The beloved actress Emilia Ypsilanti spoke about the heroine she plays in the series “Famagusta”, while she revealed that her memories in relation to the issues of Cyprus start from a long time ago.
On the sofa of the show “MEGA Good Morning” sat on Friday morning (26/01) the Emilia Ypsilanti. The beloved actress talked about the role of Sofia Kourtis in the new series of MEGA, “Famagusta”the second episode of which comes next Sunday (28/01) at 21.00.
The role of Sofia Kourtis in “Famagusta”
“I’m not taking the baby, my sister is taking it. I am a woman living in London, married to a Cypriot man, not living when we watch the series, who cannot have children and wants a child very much. Her sister takes the child and knowing the longing of mine, of my role, for a child, she gives it to me. It is very obvious that the child saves him, because he finds that his mother is dead” described Emilia Ypsilanti regarding the role of the MEGA series.
As the famous actress said: “The first is that I’m having a baby. I know that at that moment the baby has no parents, that’s all. She hasn’t told her son the whole story and I would say that’s one of the biggest issues my role has. I’d say she’s a secondary role in fact, a facilitator almost, until the point where she also becomes a tragic face“.
And he explained: “The big problem people have is fear. When he begins to suspect that this child may be wanted by his relatives or even that his mother is alive, because he does not know exactly but he sees that they are looking for this child, he will be afraid to tell the truth. My role has this problem to deal with, how in trying to keep what you love, you hide the truth because that can result in losing what you love“.
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The popular actress also said: “I haven’t gotten to the crux yet. You follow a role step by step. It worries me a little how I will reach the point of conflict in front of reality, because reality will come to face it, but it is still too early. Roles are born, they go slowly like people. An actor tries to approach a role with everything he has from his body, from his face, trying to put these elements into the specific role as imagined by him and the director”.
“The whole team plays a role. The baggage we have is our readings, our imagination, our observation. One of the problems I’ve always had as a person and as an actor is that sometimes we’re almost compelled to keep some of our wounds fresh, while people want to forget in order to live. We draw material from them and this is a tragic part of our existence as professionals. You hold these but when you use them they dissipate” completed.
Emilia Ypsilanti: Her relationship with Cyprus
Emilia Ypsilanti also spoke about her relationship with Cyprus. As he said: “My memories in relation to the issues of Cyprus start from a long time ago. When I was still a high school student, all the schools went down to Syntagma and demonstrated for the union. I have lived and watched the entire struggle of the Cypriot people. We know the heroes for the liberation of Cyprus, the young people don’t. They don’t know that Greece made an appeal at some point to save Pallikaridis, in Great Britain”.
She noted that: “This series is very important because it can give an opportunity for young people to learn a few things and to go back a little and see these tragic events, a defeat of Hellenism, where they were due. I think that “Famagusta” can give an occasion to talk about these issues. I went to Cyprus every year in the women’s march for the missing, I did events for the missing in my theater, but that’s not what we did, the younger people have to learn. As soon as they told me to play, I immediately said “yes”, that I am interested in the subject, I am interested in the fact that it has testimonies from real people”.