The well-known actress Emilia Ypsilanti talked about her role in “Famagusta”, about the death of her daughter and the relationship with her granddaughter.
The well-known actress gave statements to the camera of the show “Pame Danae”. Emilia Ypsilantiwho spoke, among other things, about her role in the series “Famagusta” of MEGA.
“They wanted me to play at “Famagusta”, Mr. Georgiou called me. I accepted immediately, because I had been to Cyprus many times. I had also been to Famagusta, and to Kyrenia, and I had met Makarios. It marked the life of the people of my generation and the issue is what happens with the Cyprus file” said the well-known actress initially.
“Makarios was a very kind and sociable person. The upper class is always educated and knows very well what sociability means. He always gave us a picture with his red signature, a very pleasant picture” he said about how he remembers Archbishop Makarios.
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As for the most difficult scene, Emilia Ypsilanti said: “The most difficult scene in “Famagusta” is yet to come. It is the time when my role will find itself in an hour of crisis, facing itself.”
Emilia Ypsilanti: The confession about her daughter’s death
Emilia Ypsilanti also spoke about the death of her daughter, Marina, and about her granddaughter.
«My relationship with my granddaughter is difficult. Very loving, but difficult, because the gap between the generations is huge. We can’t understand these guys. What should I say to my granddaughter who is 30 years old? To have children? I would really like to but he tells me “how will I grow them?”. In my generation it wasn’t like that” he reported.
“My responsibility towards her is to live, because my granddaughter has no father, no mother, no siblings. I, who grew up in a large family, cannot understand what it’s like to be an all-alone child with only one close person. My granddaughter’s concern when my daughter was lost was my pain, not hers.” he added.
“I have not experienced anything more difficult than many other people, of course I experienced an unnatural event. My mother used to say that as long as you haven’t lost younger people, you should be happy. This happiness was not given to me» concluded Emilia Ypsilanti.