Romina Gaetani: “It is in moments of crisis that I become more active”

Romina Gaetani He’s going through a great time, both professionally and personally. After his role in Well done guyswhich earned him a Martín Fierro, with which he returned to the stage the work Mother.

“Mom came to me very recently. Carlos Olivieri, the director, with whom I had already worked, brought it to me. He’s one of those old sea dogs that have the timing by a great director. And above all he likes making comedies. And even more so is this comedy that debuted in the 80s with Carlín Calvo and Luisina Brando, and which was enormously successful”, says Romina in conversation with Clarionon the theatrical show which is presented from Wednesday to Sunday at the Multiteatro Comafi.

“Today we have to successfully premiere it again with the help of Tomás Rottemberg. It’s a comedy that really caught my attention because it deals with a topic that challenges us all, that is “love in all generations”describes Romina, who shares the cast with Betiana Blum, Magela Zanotta, Nacho Toselli, Marcelo De Bellis and Alberto Fernández de Rosa.

“This play is written by Andrew Bergman, who is an American television director. And I underline it because it has a format as if it were a sitcom, it has a dynamism… Almost all six characters are always on stage. “Conflicts move continuously and don’t stop,” he observes.

Before this present, the actress and singer he had been out of work for nine monthssomething she was not used to and which is linked to the lack of fiction productions on television, where she achieved popularity.

“Television today is going through a huge cultural crisis, as well as an economic one for years.”and I believe that in moments like this, of crisis, artists from different disciplines come together more, and the more creative we become, the more new plans, new forms are set in motion,” he says.

And he continues: “I believe those good times will return.”. I believe in it, I also believe in cycles.”

“What happens to me Personally, in times of crisis, that’s where I become most active. I start composing as a songwriter or making a song with zero money. At one point I had the money to pay the best producer, the one who mixed the album in Los Angeles, but today I can’t afford it, so I say ‘well, I’ll do it on my cell phone,'” he says.

Personally, Romina has a relationship with Luis Cavanagh, a traumatologist with whom she appeared publicly for the first time in April, when she was accompanied by him to a theater premiere.

However, before meeting her current boyfriend, The actress went through a “chosen single” phase where she worked a lot on herself.

Romina acknowledges that she likes to fight “long duels” and that she always has “a person who hangs out.”

And he develops a kind of conclusion that he reached in “some therapy”.

“How will the other person face me if I don’t even come out to the corner?”, he says with humor. And remember that he was always in a recording studio or studying at home. “I’m not much of an event and bowler,” he says.

“I’m not one of those who pay attention to physical appearance, if they clearly had chemistry, it seemed interesting to me, I was left there, well, happy”explains his long-term relationships.

And he clarifies: “I also understand that I am a woman who has placed a lot of priority on my personal and professional development. So, the first thing I saw in a relationship that wasn’t working… I also had spaces, long distances between partners. “I am one who suffers, I choose to cry.”

-And what were those stages of grief like?

-Divine. Cry enough and start getting cute again. Generally I always cut when I started working. It is no coincidence that you find couples who understand that your profession is not easy. And I haven’t had couples who understand what our cane is, who understand what a kiss is, who understand what it means to be late or who understand that you are talked about publicly.

-Have you had jealous couples out there or who have made advances on you?

-Yes, many times. I am a jealous person, I consider myself a normal jealous person. Jealousy seems embarrassing to me, but when I have had jealous partners I understand them and it is explained by love. I understand it and the few times I have felt jealousy, like that fire inside, it is a very, very ugly pain that the other feels and it seems to me that with love we have to explain it because it is a very difficult job for us, to see a sex scene, or seeing your wife kiss someone every night at the theater.

In this context Gaetani refers to “limits” and recognizes that this is a difficult issue for her, especially in life in general and with herself.

“It’s difficult for me to set limits because I go from 0 to 100 in everything, because I have a character that goes from 0 to 100 emotionally, as a friend, as a daughter, as a couple, like everything,” she claims.

“Now, older and more mature, I have more greys, more in-betweens. Or maybe it’s that one is even more tired, you expect it… But there is something, there is a natural impulse to say ‘Well yes, I know that working 18 hours isn’t good for me, why do I work 18 and a half hours?’”be honest.

-Do you give much?

-I have a personality that gives me… I’m very open, I’m very naive. With people who have no idea whether they deserve it or not. But yes, maybe later you say no, it’s not worth it. But there is one thing that I also underline and that is that for me being naive is a gift. This is lost when he becomes an adult. I lost it a little, but I still have it. I always choose to believe it. Then if the other person lies, he’s a salami. How tiring it is to have to lie, roll or do calculations. Or those people who don’t embroider without thread, strategically.

-And are you going to dive into the pool?

-Yes, I usually dive into the pool. As soon as I jump into the pool I also understand that not everyone likes me because I have a very direct character and those who don’t know me say he comes from there, he’s stupid, he’s high, he’s just so confident or he’s a salami. I think they must see all this, I have no idea, but I choose to dive into the pool.

-You seem like a very confident woman…

– No, I don’t know if I’m safe… I have the strength. I’m also very weak. I don’t want to confuse weakness with sensitivity. I’m very sensitive. This makes me strong, it doesn’t make me weak. But sometimes that sensitivity weakens me, which is different.

-How are you coping with the passage of time?

– I learn a lot from the new generations. That it sucks much more to have to satisfy the gaze of others. Call it surgery, botox, dye… I’ve learned not to be afraid of showing cellulite, of having extra pounds and not having to be liked. I learn a lot from the new generations. I learned this a lot in militancy and I continue to learn it too. Even though I won’t admit it’s hard for me and I still wear makeup, I still dye my hair, do my hands, all that stuff.

-How do you see yourself in the future in this sense?

-Sometimes I think maybe when I’m 50 I’ll touch my neck a little. Not the face, because I’m an actress. I wouldn’t like to look like some great actresses when you look at them and say: what happened to that face? What a recession! Regardless of whether it’s a bust, it doesn’t matter, I still focus on how good an actress she is or how great an actor she is, I still go for talent. But I always try to focus on that artist or that woman, not just one artist, who says what a beautiful woman, how whole, and how beautiful it is to grow old with dignity. And this is always linked to emotional, mental and physical health. There is no return.

-What do you mean by this?

-By emotional fulfillment I mean the realization that you have done things in your life that have been good for you. You’ve dedicated yourself to whatever you’ve dedicated yourself to. It does not matter. S the thermometer of your life is increasingly aimed at a state of balance and happiness and having sent your shit. We all have our wounds and these too are part of the signs of the body, of the soul. But if one comes from that place worthy, intact, welcome. That’s how I want to get there.