The life philosophy of Miguel Ángel Muñoz (Madrid, 1983) is inspiring: every year he sets himself the challenge of learning something new. Thanks to this, knowing enough about cooking to make an omelette or a summer salad, he decided to set his sights on the stove and won the first edition of MasterChef Celebrity. From that experience, the actor took a facet to add to his personal background and his close friendship with Jero Mateos: “From the time I started until I finished, the evolution was stratospheric. Jero was my coach, my friend and my teacher, we cooked five hours a day, six days a week”, explains Muñoz. This week he also accompanied him in the preparation of a Christmas menu with another winner of the talent, Marta Varona, winner of MasterChef 6: together they prepared an opíparous three-course menu (which included shrimp and fillet) and dessert for a cost that did not reach 12 euros. To achieve this, they used Spanish products from an assortment with more than 600 references that Lidl has selected for Christmas.
Miguel Ángel’s challenge for this year, which is already coming to an end, was motoring. He has been training with go-karts almost every day and has competed in the Mini Cooper Racer Cup: “This year, I became obsessed with becoming a racing driver and I took it very, very seriously. After the Jerez circuit, this weekend I have my last race in Estoril. This is exciting and since the adventure began we have been shooting a documentary with Paciencia Films. I was surprised by everything that happens on a plot scale, as much or more than the races themselves; in fact, the most interesting thing about the documentary is what happens around a team. I thought these things only happened in Formula 1″, he continues, avoiding the spoiler. Precisely, in the circuit of Jerez it was where the press identified his first girlfriend after the break with the singer Ana Guerra, already three years ago. It was very peaceful. No one has ever said a bad word about Miguel Angel. In any case, asking her what she likes most about Laura, that’s what she says, is as pointless as opening an umbrella under the sea, that’s how discreet MAM is.
Miguel Ángel is at an optimal moment: he repeated as presenter of the premiere at the Latin Grammy gala, last year in Las Vegas, and this year, in Seville. “It’s already very exceptional that they have an actor and despite the fact that I have a musical past, it’s been 15 years. That they have counted on me for two years and more in a row is an honor”, he points out. His most recent work has been playing Julio Iglesias in the series Bosé (Paramount): “Julio is one of the most iconic characters on the national scene, if not the most. I read and watched countless interviews and performances to be able to capture his energy, his charisma and gestures as representative as the hand on the chest, the way he holds the microphone… It’s been a lot of fun and going with that nuclear tan on set and with prosthetic teeth to imitate his smiles, he made jokes with his colleagues every day. I didn’t take off the character until the end of the recording.”
The worst of the year, something that was unexpectedly less painful: it was the death this summer of Luisa Cantero, the woman who took care of him all his life while his parents worked away and to whom he dedicated the best tribute of the world with the documentary 100 days with Tata. “I continue to live a very delicate moment. And the grief will last I think forever, although in different ways. Having been able to train in the therapeutic field for years, trying to prepare for this moment by doing training in end-of-life support, which has included internships and palliative care… something yes it has served me. But when it happens to you firsthand, when you lose someone very, very important, it’s not easy.”
