Grand Hotel: All about Yon González (Julio Olmedo)

 

Yon González is the actor who plays Julio Olmedo in Grand Hotel.  There's an interview with him entitled All About Yon González and a video interview on YouTube below.  

Sadly for us fans in the UK who don't speak or understand Spanish, there doesn't seem to be an English translation.  But still, hope you enjoy looking at the pictures from the link above and watching below as the actor explains his role as Julio.

Where have you seen Javier Alarcon before?

As a huge fan of Pedro Almodóvar's films, I re-watched All About My Mother last night on DVD.  The actor who plays Esteban in the film turns out to be a very young Javier Alarcón! 

It was actor Eloy Azorin.

Here he is in the film: 

And here he is as Javier.

See also: Where have you seen the new Maitre'D before?

Grand Hotel's new Maître d'hôtel - Lluis Homar

The new maître d'hôtel or head waiter, Jesús Cisneros, in Grand Hotel looked rather familiar when he made his debut on the show in the UK recently.  

On further inspection it is actor Lluis Homar who played Harry Caine in Pedro Almodovar's film, Broken Embraces.  

Here he is as Harry Caine in the film shot in Lanzarote with Penelope Cruz.

Grand Hotel: Who are the main characters?

The main characters in Grand Hotel are as follows.

Teresa Aldecoa - played by Adriana Ozores.  The upstairs matriach, and no mistake.  You don't want to mess with Dona Teresa.

Alicia Alarcón - played by Amaia Salamanca.  The upstairs heroine who is in love with the downstairs hero.

Julio Olmedo / Julio Espinosa / Julio Molins - played by Yon González. The downstairs hero who is in love with the upstairs heroine.

Javier Alarcón - played by Eloy Azorín. Feckless brother and son. He might live upstairs but he hasn't got much going on in his own head. Great fun to watch.

Alfredo Vergara - played by Fele Martínez. Husband of Sofia. Nice but dim.

Benjamín - played by Manuel de Blas. Boo! Hiss! Hide the knives! Downstairs ne'er do well and general horror.

Horacio Ayala - played by Pep Antón Muñoz. Policeman of the parish. Useless but always gets his man in the end.

Diego Murquía / Adrián Vera Celande - played by Pedro Alonso. Husband of Alicia but she doesn't love him, she loves Julio from Downstairs.  Diego is ruthless to the core and will do anything it takes to take control of the hotel.

Sofía Alarcón - played by Luz Valdenebro.  Daughter of Dona Theresa, sister to Alicia. Ruthless. Pretended she was pregnant so as not to lose her husband but he left her anyway.

Belén Martín - played by Marta Larralde.  Downstairs trouble maker and a bit of a tart. 

Andrés Alarcón Salinas / Andrés Cernuda Salinas - played by Llorenç González. Downstairs counterpart and best friend of Julio. Generally wonderful person but his heart has been lost to Belen and she doesn't deserve him.  His mother is...

Ángela Salinas - played by Concha Velasco.  Angela rules the downstairs with a rod of iron. She puts the hotel before her own family, totally devoted to the Alarcon family.  Downstairs matriach.