Candela Peña has become one of the undisputed protagonists of the social panorama of recent days. The actress, known for series and films such as Rosa’s Wedding, I Give You My Eyes, A Gun in Each Hand or Hierro, has received countless positive reviews for her latest work: The Asunta Case.
Last Friday, April 26, Netflix premiered a series based on the terrible murder of Asunta Basterra Porto at the hands of her parents, Alfonso Basterra and Rosario Porto. In this project, Peña has played the Galician lawyer convicted of killing her daughter.
In the different interviews she has conducted, the Catalan artist has acknowledged that getting into the shoes of Porto has been one of the most difficult challenges of her professional career, but she has admitted that she is very proud of her interpretation and that she has really enjoyed the process. .
Since the series based on real events was launched on the streaming platform, social networks became a hive of opinions and comments about the artists’ work. Although we are facing an exceptional cast (Tristán Ulloa, Javier Gutiérrez, Alicia Borrachero, Carlos Blanco, María León, Francesc Orella, Raúl Arévalo, etc.), viewers have highlighted Peña’s impeccable work, since it has been difficult for them to distinguish her of the original Rosary.
In addition to countless messages from anonymous people, fans and followers, Peña has also received a lot of support from public figures in our country, as well as from professional colleagues. Juan Sanguino, Alexsinos, María Valero, Dulceida… have uploaded publications to their networks praising the actress’s work.
”Wonderful, brilliant. Wild interpretation Candela Peña,” Sara Carbonero published in an Instagram story. ”Cande, Tris, how difficult the challenge was and what a wonderful thing you have done with these characters,” Paula Echevarría wrote on her profile on the same social network.
During the promotion of the series, Peña has acknowledged that interpreting Rosario Porto has not been an easy task, since she was a woman full of contradictions and nuances. In addition, she had an illness and different mental health problems, which is why she took daily medication.
In some conversations with the media, the actress revealed that the first time she tried on the wig she couldn’t stop vomiting and that, in order to put herself in the woman’s skin, she had to have absolute concentration.
