A new controversy hits the world of cinema in Spain. Last Friday, the complaint that three women made in El País came to light, accusing film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence. The three testimonies reveal that the women were forced by the filmmaker, and the actor José Coronado spoke about this at the Feroz Awards. However, his words generated a significant stir on social networks, since the Entrevías actor questioned why women took so long to denounce the director, something that cost him a lot of criticism. The last one, by actress Sara Sálamo.
Coronado’s controversial statements occurred during the red carpet of the Feroz Awards, held this Friday at the Vistalegre Palace in Madrid last Friday. “In any case, what I think is that you have to report. What is not worth it is to report after a year after two years… And today there are already mechanisms, thank God, to defend women who did not exist before. There were. Therefore, we must denounce the second one,” the actor expressed before the Europa Press microphones.
After being asked if what happened tarnished the gala, José Coronado acknowledged that “it would be better if this news did not appear.” “But hey, you also learn from them and, of course, supporting everyone who feels attacked, of course,” he expressed. Regarding whether his female colleagues have experienced a lot of inequality, Coronado said that “it is clear that they have had it more difficult,” but he believed that “in these years giant steps have been taken.”
The words of the interpreter of series such as Live without permission and The Prince have provoked numerous reactions, most of them in the form of criticism through social networks. “Thank you Coronado for telling us when we can report an attack or not,” can be read in the comment of a tweeter, who is totally disappointed with the actor’s words. “José Coronado says that today there are effective mechanisms for women to report, and it is totally false. Many victims return home after more than four hours in a waiting room,” said another Internet user.
The last one to come forward was a colleague of Coronado’s, none other than Sara Sálamo. The actress has taken advantage of the opinion article by Cristina Fallarás en Público about the complaints against Carlos Vermut to throw a very direct hint at the actor. “That there are gentlemen asking that it be reported at minute one or if it does not prescribe, because they know that the long list is about to come to light…”, Sálamo begins by saying, referring to the actor’s words.
“I hope we have an industry where we can work in peace. I hope we have a world without systematic violence towards us,” Sara Sálamo ends by saying in the message shared on her official X account, formerly Twitter. With this, the actress lets it slip that a list of colleagues who could have experienced some type of abuse by the actor could come to light. We will have to wait to know more details.
