Like every year, millions of people in our country were looking forward to the announcement launched by Loterías y Apuestas del Estado when Christmas approaches. On this occasion, the spot has not disappointed and has turned out to be very special.
The piece stars actors Carlos Olalla and Andrea Thurman, who represent a father and daughter. The girl plays a young woman overwhelmed and saturated by having to carry out endless daily obligations to which she has to add buying the lottery ticket.
Although this may seem like a nuisance for the young woman, it will end up being an important link with her father, which helps us understand that small things like the Christmas Lottery draw are what make family members come together and share. time together.
Although the meaning of the campaign has resonated with viewers, there is another element that has caught the attention of viewers: the story of improvement that is hidden behind the actor Carlos Olalla.
The performer, born in Barcelona in 1959, is a well-known face on the small and big screen of our country for having participated in audiovisual projects such as Dangerous Friendships, Acacias 38, El Faro, The World is Yours, Sin I can’t or Dust.
However, things were not always easy for him. As revealed in an interview he gave to Pronto magazine, Olalla entered the world of acting after becoming unemployed at the age of 45 due to a staff restructuring in the company where he worked. At that time, the Catalan began to perform different extra roles until he decided and studied acting.
Although he has appeared in many films, series and short films, he admitted in the interview with the aforementioned medium that there have been very hard moments and that acting is a very intermittent profession. A few years ago, the situation reached such a point that she had to beg and read poems on the Madrid metro. ”We didn’t lose our rings because we had to ask,” said the actor.
Once he had been selected to participate in one of the most famous advertisements on Spanish television, Olalla had to have hip surgery, something that jeopardized the job that he was so excited about.
”I told my wife that it was a shame to have been so close and not to have been able to make the announcement. Five minutes later, they call me and tell me: ‘If you feel up to it, go ahead,'” the actor explained in the magazine. For him, being in the spot is “a miracle.”
