“I don't know what happened to you during your childhood, but I recommend that you do therapy.”

As soon as December bends the Purísima curve on the calendar, Christmas movies begin to crave. And even more so if it is a comedy: A billion dollar mess (by Susan Béjar), with Clara Lago, Antonio Resines, Gracia Olayo and Alberto Olmo in the cast, is a great plan. Summary without spoilers: the most dedicated marriage to already independent children that the reader can imagine, devises a plan to try to regain their attention and affection. They invent that the Fat Man has made them millionaires. What can go wrong? Almost everything.

Christmas Comedy

In 'Un lío de millions' he shares the bill with Antonio Resines, Gracia Olayo and Alberto Olmo

Fortunately, Clara Lago (Madrid, 1990) is not like her character: “I think I am a good daughter and also that they are very good parents. I like my parents very much. And I to them. I think (laughs). In addition to the love and bond that is generated between parents and children, we look for each other because we like each other. So, when they come to Madrid, it's 'hey, come on, let's have something' and we'll meet up to talk about life.” Clara's parents decided to settle about 15 years ago in a village near Monforte (Lugo). Understandable, once you know the magic of the Ribeira Sacra. She goes to see them – not so long ago she traveled with her boyfriend, the musician and businessman José Lucena – or they come, as will happen this Christmas. They will meet with the actress's grandmother, 102 years old, in her apartment in Madrid.

I believe that I am a good daughter and also that they are very good parents. I like my parents very much. and I to them

Clara LagoActress

Clara has nothing to do with the ambitious architect whom she plays, the sister of a young chef with pretensions who also places her profession above everything, even the attention that her parents demand: “During half the movie you empathize more with the parents but it comes a moment that softens the children a little. And I think it was necessary because if not, they could have thrown stones at us in the street (laughs). I told Alberto: be careful, brother, it's not going to happen to us like Glenn Close in fatal attraction”. A Raúl Cimas in a state of grace – he plays the founder of the architectural firm where she works – causes one of the most hilarious moments in the film. For Clara, the most difficult thing was filming without bursting out laughing.

I was a little embarrassed to do the podcast because of something I heard Kate Winslet say.

We took advantage of the circumstance to ask him about hateful bosses he has encountered in his career. “I don't remember any directors who were clearly tyrants. You can understand yourself better or worse but only that. I do remember an assistant director who was clearly tyrannical, but very much so. I think he was self-conscious about having been put there by hitchhiking and perhaps he didn't have the studies, experience or talent for the position either. And I think his way of combating that insecurity was by abusing power. made him bullying to a makeup artist friend of mine and one day I decided to go up and talk to him. I told him: 'Look, I don't know what happened to you in your childhood to make you like this, but I recommend that you do therapy.' And I finished by saying 'You don't mess with my friend.' I came out with my legs shaking.”

Speaking of friends, Clara has created with Elena Martínez Santos impossible melonan existential video podcast 'from which you leave with more questions than answers'. “We really liked breaking things down, from the absurd and superficial, to what is really important. I was a little embarrassed because of something I heard, I think from Kate Winslet, the better the less the public knows about you, because the better they will be able to travel with the character. But I decided in case it helps someone, as it has happened to me, to find useful reflections by listening to other people without the need for the speaker to be an academic or expert in something specific.”

Eggs in several baskets

Actress and businesswoman

These days the viewer will see Clara Lago on the big screen with the Christmas comedy Un lío de millions, at the same time as she is dancing on television I'm for youthe most famous song from Dangerous Friendships, and which covers the Incapto brand spot. Her code of ethics and having a boyfriend who loves coffee was the perfect alchemy: “Before becoming vegan, almost nine years ago, I was very clear about the importance of sustainability and I had a very bad time with disposable capsules, so I used a Italian. Coincidentally, my boy's first job when he arrived in Madrid was in a coffee shop and he fell in love with the world of coffee. So much so that he ended up opening his own, Abonavida, a coffee bar with a show, and later, a second location, Amalavida. Thanks to him I understood how delicious the coffee comes out if you grind the bean right away and anyway, when they called me I said yes instantly.”
Clara and José Lucena are partners as well as boyfriends, together they run the Madrid restaurant La Huerta Funky Castizo.

I know that a time is approaching, that of 40 years, 'the screwed age of women'

Clara debuted at 10 years old in the series Let's get to work and has not stopped chaining jobs since then. Fortunately, he says that he never felt the risk of falling off the sidelines and becoming a broken toy. His reflection is about the future: “When people tell me, 'it's just that you don't stop', they don't realize the weeks or months in which the phone doesn't ring. But I don't carry that with anxiety, although I know that a time is also approaching when…” We suggest 'the screwed age of women', which she accepts: “I trust that it is beginning to change and perhaps by the time she reaches 40 has already turned around a little and there are more characters for women at a crucial age, in which very interesting processes are experienced. So why this? Why isn't it counted?”

Your next project is Let's votea film that has made her a devoted admirer of its director, Santiago Requejo, and she waits for the filming of Queen of the forest.