Vassilis Chalakatevakis took a “dive” into the past and the era when the legendary series “The Unacceptable” was played.
Clearly rejuvenated, Vassilis Chalakatevakis appeared on the ERΤ show “Studio 4” and spoke among other things about the time of the “Unacceptable“, his revolutionary marriage, and the arrival of his child that changed him.
The well-known actor, although he didn’t want to, as he confided to Nancy Zampetoglou and Thanasis Anagnostopoulos, opened the chapter “Unacceptable” once again by reminiscing about that time of great fame, amusing incidents, and extreme admiration.
“I have been tired for over 30 years of hearing myself say the same things about the ‘Unacceptable’. I tell myself, ‘here we go again’. Okay, I received a great deal of love and continue to receive it because there is also the internet, and it creates a flood, but we also do other things in our lives, we have moved on elsewhere. It will follow me forever, and even if I want it not to, it cannot,” the actor said at first.
He then spoke about the time of the “Unacceptable“, which was not his first television job, and how Dimitra Papadopoulou suggested that he participate in it to eventually become the legendary manager of the apartment building on the fictional Adamantos 4 street in Lycabettus.
“I appear from the first episode. In the second, they realize that all of Greece is watching us, the world changed! It was the first series of private television, the first opening, and just as ‘The Unknown War’ used to be, so were the ‘Unacceptable’ when we did it,” he said, describing the instances of extreme admiration that the series actors experienced, such as the fact that traffic stopped in the streets when they were seen.
“Television is a beast that you create next to you, and in some way you are connected to it, you just say at night, let’s park it, let’s put it in a box so I don’t deal with it, that I deal with my life,” continued Vassilis Chalakatevakis, and otherwise explained, “you have to love it; if you don’t love it and hate it, you will be ungrateful. Because it can be a bit annoying sometimes, but it has also given you things. It has helped me in many areas of my life (i.e., recognition). Even in health issues I had at some point, it helped me to have a better treatment. I say it and it is reality; I do not hide.”
At another point in the interview, the actor referred to his wife, whom he revealed he met during his health ordeal. “Despina never treated me as a sick person, and I never treated her as the one who takes care of the sick guy. We are very much bonded, but we did not face illness as an illness. I was singing Aggelakas’ ‘I’m not gonna cry, I’m not gonna be afraid‘”, he noted, emphasizing that the word “bad” never passed through him.