Tonight Andrea Ros and Patrick Criado, the actors who star in the biography of the best Spanish karateka in the world, Sandra Sánchez. A project that allowed the actress to put herself in the shoes of an Olympic winner and begin intense training, just after one of the biggest challenges of her life: motherhood.
The Catalan artist who rose to fame after participating in the series ‘El Internado’ will attend Pablo Motos’ program to talk about the intense preparation he had to undergo to play Sandra Sánchez, who won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s karate category. A process that was directed first-hand by the athlete.
The biopic follows the history of the karateka, showing how she managed to go from being discarded by the system to becoming one of the most relevant athletes in her discipline. An achievement for which the figure of Jesús del Moral, her coach and her husband, played by Patrick Criado, was fundamental. With your support and thanks to your dedication, the athlete He managed to achieve Olympic gold at the age of 39 in a sport dominated by the Japanese.
Andrea Ros has undergone intense training
As the karateka explained to “As”, Andrea Ros suffered a lot during the first days of training to prepare for the role. A challenge she faced after beginning one of the most complex and satisfying adventures of her life: motherhood. “Andrea came from being a mother, from never doing sports regularlyand she had to become a super karateka.” Despite this, the actress decided to accept the challenge.
Training began in December 2023, although the filming of the film did not end until May 2025. More than two intense years whose results can be seen in theaters starting October 30. All of this coincided with the publication of her first novel, “Comadres. The secret was being together”, with Ediciones Destino, in which she decided to explain so much her experiences during motherhood like the knowledge he had acquired thanks to El Refugi de les Mares.
The actress decided to found and direct this support center for women during pregnancy, postpartum and the first years of parenting in 2020. After 15 years of experience, she identified that “It is still very difficult for women to understand that we have to take care of ourselves during motherhood and there is usually resistance to putting our care at the center,” he said in an interview for the European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health.
The actress claimed the need to focus on mothers, in addition to babies
An issue that, as she explains, is also due to the constant judgment and evaluation to which mothers are subjected. That is why he claimed the need to expand “permissions to guarantee basic care, not only for the baby, but also of puerparous women“. As well as a change in professionals in the health sector, where an increase in the number of midwives is needed “and a lot of self-criticism”, as he stated.
“I dare say that the majority of health professionals who care for recently delivered women They have no idea the impact of the things they are told. or the interventions they do,” she told the IESMP. A problem that, as she assures, has serious consequences on the mental health of mothers. That is why she requests a greater presence of midwives and greater support both during childbirth and afterward.
Despite the time she dedicates to her project, the actress accepted one of the most complex roles of her professional career. As he explained, “the process was very hard, very painful. I cried a lot because there was physical pain. Living with shoelaces is not pleasant, he assured “As.” All this to tell the story of Sandra Sánchez, a woman whose strength has served as inspiration, as she will comment tonight on ‘El Hormiguero’.