Aim. Cheilakis in Athens 9.84: Do not be afraid of the different
The favorite actress Emilios Cheilakis, met Margarita Mytilineou on the radio air of Athens 9.84 and talked about all the material, about television, theater, future plans, personal thoughts and opinions but also about current issues.
The popular artist who this year shows after many years in the little one, spoke – among other things – about the role of Akila Megaritis who plays in the electronic series of ANT1, Wild Bees.
A ruthless and authoritarian character, diametrically opposed to the temperament and attitude of the popular actor. After all, this is what “intrigues” him in order to perform him as best he can.
“The only way to understand what the sufferer is going through is to see the perpetrator. The acting character is the evil one who helps us to see the passions of the other heroes. I hold the responsibility in my hands to show the public exactly what these people did during the junta period. I think for the first time in such intensity and to such an extent, this dark period is captured in this way. “, he said characteristically.
With special love, he also spoke about his living space, the theater.
“Art always reminds us of our question marks, so it keeps us in a mature adolescence because it is the only way to play. And in this game we must remember its rules. For me, the basic rules in the theater are the others, whether they are the spectators or my colleagues “.
This year, together with Athena Maximou and Lazaros Georgakopoulos, they continue the theatrical journey of the play “Betrayal”, (Communication Sponsor: Athens 9.84), a three-part story of people who betray and are betrayed, by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, who interrupted last season due to the pandemic and is re-directing it at the Britannia Theater.
“I want to address the young children aged 20-30 who unfortunately think that betrayal is what the other has done to them. It is a work that manages our personal infidelities, first to ourselves and then to others. And that’s the great message from a huge project that tells us that young or old, we believe in our values in the first place. Therefore, we must remind our partner that we are there for him. “Remember that people are not our hell, maybe they are our paradise.”
As a man who is not used to chewing his words, he did not hide his dissatisfaction with the way the theater was treated during the pandemic.
“The perception of those in charge of the entertainment venues is that these are unnecessary structures. When closing a space where ideas are heard it is always worrying. If in the pandemic we had theaters open, that was a way of unloading the evil that was happening to us. We are still in a phase of war, we know we have to deal with something that is constantly changing. and we must be careful. However, Art is a cellular need because through it, we continue to think “.
Emilios Cheilakis, on the issues that have occupied the news lately, such as the allegations of harassment and abuse in the theater and not only, the #MeToo movement until the recent departure of Aris Servetalis from the play “Rhino” in who starred, chose to make a general comment saying:
“Every time we say something, the issues around us are so big that whatever we” catch “is wrong in relation to the rest because when you support a position, you have to analyze them in relation to the rest. The only position we can take is not remembering that others are our lives. Do not forget others. Every action of ours, good or bad, has an impact on them. For the evil act that we “judge” not only in justice but also in the eyes of the people and we will punish. The good deed you will make the day and at some point you will come back “.
He also referred to the online platform bookvoice.gr, with Greek audiobooks, an idea of Athena Maximou, which started during the lockdown. Large publishing houses and beloved actors of high reach and prestige join forces in order to record the most important book titles, by Greek and foreign authors.
“We were thinking about how to transfer great works of writing that will be recorded on a platform from where he can want to listen in order to communicate to the world digitally.”
Γannounced that next summer, he will present Euripides’ “Medea” which will be directed and starred together with Athena Maximou in the homonymous role and Anastasios Roilos, in an unplayed translation by George Blanas, with sets and costumes by Eva Nathena, music by Dimitris Kamarotou, lighting by Nikos Vlasopoulos and produced by Panagiotis. The Top of the twelve-member Dance will be Yota Nega.
Finally, he sent his own message against the fear of anything different.
“We have to realize how bad human hatred can be for how it treats diversity and how diversity falls victim to its very nature. Do not be afraid of the different. After all, our homeland has always been different from the others. The importance of the different is to remind us that we can endure difficulties. “That we can be left to it.”