When, perhaps 30 years from now, Macarena Gómez (Córdoba, 1978) consults her old photos and calendars sitting by the fireplace, she will remember that 2023 was – possibly – the best autumn of her life. He has just released the comedy Desmadre Included, which he also produces, and in October Tabula Rasa, the international production Deep Fear and the second season of 30 Coins, directed by Álex de la Iglesia and the most watched series on HBO Max in 2021.
She is especially satisfied with Desmadre included: “A group of people is locked in a hotel and a series of entanglements occur between the characters, troubles and comic situations. It is a film that was really made with very little money and in three weeks, with a script finished two weeks before starting to shoot and it seems very worthy to me.” Her adventure as a producer – she has also contributed out of her own pocket for Tabula rasa – has made her feel new emotions, some not entirely comfortable. “Today I finish filming as an actress and the next hour I start organizing production things on another project. Do you know what it's like to coordinate the voice dubbing of actors? There is no way to get the actor, director and sound producer to meet on the same day!”
Why does an established actress decide to risk money and peace of mind by becoming a producer? “I have been in the profession for 24 years, I have worked with great directors and I have done practically everything with projects written, produced and directed by others. So one day I told myself 'well now I'm going to produce what I want, I'm going to give myself the roles that I want to play and make the stories that I want to tell'. In life you have to try things. If things go badly for you, you crash, but you learn from failures and recover: at least that's my theory of life, a little like my husband's."
Ten years ago he joined his life with that of the prolific artist Aldo Comas (painter, singer, businessman, occasional actor, risk-taking athlete and creator of looks previously unthinkable on the red carpet) arriving at the church over the guests. You read well: Macarena and Aldo fell from the sky by parachute to say yes: “When they ask me about these things, I already see them as normal… Together with Aldo I have normalized the extraordinary. “I have a lot of fun with him.” The couple, who live in a small town in L'Empordà (Girona), have an eight-year-old son who may not be fully aware of the uniqueness of his parents for the same reason. “In the town everyone knows us, they don't treat us like people who appear on TV but like a neighbor from the fifth floor. And my son has that very... well that's the word, normalized."
Macarena Gómez lives in triangulation: from her home in Girona to Madrid, where the vast majority of her work takes place, and from the town and court, to her childhood. “I go down to Córdoba very frequently: when I'm in Madrid, I immediately go down to eat lentils with mom. Or clams. And since my mother, whose name is Carmen Traseira, does aesthetic medicine, I take the opportunity to get my hyaluronic acid, my treatments... I say it openly. And if I didn't take advantage of it I would be stupid.”
