The new season of “Grand Prix”, the summer show that TVE saved from the treasure trove of memories, has become a huge hit with the public. It was awarded the title “Best Television Premiere of the Year”. However, it wasn’t free of controversy either. Mar Regueras, who has been co-host with Ramón García for several years, has sharply reproached the show’s producer and the public broadcaster for the selection of the cast in this new phase, wanting to denounce the different treatment in the audiovisual world The cinema or television, between men and women by age.
The former presenter of “El gran juego de la oca” and “El Semáforo” and actress in series such as “Herederos”, “Hospital Central” and “El Comisario” is currently 53 years old and the presenter from Bilbao is 61. The Catalan once again felt punished by an industry that doesn’t give birthdays to women. In fact, she hasn’t landed a film role or a television contract for 11 years and has been forced to work in a notary’s office to raise her daughter, who actually wants to follow in her footsteps.
“A very short time ago a show just premiered after 10 or 15 years without airing and he’s still the same host, wonderful of course, a great professional and yet the girls on his side are young girls who like ‘I am as old as me,” he explained in Espejo Público.
In the new version, the “Grand Prix”, there are two much younger co-hosts than Ramón García: actress Michelle Calvó and streamer Cristinini. They are 33 and 32 years old respectively. The Catalan actress, who wishes the show all the luck in the world in this new phase and is delighted with its success, got emotional in a radio interview, explaining that she was having difficulty getting back in the ring because of her age. “I can’t have done anything so serious to deserve a sentence or an 11-year sentence.” It was very hard.”
In the mid-’90s, she was one of the most well-known presenters on the small screen. The “Gran Prix” marked his rise to fame and after a season on television he entered the world of acting. Regueras wanted to give a voice to professionals who do not receive job offers because of their age.
“When I was 35 or 38 years old I was in a film with my peers until ten years later I was told I couldn’t take part in projects where I fell out with some of them because they hired them with older partners. young people,” he said.
