Emma Vilarasau reveals the cruel comment she received when she became pregnant

Emma Vilarasau, recently winner of the Gaudí for best female lead for her role in House on fire, has revealed one of the most difficult moments of her professional career. The renowned Catalan actress, with a career spanning more than 40 years in the world of acting, has explained the impact that becoming pregnant had on her work and how the world of cinema and theatre receives the fact that women want to be mothers.

"The day I told a director that I was pregnant, he said to me: 'You've just destroyed your career,'" Vilarasau said in a recent interview on Cadena SER. The actress has also reflected on one of the greatest concerns that women have in the world of acting: the fear that they will stop counting on you, not only because you want to be a mother, but because you get older, for example.

Vilarasau explains that when she decided to have children, there were people who said to her, "What are you doing? You won't be able to work and you're going to disappear from the map." The protagonist of House on fire She says she "couldn't believe it": "I was 30 years old and had been working for eight years. How can I disappear from the map by not working for six months?"

About the doubts and fears that actresses suffer when they get pregnant Diana Gomez, star of the film, also spoke this week. Valeria, in an interview with ARA. The actress recalled that she became pregnant when the third season of the Netflix series was already being projected and that, in order to wait for it, it was decided to delay filming. Gómez explains that, as soon as she became pregnant, she felt "guilty" because she thought that for a few months many people linked to the production would be out of work. However, the actress assures that the producer of the series made things very easy for her, a situation that was repeated when her casting partner Silma López also became a mother.

The pressure on women, especially within the film industry, is a hot topic that more and more professionals are talking about and sharing experiences. The abysmal difference in what is demanded of female and male roles is beginning to be a very clear claim, both in terms of physicality and age. Regarding the disappearance of women of a certain age from the screens, The substance, starring Demi Moore, explores this gender bias. The film makes a claim to what Emma Vilarasau comments on and, in fact, is nominated for 5 ccategories of this year's Oscars.