“The Snow Society”: Carlitos Paez’s crying scene and more behind-the-scenes info

“It’s not really when you should cry,” he says. Carlitos Paez While watching one of the scenes of Snow Society (The Society of the Snow), The film of Netflix which portrays the famous Tragedy of the Andes. The film of Jay Bayona – For whom a nomination was received Golden Globes 2024 and seeking an Oscar nomination this year-, some of the survivors are shown in a few brief sequences. This is how Paez described his experience, admitting that there was one particular moment near the end that moved him to tears.

However, the story was already made into a film by director Frank Marshall He lives! (1993) starring Ethan Hawke and John Malkovich, Pace himself and audiences agree that the Bayona adaptation is the one that most realistically captures everything that happened. 16 survived Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571which crashed October 13, 1972 in Andes Mountains.

In one of the Netflix promotional videos that reveal all the behind-the-scenes secrets, Carlitos Paez revealed that, although he has seen the entire film four times, the scene in which the radio calls out the names of all the survivors has made him cry.

“Well, this is a scene that I had to record to represent my father, which was a very difficult scene, because in a way it meant coming not only into the story, but into the life of my father, who was my father. The character is very important in this story, because he was someone who never stopped searching,” commented the now 70-year-old Uruguayan lecturer.

Likewise, Carlos commented that when he mentioned each of his companions on the plane, he cringed, as he remembered the moments he spent with them during the 76 days they suffered in freezing temperatures. “When I have to name myself, Carlos Miguel Paez, my son, I’m also inspired by the actor who represented me,” Paez said. “A very difficult moment, but one that I am very proud of and that is the moment where I personally cried in the film,” he added.

“I think shooting that roll call was the biggest pride to be able to represent my father, but it was one of the hardest things I had to live through,” he said of having to repeat it more than nine times. A sequence under the direction of a Spanish director. About the scene where Carlitos Paez is reunited with his son, he points out: “My father was there. That’s what I highlight the most, that everything I fought to get with my family was the same.”

Artists of Snow Society They underwent significant physical transformations in pursuit of the authenticity of their roles, adapting their bodies through strict nutritional control that simulated the malnutrition experienced by the real characters. Certainly, Carlitos Paez could not escape this measure and had to undergo weight loss, hair dye and makeup to look like his father. “I have weird photographs where I look just like my dad,” he explained.

Bayona shared on Twitter: “This photo shows the commitment of the artists Snow Society with their characters. This is Simon Hamp’s physical appearance, the first and last day of filming. Father and son of Antonio Escriba, two nutritionists from Córdoba who have worked on the film fat peopleThey prepared a specific diet for each of the actors and conducted weekly monitoring to ensure their health”, thus illustrating the process with a before and after graph of an actor.

Snow Society leads to Top 10 No Netflix globally after premiering on the service on January 4 streaming.