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In “Colisión,” love knows no age

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • HBO Max’s “Colisión” casts Margarita Rosa de Francisco and Juan Pablo Castañeda as lovers whose age difference drives attraction, passion and the story’s central question.
  • The actors said trust, respect and the needs of the story helped them set aside the age gap while filming intimate scenes.
  • The four-episode series releases new episodes every Monday on HBO Max.

In “Colisión,” an age difference between lovers becomes more than a detail about the actors. It drives the attraction, passion and central question of the HBO Max drama: how much do other people’s judgments weigh on a relationship that challenges convention?

Margarita Rosa de Francisco and Juan Pablo Castañeda play the couple. Castañeda said intimate scenes required him to put the story first, relying on the trust built during filming. “In those kinds of scenes, which are already quite physical, you always serve the story. What it requires and what is marked there is what you have to do, always with complete respect, and very inspired, with the great admiration I have for Margarita,” he said.

In those kinds of scenes, which are already quite physical, you always serve the story. What it requires and what is marked there is what you have to do, always with complete respect, and very inspired, with the great admiration I have for Margarita

· Juan Pablo CastañedaCastañeda described how he approached intimate scenes with de Francisco.

De Francisco, who plays Belén, said the relationship gradually became normal for both actors once they were in front of the cameras. “I think it also became normal for us that we had that relationship, right? We are lovers,” she said.

I think it also became normal for us that we had that relationship, right? We are lovers

· Margarita Rosa de FranciscoDe Francisco said the actors became accustomed to the relationship between their characters.

The Colombian actress said the production also drew on lessons from her decades-long career. Physical closeness initially created a challenge, especially because she considers herself unsociable and has few friends. “One learns to draw close to another person. That is revealing for me because I have very few friends and I am not very sociable, but this forced us to be very close to each other physically, and that already presented a difficulty. I think getting through that gives you freedom,” she said.

“Colisión” is available on HBO Max, with four new episodes released each Monday.

One learns to draw close to another person. That is revealing for me because I have very few friends and I am not very sociable, but this forced us to be very close to each other physically, and that already presented a difficulty. I think getting through that gives you freedom

· Margarita Rosa de FranciscoDe Francisco discussed the personal challenge of building physical closeness with her co-star.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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