success “Anatomy of the Moment”written by Alberto Rodriguez (“The Lower Island”), has a lot to do with the good moment you’re having Edward Fernandezone of the modern Spanish actors in our country. Catalan translator is not only … He dazzled the fantasy world with his role as Santiago Carrillo in the series that rebuilds 23-F, but he also managed to win an award Goya Award for Best Actor for “Marco” At the last edition of the prestigious Spanish Film Awards. A new cup adds to his extensive display of motifs to his interpretive work.
We have seen him from Barcelona in recent years taking charge of successful projects such as “El 47”, “Los reglones torcidos de Dios”, “While the War Goes On”, “30 Coins” and, most recently, the Movistar+ production, based on Javier Cercas’s novel about this historic moment of democracy in Spain. However, not everything was easy during the prolific career that he managed to guide during the last years of his career: Fernandes also had to fight against a complex problem. Alcohol and drug addiction.
To overcome this harsh blow, Edward Fernandez had to rely on health professionals and I started going to therapyThis became a habit that he continues to maintain until today, and has now been cured. About what this meant to him and how he continues to cope with it today. This reliance on materials remained He spoke on the podcast “Whatever you say”submitted by Alex Fidalgo.
Edward Fernandez speaks frankly about the important role therapy has played in his life
During this interview winner B Four Goya Awards He explained that what ultimately led him to pass through the hands of a professional had nothing to do only with what he experienced for fame, but also… Also with his childhood. “It all comes from there because you form and create defenses to defend yourself, however You grow and maintain this way of behaving. Circumstances have changed and you are different, however It’s hard to take off that armor. Or those masks we all wear. This is the purpose of treatments, To say that the danger is no longer“Nothing happened,” the Catalan confirmed in his speech.
For him, the success or otherwise of this psychological support also depends on the therapist chosen and the moment in which: «Bad wizard with a lost person…be careful. It may be dangerousIt can hurt you more than anything else. It’s hard because you don’t know what test you should have for the therapist as well.” Listening to yourself is one of the keys the actor points out when it comes to finding a professional who can really help you.
Edward Fernandez was also against those who try to provide a scientific explanation as to why this is “Why is an addict addicted?”. “This thing about explanations and theories of things is very good. There are people who are very good theorists and you have to give them the card of being a good theorist, but whether that has anything to do with reality is another thing.”
His experience as a drug and alcohol addict and how he was able to overcome them
He knows the process well because He did “a lot of addiction treatment.” He learned a lot from what his handler, Luis Carrascal, passed on to him: “He said that when you put a cucumber in vinegar, a lot of times it ends up becoming a pickle and the pickle never becomes a cucumber again.” When you turn to drugs and alcohol a lot, your brain suddenly changes And you will always have to take care of it.
“You can’t say ‘Now I’ve been fine for a year or two, and I know how to deal with it.’ That’s exactly the definition of an addict,” recalls the hero of the novel “Anatomy of a Moment.” During these years, he realized that although “Every addict wants to drink under control or use under control», They cannot do that: «It is only what defines the addict, who It cannot be consumed in a controlled mannerBecause there are people who consume and nothing happens.
Edward also realized that, like other people in his situation, he was also trying to escape something through this excessive drug use. «It is a way not to live, to escape, not to feel, to be another… There are those who are used to having a good time and you are having a good time and that’s all, but the problem is when that settles in you and You enter a wheel that you cannot get out of and it only hurts you and you suffer», admitted the translator.
One of the worst situations he went through during these years was being taken away In silence and isolation because of “shame” Which many addicts suffer from. “Difficult moments, when you are alone at home, crying or having a bad time, are rarely shared. That’s why The first step in treatment is to participate in it“You have to dare to share it and get in there,” he said.