Tzachi Noy says goodbye to Ophelia (Stella from "Lemon Popsicle"): "It's a pity she was only identified with this horrible scene"

Ophelia Strael, who died at the age of 81, became famous mainly for her role as the "finishing stella" in the successful film Lemon Popsicle.

Tzachi Noy, who played alongside her, praised her: "She was an excellent actress. I do not know how she agreed to this role and I do not know how I agreed. I can not watch the film today."

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12/04/2022

Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 19:05 Updated: 19:21

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"I'm sorry for her."

Ophelia Strael (Photo: Nimrod Saunders)

Actress Ophelia Strael, who died at the age of 81 after a battle with cancer, has starred in many shows and many films.

However, she became famous mainly due to her role as the "finishing stella" in the successful film Lemon Popsicle.

In an interview she gave to Walla!

Culture about a decade ago said: "'Lemon Eskimo' is a movie that people loved. It sold three million tickets, and that's when there were four million people here. Loved it and loved my character too, the audience died for the stella Stella. To this day I can get discounts if only I will come to the shops and say that I am the finishing stella, but I am too cultured a woman to do such a thing. "

In conversation today (Tuesday) with Walla!

Culture Eulogy to Ophelia Actor Tzachi Noy who played in "Lemon Popsicle" alongside Ophelia, where she played "Stella the Finisher", a woman who tempts Benzi to sleep with her - and he in response brings his friends Momo and Yehudela to join and they sleep with her one by one.

"I'm very sorry to hear about her death. She was a very talented actress, and I'm sorry she was mostly identified with this scene we did together in 'Lemon Popsicle.' I'm very sorry for her. I know she did not live with it in peace. I do not know how she agreed to the role. This one and do not know how I agreed. At the time when I read the script, when I got to the pages of this character, I had a hard time reading the description. "Once it happened and we had to film it. The night before I did not sleep well. I did not understand why I was coming in."

More on Walla!

Actress Ophelia Strael (Stella from "Lemon Popsicle") has died at the age of 81

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The scene from Lemon Popsicle (Photo: Screenshot, Screenshot)

"This scene was terrible for me. I don't know how I survived it," Noy continues.

"I was full of panic and discomfort. I was very young. It was quite early in my journey, after a few films I had already made, but a very complex role for me. I was very real, because the situation was real. An unbearable situation. I have done so many things since then and still I know most of it. And Ophelia is remembered only for this and not for anything else. Look, it also takes a lot of courage on her part and on my part to make a scene like that at that time. Her role was real. But I can not see the film today, and it's not a film I want granddaughters "Mine will see. Poor Ophelia. Let her rest in peace on her bed."

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