Joaquín Furriel spoke with complete sincerity about one of the most difficult moments of his life: the cerebrovascular accident (CVA) he suffered in 2015 while returning to the country on a flight from London. In conversation with Mario Pergolini during the third episode of the series Otro día perdido, the 48-year-old actor opened up emotionally and shared intimate details of the episode that changed his outlook on life.
El reconocido actor se sinceró sobre el episodio vivido en 2015
"I took a plane from London to Buenos Aires, I had the CVA on the plane, a little while before landing," he began recounting. Without dramatizing, but with remarkable clarity, he explained how he began to feel numbness in half his body, although at that moment he did not fully understand what was happening: "The sensation was unpleasant, but I felt sleepy. I was not very aware of what was happening to me."
The renowned actor, who at that time had a busy work schedule, clarified that he was not under an extreme stress situation. Pergolini asked: "How was it, how is it? I'm waiting for it, but tell me how it's going to be."
"I'll tell you how it is. I went on vacation, it's not that it happened to me because I was working or stressed," Furriel confessed. However, the scare was significant. Only upon landing and trying to turn on his cell phone did he realize that something was not right, since part of his body was not responding as usual.
La recuperación fue paulatina segun el actor
Pergolini, surprised by the revelation, asked him if the episode made him feel fear at any point and if it left him with any lingering fear. The actor's response was as honest as it was moving. "At the time, the only fear I had was for my daughter, because she was little. I was afraid to leave her like that," he confessed, revealing the deep connection with his role as a father.
The recovery was gradual, but it was not without challenges. Furriel recalled that during the filming of his first movie after the CVA, a simple scene became a real test. "I had a scene that normally wouldn't be difficult for me, and when I did it and saw that it was fine, it was an enormous relief," he recounted with emotion.
