For the period he starred in “Two Strangers” she spoke Evelina Papouliarevealing that at the time the series was a huge success, she herself was “living a drama”, as he was suffering from depression.

“The only time I was depressed was in “Two Strangers”. I was living a drama. We were very innocent then, anything that was written negative, was very heavy. We didn’t know how to manage it. I was saying since they don’t know me why are they treating me like this? Now I don’t even care what they write. I do what I like“, she said characteristically, speaking on her online show Anna Maria Vellis.

I was not copying Eleni Menegaki

Then, Evelina Papoulia, responding to those who claim that she imitated Eleni Menegaki in her role, points out that she played “Marina Kountouratou”, without imitating anyone else. He also emphasizes that after the great success he had in the series, he received many offers for similar roles, which he refused.

“I turned down jobs after the series that looked like Two Strangers. I learned a lot about myself, with a lot of difficulty. It was a very important period. I knew it would be a success, but we didn’t imagine this success. I had booked another series, but I canceled it to do ”Two Strangers””pointed out and added:

“It wasn’t true that I was copying Eleni Menegaki, I’m not very good at copying. I’m not good at imitations. Alexandros Rigas wrote about Eleni, but I didn’t have Eleni’s profile, I think someone will understand that I didn’t step there. I was taking out my own madness at a breakfast that had music and dancing. I hadn’t seen the episodes then, I didn’t understand why it was so successful, I was like what have they got, have they gone crazy? It’s a series. I couldn’t cross the street, things were very intense”.

The actress said that it does not bother her that after so many years, she is asked about the specific role, considering it an honor to be remembered through it after so many years, while she characterizes this work as a “passport” for her subsequent development.

For abusive behavior in the theater

The actress emphasized that today has nothing to do with yesterday. “Things have changed, the times. I won’t talk about the gross stuff, harassment and so on, but the way the directors behaved and expressed themselves back then. There was a certain way of being strict, which could be humiliating at times. We were tougher on some things, we didn’t need to be, that’s how they were trained after all. It was a paranoid system that said this is how you should educate the other person. Now that has changed and it has done well, I just think people are not hardened to the bad anymore. We were thicker skinned. People have become refined and this is more relaxing, I am now lucky to live this change at the same time and to understand that kindness and beautiful behavior make a person flourish more and not work with anger. I used to score from a young age, I was a “cutter”.