Tonight Luis Zahera, the winner of two Goya awards for best supporting actor in ‘El Reino’ and ‘As bestas’, will go to have fun at ‘El Hormiguero’. The actor will present his new film: ‘Lions in Winter’. Although, as he makes clear in most of his interviews, His busy artistic career has not made him forget his place of originas happened to the previous guest, Hovik Keuchkerian.
The actor, who rose to fame with his role in the series ‘Mareas vivas’, will visit Pablo Motos’ program to present his new film project: ‘Winter Lions’. A film directed by Albert Pintó and in which he plays a father, former ultrasur, who decides to investigate on his own the accident that caused the death of his daughter. And It will be released in theaters on October 23.
Luis Zahera has been characterized by having an intense artistic career since rose to fame in the late 90s. Since then, he has participated in different successful series such as ‘Living without permission’ or ‘Entrevías’, as well as nationally recognized films such as ‘While the war lasts’, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, who also visited Pablo Motos’ program last week.
His love for Galicia accompanies him in all his recordings
This has led him to be one of the most recognizable actors nationwide, having to travel to big cities like Madrid or Barcelona to be able to carry out recordings. A situation that, although he admits feeling lucky, also causes him a certain nostalgia for his homeland: Galicia. Community to which he decides to return whenever he has the opportunity.
Born on May 23, 1966 in Santiago de Compostela, his childhood was marked by the summers in which he and his family rented a house in the small village of A Peruca. As he told in ‘La Script’, this fact made him appreciate rural life and the company of animals. “I was fortunate to get to know the world of the village. I had a childhood of seeing a lot of bugs; there you lived with animals.”
However, as he confessed to “La Voz de Galicia”, in the last 50 years he decided to change his summer place to the Island of Arosa, which he defined as “a paradisiacal place, connection with nature“. This Galician municipality, located in the west of the province of Pontevedra, is characterized by being made up of different islands and islets located in the Arosa estuary, which makes it the only island municipality in the community.
The actor has decided to retire on Isla de Arosa
Precisely because of his love for this place, the actor decided to buy a property with a small house inside. The goal is to turn it into his refuge for when he decides to finish his artistic career. “My work is very urban, but what I am clear about is that the place where I want to live in a few years is not there; I want to be on the Island of Arosa“, he assured the Galician media.
There, the 58-year-old actor has found his place of retirement between recordings, as can be seen in the photographs he has been uploading on social networks. Specifically, it is a piece of land with a small house and red facade. Around him, the nature that he fell in love with as a child and that brings him so much peace. Being able to observe it from the small porch of your home.
His different awards decorate the dining room of his home
However, the winner of two Goya awards not only enjoys the exterior of his home, but has also decided to create a cozy environment inside. This can be seen in its dining room, where there are the different awards he has received during his artistic careeras well as different books and photographs that give that familiar and homely touch.
Although he had to travel to Madrid and Gran Canaria, where the recordings of his new film ‘Lions in winter’ were made and tonight’s interview in ‘El Hormiguero’the actor is clear that, whenever he can, he will return to that small corner where he can relax and be happy in the middle of nature.