Second part of Bigas Luna's "Iberian Trilogy" also including Jambon, jambon (1992) and La lune et le téton (1994).
In mid-1993 the Huevos de Oro shooting team arrived in Benidorm, the Gran Hotel Bali had been built for three years. On the half-built roof of the second highest hotel in Europe, became the ideal backdrop to tell the story of Benito González (extraordinary Javier Bardem).
During the sex scene in which Claudia is riding Benito, the close-up goes on Javier Bardem's hands gripping Maribel Verdú's ass tightly, also showing the actor's genitals touching those of the actress. "It's the first time I've shot scenes with such a high erotic content. But when you are in the hands of people like Bigas, they have so much personality, they know so well what they are looking for, that you let them do with you what they want. Shooting those scenes costs a lot, because you expose a very intimate part of yourself. Even if it's not you, you are the one who is there."- Verdu said.
At only 16 years old, Elisa Tovati got a role in 'Huevos de Oro.' She played a young prostitute, a very difficult role for the teenager, who at the time "had never had a boyfriend." In a January 2024 interview, the actress confided that the experience was "a violent leap" and that the sex scenes were the most complicated. "When you've never smooched a guy, it's complicated," she said, confessing that she struggled with filming when she was a teenager. "During three months of anguish, I ate," she said, explaining that she put on six pounds, "it was so emotionally difficult to bear." "I remember calling my mother one day, helplessly, saying, 'Well, at 6 p.m. I have a love scene with Javier Bardem, how are we going to make love?' When it came to shooting the scenes with Javier Bardem, the young woman made a condition to the director: no rehearsals. But in the end, "when I shot the scene, I did it and it went very well, it was a very nice experience," she added.
Final film of María Martín.