Mask Singer: Agustin Galiana reveals having had “an anxiety attack” under his hippopotamus costume

The actor and singer, however, did not think he would win.especially because of the choice of songs,” he confides at the microphone of Télé-Loisirs. “It’s a performance show, but it’s mostly a singing show. And I know that with the song choices I made, I put myself in danger. On the one hand, because I chose titles that weren’t necessarily suited to my voice. They weren’t in my tone. But on the other hand, I chose these songs for the character, because I found that it was necessary to highlight him and not my voice.

A successful objective since the character marked the viewers and the jury of investigators (in particular Laurent Ruquier who asked for a photo with his favorite character), with his energy, his rolls and his side “very funny” on the set of the show.

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If this performance seemed simple and natural on screen, the Hippopotamus truly coming to life before the eyes of the spectators, it was in truth a real physical feat for the actor, who was very hot under his costume. “The first day when I put on the costume, it was really very, very complicated for me. I’m someone who plays sports, I eat very well, I don’t drink. I take care of myself. On the other hand, the first day I had an anxiety attack in the costume and it took me thirty minutes to return to my normal state.“, he explains to our colleagues. If he made the character light on screen, in reality the weight of the costume made him out of breath to the point of preventing him from breathing normally. “I was very, very scared. I wasn’t breathing and could only see through my nostrils. It was very complicated.” “It seemed like there was no effort to move. But it was a lot of work that I did to make the character fun. But on the other hand, being inside was like being in an oven.”

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