in theaters, on movie sets. My sister Laia, for example, was born in the middle of a tour in Santa Fe, when my father was doing it Knights. My father always jokes that I am an actor’s son because I was born on Monday, which is the day of rest. I’m also drawn to directing and writing, but the anchor is acting. In addition, I study distance sociology at the University of Tres de Febrero. But just curious, I don’t have any expectations about that.
– You worked with your father several times. How can you share this passion with him?
– We do not strive for this to happen, but it has happened to us on several occasions in theater and cinema. In the theater I did a play with Hugo Arana, Jorge Maralli, Juan Lerado and my father. It was called Minersdirected by Javier Dault, and the experience was really very beautiful. Not only to work with my father, but for the joy of sharing with Jorge, Juan and Hugo, who are my uncles. They have seen me grow. When I think about it, I realize again what it was like… At that time I was younger and probably did not have the ability to understand what I was feeling. Instead, now I remember it and smile, because it moves me. It was very nice and a very great privilege. I’ve learned a lot. Also, Javier (Dolti) was the person who opened the doors for me to start acting. My first job was Men’s wardrobeUnder his supervision. And at the movies with my old father we did that I will wait for youWritten by Alberto Lecce, hunterwritten by Toti Guzman, and appropriate chapter. We shot all three of them in the same year. I hope we can work together again now that we’re at different ages. It’s been a privilege.
– You said that your first appearance in theater was with Javier Daulat. How did that happen?
-It was a coincidence. I was studying at Julio Chavez’s school and Javier was mentoring my father pondSo I saw him when I went to the theater. Sometimes I would go to eat with them and chat. Javier knew me because I was Dario’s son. One Sunday in 2010, he called me and said that the next day they were rehearsing a play in El Callejo, and he asked me if I wanted to join because the actor who played that character had pulled out at the last minute. He said to me: “I know you as a person, I know your old man, I have seen you, and I have a little sense of where you are going, and if you like it, I will wait for you tomorrow at the first rehearsal.” And obviously I went (laughs). It was a very wonderful experience, very nice, I met people, including the sisters Maria and Paula Marol, with whom I worked for a long time later. It was a very good first opportunity to start working, and a warm place where I met many friends. It was like working as a family. Since then I haven’t stopped… I can’t complain.
-Did your last name weigh on you?
-Never, at least consciously. Maybe you have a fork and are thinking “they call me because I am a son of…”. But I was able to disable it quickly.
-Do you look like your father?
– Physically, I look a lot like my mother. But as time goes by, I recognize myself through my father’s gestures and postures.
-Are you in a relationship?
-no. I broke up five months ago. We came to live in Spain together and recently separated.
-How is single life for you?
– It’s a very strong title (laughs). I’m returning to my single life after a long period of thinking of myself as two people. Now, think of yourself as strong. You have to reconnect with some things that may have been a little dormant. We have lived together for five years and living alone again is a big process. It was a very beautiful stage in my life, I love her and we get along great.
-How do you see Argentina from Spain?
-It’s very strange to be honest. I can’t help but watch the news from Argentina. I was there until a few months ago, and it’s crazy how much things have changed there in a short time. It’s a sad moment. In the field of culture, a somewhat unfair magnifying glass is put on, but in fact in all sectors such as science, education, pensions and health, things are called into question and it is not good to devalue them. It does not always refer to others. There is a difficult climate that separates and functional issues are very ignored. It seems to me that more serious things are happening. I love my country, and I always want to go back. But it’s painful.
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