“Rarely can you play a role with such depths and such a tough protective shield.” In the latest Munich “crime scene,” Veronica Ferres takes on the character of the shady Sylvia, who closes her eyes to the sexual assaults of the President of the Bavaria Association (Wolfgang Fierek, 72). What’s more: she literally introduces him to the young, pretty product queens. As Ferres revealed in an interview with the “Bild” newspaper, a real person had an influence on her role.
To prepare for her part, she was also helped by the mysterious Ghislaine Maxwell (61), who is also said to have introduced young, some of them even underage, girls to her partner, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (1953-2019). Maxwell is said to have made the first contact for him so that Epstein could later abuse them. She recruited the girls, most of whom came from poor backgrounds. She then used money to silence the victims after the crimes.
“The woman I play is ambivalent. But it’s important to show such characters,” says Ferres, “because unfortunately they also exist in real life.” Such incidents are a “widespread social problem”. She hopes that the “crime scene” will help educate and encourage young women and girls to say “no.”
The perfidious thing about her character: “Sylvia was once the victim herself. She experienced and suffered the same things as the young women. She says to herself, I survived it, then they will endure it too.” Sylvia also thinks that the girls would actually benefit from sex with the perpetrator. She doesn’t think what she’s doing is great, but she looks away: “For the profit of the Bavaria-Bund and for her own benefit.” This creates a vicious circle.
