Jorge Cao explained the pros and cons of filming for digital platforms: “They are the new reality”

In an interview with Infobae Colombia, Jorge Cao talked about his character Augusto Pomba in the film’s sequel Initiates, Shadow Journala Colombian film based on the book by Mario Mendoza that was made exclusively for the platform Prime video streaming.

The 80-year-old Cuban actor revealed how he felt when he knew that this work would not be shown to the public in cinemas, especially after he had the opportunity to see it on the big screen, at a special screening of this work. team that was part of the movie. “I came to a normal room, but when I saw this incredible work, I had the desire to see it in all the cinemas in the world, at least in Colombia,” he said.

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However, in the midst of his reflection, Cao recognized the advantages of this audiovisual project in having the opportunity to be simultaneously released in more than 280 countries through the platform streaming. “I entered the cinema very calm. When I was in the aisle leading to the theater, I started to feel a very strange feeling in my chest, I felt like I was in shock and I sat down to watch the movie as an audience, I forgot that I was part of it,” continues Jorge, recounting the moment, when he was able to see for the first time Initiates 2, on a giant screen, with sufficient lighting and good sound.

When Jorge was at a screening with the right conditions, he forgot that he belonged to the project and that his work would appear there. “I sat down and watched a movie in its highest quality in a place where you really see what we have in our hands, excellent film with a universal projection based on a specific and I felt very honored to be a part of the film,” he added.

Similarly, the actor, who was also in the first installment of this film, which is part of the Mario Mendoza universe, explained what is good for him about making films for digital content platforms. “It’s ambiguous. Because the fact that we live in the world is to be lucky enough to have a Colombian film on a platform where millions of people around the world will be able to see it, that’s why we have to think about that, the reach that takes our work,” he explained.

On September 27, Prime Video premiered the sequel to this Amazon Original film, which is based on Mario Mendoza’s books of the same name. Here, some of his most notable characters return, such as Frank Molina, a disturbed forensic journalist turned private detective in a crumbling city.

Throughout the plot, the character is torn between the conflict of returning to his past to find light and the darkness the world is experiencing, which is threatened by climate change and pollution. in addition The film anticipated something that was perceived as far-fetched, but in the case of Colombia, the country is experiencing a similar situation at the time of the film’s release. with water rationing in the capital and power shortages in several major cities.

“I believe that reality is being told, I don’t see it as futuristic, that change is at the tip of our nose and we don’t want to realize it. Africa has been like this for years, the world has been screwed up for a long time and even though we shout and take a stand, people don’t want to listen. They keep washing the car with a hose at the entrance of the building, if we don’t accept the reality we live in, I think we’ll end up like this soon,” the actor shared.

Together with Jorge Cao in this film, which confronts its characters and the viewer with issues that should be given more attention, such as the case of mental health, climate change, among others that are the subject of discussion, continues Andrés Parra (Los Iniciados, El Presidente), Jorge Cao (Los Iniciados), Francisco Denis (Jack Ryan). This second volume will also feature Christian Tappan (Primate), Cristina Umaña (Reports of the Kidnapping), Silvia Santamaría (Pálpito) and Jefferson Quiñones (Bolívar).

After the events of the first film, with his career ruined, Frank Molina finds himself in hiding, writing anonymously from the shadows. Frank’s sense of calm is suddenly interrupted when a pair of eyes and a bloody note appear on his door. As the death toll mounts, Frank realizes that if he wants to find the killer, he will have to delve into his traumatic past.