Fotogramas- Cinefilia June 28, 2016
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YON GONZÁLEZ
“When I got this job I had no idea the commitment it involved”
By Paula Ponga
Translated by: Gema Sola
June 28, 2016
He jumped from TV series to movies with that nonchalance of someone who doesn’t take his potential very seriously, and of which he has a lot. Owner of a brutal photogenic face and a seductive voice, he cherishes a tempting (and shielded) international project that will continue to allow him to grow. Meanwhile, Yon González tunes cars, travels on his motorbike and surfs.
The anecdotes he has from the filming of Mentiras Y Gordas (David Menkes and Alfonso Albacete, 2009), his successful debut film, are so succulent (from how they shaved his crotch by surprise, or how he was left alone naked in a hall, to some delusional masturbatory requests: yes, you read that right) and he speaks so clearly of "the nerd I was and some miseries of this profession in which some people take advantage of others’ dreams" that he deserves another interview. Although the best thing is how he relates all that, his imitations, his funny gestures.
Son of factory workers, with an older brother who always wanted to be an actor, (Aitor Luna, with whom he shared the screen only once in Matar El Tiempo, effective thriller by Antonio Hernandez that went unnoticed in theaters) and a mother (from whom they both inherited her gallantry: she is very beautiful) who pushed him to make a living in the world of fashion, Yon González Luna (Vergara, Guipúzcoa, 1986) goes through life with a nonchalance uncharacteristic of actors.
ADVENTURER.
He comes to the interview in his own car, an SUV with a bed and a fridge that he set up with a friend (“we worked between 12-18 hours a day to finish it on time”), in which he would travel to Morocco the following day in order to participate in a solidary rally in the south of the country, not without stopping by his personal paradise: Tarifa’s waves (I'm hooked on kitesurfing). If he hadn’t become an actor, “I would have been a mechanic or a P.E teacher. I’ve always loved sports (remember his karate performance in prison on Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis?) and the world of motorcycles. At 12 I was very annoying asking my father if I could get a driver’s license. And in order to go to lost places and become independent, you need to know how cars work on the inside. I even got to live in my car for two months all around the coast. And I now have a route to go around the world with it .
He landed, very lost, in a profession where his first project was a successful master: “luckily I started by playing main characters (SMS and El Internado). I was the weird one on my first TV show. I was very bad. However, by screwing up I started learning. At first I cried a lot and I kept wondering if I would be able to be an actor without going through these hard times. But on El Internado I felt much better.” He had a guardian angel (the casting director Luis San Narciso) and, he admits, good luck. “Friends of mine do not get the opportunity to show their talent, like I did.”
It’s almost a miracle that someone as mediatic as him has managed to preserve his love life away from prying eyes. He also knew how to avoid the dreaded typecasting and to take risks at the right moment: “I was offered a starring role on Tierra De Lobos, but I preferred a small part in Gran Reserva, which brought me Grand Hotel. And that’s also why I did Torrente 4, where, although I was terrified, I decided to do something radical”, he explains. “What is important is the day-to-day, work and the learning process.
And to have a good time, I enjoy nature and good food, I'm very basic.”
Below picture:
FROM SUCCESS TO SUCCESS
Let’s review some of the major steps in Yon González’s unstoppable ascent to the summit of the Star System Fatherland, in film and TV.
Mentiras Y Gordas (2009): his leap from TV to film, with Mario Casas.
Gran Hotel (2011-2013): his first period fiction.
Perdiendo El Norte (2015): his reunion with Blanca Suárez.
Bajo Sospecha: TV show that gave him the Fotogramas Award this past year.
“When I got this job I had no idea the commitment it involved”
By Paula Ponga
Translated by: Gema Sola
June 28, 2016
He jumped from TV series to movies with that nonchalance of someone who doesn’t take his potential very seriously, and of which he has a lot. Owner of a brutal photogenic face and a seductive voice, he cherishes a tempting (and shielded) international project that will continue to allow him to grow. Meanwhile, Yon González tunes cars, travels on his motorbike and surfs.
The anecdotes he has from the filming of Mentiras Y Gordas (David Menkes and Alfonso Albacete, 2009), his successful debut film, are so succulent (from how they shaved his crotch by surprise, or how he was left alone naked in a hall, to some delusional masturbatory requests: yes, you read that right) and he speaks so clearly of "the nerd I was and some miseries of this profession in which some people take advantage of others’ dreams" that he deserves another interview. Although the best thing is how he relates all that, his imitations, his funny gestures.
Son of factory workers, with an older brother who always wanted to be an actor, (Aitor Luna, with whom he shared the screen only once in Matar El Tiempo, effective thriller by Antonio Hernandez that went unnoticed in theaters) and a mother (from whom they both inherited her gallantry: she is very beautiful) who pushed him to make a living in the world of fashion, Yon González Luna (Vergara, Guipúzcoa, 1986) goes through life with a nonchalance uncharacteristic of actors.
ADVENTURER.
He comes to the interview in his own car, an SUV with a bed and a fridge that he set up with a friend (“we worked between 12-18 hours a day to finish it on time”), in which he would travel to Morocco the following day in order to participate in a solidary rally in the south of the country, not without stopping by his personal paradise: Tarifa’s waves (I'm hooked on kitesurfing). If he hadn’t become an actor, “I would have been a mechanic or a P.E teacher. I’ve always loved sports (remember his karate performance in prison on Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis?) and the world of motorcycles. At 12 I was very annoying asking my father if I could get a driver’s license. And in order to go to lost places and become independent, you need to know how cars work on the inside. I even got to live in my car for two months all around the coast. And I now have a route to go around the world with it .
He landed, very lost, in a profession where his first project was a successful master: “luckily I started by playing main characters (SMS and El Internado). I was the weird one on my first TV show. I was very bad. However, by screwing up I started learning. At first I cried a lot and I kept wondering if I would be able to be an actor without going through these hard times. But on El Internado I felt much better.” He had a guardian angel (the casting director Luis San Narciso) and, he admits, good luck. “Friends of mine do not get the opportunity to show their talent, like I did.”
It’s almost a miracle that someone as mediatic as him has managed to preserve his love life away from prying eyes. He also knew how to avoid the dreaded typecasting and to take risks at the right moment: “I was offered a starring role on Tierra De Lobos, but I preferred a small part in Gran Reserva, which brought me Grand Hotel. And that’s also why I did Torrente 4, where, although I was terrified, I decided to do something radical”, he explains. “What is important is the day-to-day, work and the learning process.
And to have a good time, I enjoy nature and good food, I'm very basic.”
Below picture:
FROM SUCCESS TO SUCCESS
Let’s review some of the major steps in Yon González’s unstoppable ascent to the summit of the Star System Fatherland, in film and TV.
Mentiras Y Gordas (2009): his leap from TV to film, with Mario Casas.
Gran Hotel (2011-2013): his first period fiction.
Perdiendo El Norte (2015): his reunion with Blanca Suárez.
Bajo Sospecha: TV show that gave him the Fotogramas Award this past year.
