Boss, grab a coffee and sit down, 'cause I've got news that'll make you scratch your head: Pedro Alonso, Joel Sánchez, and Julio Peña Fernández - the guys from "Berlin and the Lady with the Ermine" (Netflix, season 2, dropped on May 15, 2026) - landed in Bucharest and gave an interview to "Weekend Adevărul". And what did they say? That trust is harder to earn than love. Man, I'm sitting here thinking: after all the hassle I went through to convince Relu to give me that BMW on installments, I'd sign for that. But Mioara, my wife, asks me if I trust her when she says she spent 200 lei on shoes. Well, boss, that's science, no joke.
The series, they say, is a heist involving the painting "Lady with an Ermine" by Leonardo da Vinci. The whole story is on paper - plans, sketches, nothing digital. Pedro Alonso, who plays Berlin, described the character as "sick, toxic, broken, dangerous, amoral, disgusting". Bro, what the hell! And here I thought my favorite character from the whole series was the one who steals the money. Alonso said he called the writers to write "something atrocious" so the audience wouldn't fall in love with a toxic character. Man, I have a friend, Mitică, who's super toxic, but we love him because he buys us a beer when he wins at betting.
Joel Sánchez was the first to answer that tough question: what's harder to earn, love or trust? He says: "I think trust. In the end, trust depends on the other person. Love, in the end, can be mutual or not." Pedro Alonso added: "Trust is the beginning of everything, self-esteem, self-respect, respect for the other, the code." Julio Peña Fernández completed: "I can love someone very much and still not have given them all my trust yet." You know what I'm saying, boss? It's the same with Mioara - I love her, but when she says she bought cheese on sale and brings home a piece the size of a fingernail, I give her the side-eye.
They also talked about toxic masculinity, 'cause it's trendy. Joel Sánchez said: "For me, a strong man has the ability and courage to open up to people." Julio Peña Fernández explained that the characters Bruce and Roi, though different, have "this ability to open up, even to each other." And he added: "often when we have a toxic relationship or there's this toxic masculinity, we accept it because we don't know how to do better." Man, I was speechless. I mean, me and the guys at Fane's terrace, when we argue about football, we don't exactly open up. Maybe I should tell them: "Hey, Mitică, I trust you, but don't screw me over on the beer again."
Pedro Alonso compared the series to the work of painter Francis Bacon: "pieces of meat vibrating wildly," and then to Picasso's harlequins: "people whose social role is to entertain and deceive, but whose inner life is marked by a sadness hard to articulate." The series is set in Seville, a city that "is a character in itself." And all on Netflix, from May 15, 2026. Man, I watch series with Brian, but he's on TikTok, and I'm trying to catch something. But I might take a peek to see what "Lady with an Ermine" looks like - maybe I'll get inspired to pull a heist at Mega Image, since eggs have gotten so expensive.
In the end, bro, what did we learn? That trust is harder to earn than love. So next time Mioara tells me she loves me, I'll ask her: "Yeah, but do you trust me not to drink all of mother-in-law's plum brandy?" We'll see. Cheers!
