Spanish actor and filmmaker Eduardo Casanova announces he has HIV

Madrid.- Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter Eduardo Casanova, 34, announced this Thursday that he has HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), and explained that he is breaking “this silence so unpleasant and painful after many, many years”. “Despite the fear and uncertainty, today I feel deeply happy,” said Casanova in a message posted on social media, because “dignity should be the way in which all people with HIV” could make it public. Casanova indicated that nearly 80% of people with HIV have not shared with almost anyone that they have the infection because it is a “stigma” that “condemns to the most systematic and unjust rejection in the world”. A silence that they keep and suffer, therefore, “very many people” and that he has wanted to break when he has wanted and been able to.

“I do it for myself, but I hope this can help more people. I do it my way, through cinema, which is my way of communicating,” he says in reference to a documentary film on this very subject that will be released in 2026.

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Casanova’s Instagram message, who premiered ‘Silencio’ on December 1st, a miniseries with the HIV pandemic as a backdrop, received a wave of support on social media. Fellow professionals such as Leticia Dolera, Hugo Silva, Raquel Meroño or Miguel Diosdado expressed their affection for Casanova, who became known for the character of Fidel in the Spanish television series ‘Aída’ and has since performed, written or directed numerous film and television titles.