You take part in Love and Food both as a leading actor and a producer. You had also been on the production side in A Few Days Before Sunset. What does this project mean to you?
Uğur Güneş: Love and Food is very special to me. It’s my second time appearing as both an actor and producer. I believe I’ve improved in the production space and left behind that early inexperience. Producing has been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Being able to create good, high-quality work makes me even more passionate about it.
When you first read the script, what impressed you the most? Could you tell us a bit about the development process?
Uğur Güneş: During the script development process, we made progress together as a team. Through ongoing discussions, we made several key decisions and were truly satisfied with the final result. What came out was a beautiful, heartfelt project. We all agreed that the story should feel organic, and our screenwriter did a very good job achieving that.
Uğur Güneş: “Love and Food is very special to me. It’s my second time appearing as both an actor and producer.”
You and Hande Doğandemir seem to have great on-screen chemistry, and you also worked with respected actors like Hatice Aslan and Osman Sonant. What was the atmosphere like on set?
Uğur Güneş: It was an incredible team, amazing actors and wonderful people. It felt as if I had known them for years. Each one of them was so talented and nice. That’s why our scenes came out so naturally. We shot almost every scene in one take. In some moments, especially when we were all together, we just couldn’t stop laughing. The whole process was really fun for me. In a way, I actually needed to take part in a film with a strong sense of comedy like this. We had so much fun and laughed a lot on set. In the end, we created something beautiful together.
How did audiences react after the release? Were there any comments that really surprised or touched you?
Uğur Güneş: The feedback was really positive. Some of the comments we heard most often were things like, “It’s been such a long time since we’ve seen a film like this, it felt like medicine in times like these,” or “We laughed so much; we really needed that.” Many people were surprised to see me in this kind of role. Since I’ve mostly appeared in dramas and heavier projects over the years, people said things like, “We didn’t expect this from you, and we loved it.” I also received a lot of messages saying they’d like to see me in more romantic comedies.
This exclusive interview was featured in Episode Magazine’s ATF 2025 issue.
