Most people remember at least one crush they kept secret out of shame. These feelings, although never verbalized, are part of emotional maturity. Even if they are hidden, these platonic loves penetrate people.
The actor Álvaro Morte, known for playing The Professor in La Casa de Papel, has confessed his in Martínez y Hermanos after many years of keeping the secret. “He is unspeakable because he is nerdy,” he warned before revealing that he is not a flesh and blood person.
Morte has said that this crush occurred in Italy and in a totally unexpected way: “When we were recording La Casa de Papel in Florence we were lucky enough to be given a semi-private tour of the Uffici Gallery.” There, among so many works of art, he fell in love with one of them: “Suddenly we entered a room where Botticelli’s Venus is.”
In this way, as the Cádiz actor has related, he began to feel things as soon as he saw The Birth of Venus, one of the most emblematic works by the Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. “I promise you that I had a real crush, an infatuation, an incredible thing,” he guaranteed to the astonishment of others.
Faced with this kind of spell, Morte has only been able to congratulate the Italian painter for the great quality of his work: “This thing about art that has to reach you, because the ability that Botticelli had managed to make me feel in love.” Furthermore, he has pointed out that, when his wife found out about her, she did not feel bad: “It’s just that seeing her in nature…”.
Dani Martínez, upon hearing this anecdote, was intrigued as to whether something had happened between Morte and Venus. Laughing, the man from Algeciras assured that they have never seen each other again, although he continues to “maintain hope” that they will eventually meet. “Do you want me to move you on a First Dates? Maybe she felt the same and things have stopped,” the presenter asked to close this curious story of unrequited love.
