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Ricky Martin: “My refuge is telling stories”

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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

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Interview From a news agency Context piece
  • Puerto Rican singer and actor Ricky Martin said art provides his refuge as he looks for, creates and embraces stories across music, film, theater and literature.
  • Martin discussed his role in Gael García Bernal’s film “Hombre al agua,” screening out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.
  • He said the film’s open creative process and his changing perspective as an artist have encouraged him to remain flexible.

For Ricky Martin, art is a refuge. Whether through music, film or literature, the Puerto Rican singer and actor said he wants to keep searching for stories, creating them and making other people’s stories his own.

My refuge is telling stories. My refuge is being able to find that vulnerability to convince the audience of what I have experienced, or of what I have seen that has affected me, and to create a conversation.

· Ricky MartinMartin described the role that storytelling plays in his artistic life during an interview at the Venice Film Festival.

“My refuge is telling stories. My refuge is being able to find that vulnerability to convince the audience of what I have experienced, or of what I have seen that has affected me, and to create a conversation,” Martin told EFE during the Venice Film Festival.

Martin is attending the festival with “Hombre al agua,” directed by Gael García Bernal and shown out of competition. In the film, Martin plays an actor hired to portray García Bernal’s character in a fictional production within the story. García Bernal plays a Cuban lifeguard whose life changes after he saves a wealthy Mexican businessman, then works for him and marries his daughter. His new life, however, is not what it seems.

That is where my story lies: continuing to do whatever I can in front of cameras, with music, in theater or in literature, in the books I have written.

· Ricky MartinHe explained how he wants to continue expressing himself across different artistic forms.

The 54-year-old singer and composer said he has expressed himself through his music and through scripts that have moved him. “That is where my story lies: continuing to do whatever I can in front of cameras, with music, in theater or in literature, in the books I have written,” he said. “I want to keep searching for stories, creating stories or accepting them and making them mine, and playing with them.”

This film is very fun. Working with Gael as director makes it even more fun.

· Ricky MartinMartin discussed his experience filming “Hombre al agua.”

Martin filmed his scenes in a single day. He described the experience as enjoyable, saying García Bernal gave him freedom to contribute while maintaining enough structure to keep the production moving. Martin said he never considered turning down the opportunity to work with the director. He also argued that artists must stay open to change, noting that decisions made a decade ago may no longer fit the present, and that raising children can alter how people see the world.

At no point would it cross my mind to say no to working with someone like him.

· Ricky MartinHe explained why he immediately accepted García Bernal’s invitation.
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Originally published by ABC Color 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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