Coincidences of life, Víctor Clavijo (Algeciras, 1973) has filmed two fictions set in Andalusia in the seventies practically in succession. In The Waiting, a thriller released in December, he played the caretaker of a farm. And in El Marqués, the series inspired by the Los Galindos crime that comes to Telecinco this Wednesday, he plays the husband of the owner of that farmhouse where on July 22, 1975, three men and two women were murdered.
Emerging from the youth series quarry After leaving class, Víctor Clavijo returns through the front door to the network with El marqués. There he plays the protagonist, who in the series is named Rafael Pertierra y Medina and not Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Topete (that of the royal marquis). This is because, the actor emphasizes, the series “is inspired but not based” on that multiple crime that he has already prescribed but that, almost half a century later, remains unsolved. The series, however, does end up betting on one of the numerous theories that circulated.
The Los Galindos tragedy has marked the actor’s last months twice. “Another complete coincidence,” he notes. Because in addition to starring in the series, he has provided voice for the Prime Video docuseries, Los Galindos. All the truth . In May 2023 he met the producer and director Pepa Sanchez-Biezma, who told him that she was working on a project about Los Galindos. “A month later they called me for a casting about this crime and I thought it was related to that encounter. They hired me for The Marquis and shortly after Pepa suggested that I provide the voice-over for the docuseries. I told him: ‘You won’t believe it, I’m going to do the series.’ “Neither one nor the other knew it.” Participating in the docuseries helped him prepare for his role in fiction thanks to access to graphic material and interviews that inspired him to create the character.
The actor highlights that The Marquis reflects the tense historical context in which the crime occurred, a few months after Franco’s death, “between those two Spains, that of the privileged of the national side that is about to disappear, if not disappear from undergo a change, and the one that begins to demand a democratic change.”
Also set in Andalusia in the seventies is his latest film work, The Wait, by F. Javier Gutiérrez. “In this case my role is that of the farmhouse guard,” explains Clavijo, who explains that the film has received more than 30 awards, some of them for his performance. “This film has given us a lot of joy, although little has been seen in Spain due to distribution and promotion problems,” he laments.
The actor also continues to tour with the play Lorca sonoro. “We’ve been there for a year and a half and we still have at least half more left,” says Clavijo, who highlights “the fantastic reviews the play receives and the luxury of sharing the stage with Pasión Vega.” The film La infiltrada by Arantxa Echevarría is also pending release. And on the table, several film, theater and television projects.
Clavijo acknowledges that he is experiencing a busy professional stage in which it is difficult for him to find time to savor the moment. “I am aware that in this profession you suddenly have a time of many offers that leads you to feel that you lack hours to do everything you like, but you have to take advantage of the moment because today you are up and tomorrow they stop calling you” .
And this is said by someone who has been in the profession for more than three decades. He remembers that at the age of 15 he already had a clear idea of ??dedicating himself to acting. He started in a theater company in Campo de Gibraltar with which he even went on some tours that combined with the institute’s theater classroom. Having obtained “a very good grade in the selectivity test” delayed his decision because “my parents invited me to study a career, in quotes, that was serious and that would guarantee me a more profitable future.”
Another turning point in his life was Leaving Class. “He gave a lot to all of us who passed through there, not only for having the ability to save and living off our job but also for making us known to the public and the profession.” And above all it was a place of learning. “I took it as a gym, where every day I went to test myself and expand my acting limits.”
The actor, jealous of his private life, broke up with his partner, actress Montse Pla, daughter of Beatriz Carvajal, a year ago. He defines himself as “a person who likes to lead a quiet life but at the same time considers himself “restless and hyperactive.” His great passion is photography “and specifically analogue, because in addition to shooting, I like to go to the laboratory to develop and print.” He has even held amateur exhibitions, the last of them at the Revela’t Festival in Barcelona, ??where he shared his images of the world of actors, filming and dressing rooms.
