The series pays tribute to the writers who have told the story of the Alcántara family for more than 20 seasons
The series do not write themselves as well as the writers are in charge of remembering, although these often do not receive the attention they deserve for it and are the great forgotten in the presentations and interviews. A production like ‘Cuéntame’, with more than 400 episodes, has required many hands throughout its history to narrate everything that happens to the Alcántara family. Imanol Arias did remember them a few days ago, but it was not exactly for the good.
The actor complained that the new batch of writers who had come to work on the series sometimes betrayed the essence of his character since he had to fight so that no one would destroy “the essences” of Antonio Alcántara. “With the new writers I have to start from scratch because they have no idea,” he lamented. «They come to reinvent and right now I am in a kind of war. I tell them ‘don’t touch this, this is not like that’, he assured.
It is logical that a title like that of TVE, which has been on the air for decades, should renew its writers from time to time, either because they get tired or because the producer decides to incorporate new minds so that the plots do not become repetitive. After Arias’s statements, the producer of the series has decided to stick out her chest, stand up for her writers and remember how much they have contributed so that this project has become one of the most emblematic of the Spanish public network.
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Through social networks, after Arias’ phrases have generated controversy, they have wanted to show those who have built all the characters of popular fiction at this time. Those who open the list are the creators Eduardo Ladrón de Guevara and Patrick Bucley, who were joined, among others, by Javier Amezúa, Alberto Macías and Verónica Fernández. They spent the first five seasons composing the protagonists and what was happening in the San Genaro neighborhood. Therefore, plots such as Toni Alcántara’s arrival at university, Mercedes and Nieves opening a boutique or Construcciones Nueva York collapsing are their invention. Jacobo Delgado joined those already mentioned, who signed his first episode in 2004 and is already the oldest of ‘Cuéntame’ because he is still active.
Original writers of the series. /
In season 6, Marisol Farré, Carlos Asorey and Laura G. Pousa joined. And at 8 the arrival of Curro Royo was reported. It occurred to them, for example, that the family would grow with the incorporation of María or that Antonio would develop a gambling addiction. Later, Bernardo Sánchez, Carlos Molinero and Sonia Sánchez would make new contributions.
The ‘Cuéntame’ writers’ room was renewed for season 14 with Ignacio del Moral (as coordinator), Carlos Asorey, Bárbara Alpuente and Antonio Onetti. With them in those posts, the Alcántaras go to Sagrillas to change scenery, but they don’t last long and end up returning to Madrid. Another of the ideas they had was to put Carlitos in jail, where he suffered some dramatic experiences.
In season 17 Joaquín Oristrell arrives, who shares script coordination with Del Moral. Laura León, Yolanda García Serrano, Manu Dios and Pablo Bartolomé join him. What could they tell that hadn’t already been told? There were threads to pull and that was a batch in which, for example, Pablo Rivero, the eldest son of the Alcántara, was not. In those episodes San Genero suffered an attack and Antonio and Mercedes remarried.
The writers who joined the 17th season of ‘Cuéntame’. /
It has been in season 22 that Oristrell has handed over the baton to Sergio Barrejón and in which Ángela Armero and Tirso Calero have joined. His are the episodes that take place between 1993 and 1994 and in which Antonio and Mercedes live together again, after a romantic trip to Cuba.
The series has had no choice but to show its support for the writers through its social networks after Arias’ criticism. It is not the first time in a few days that the actor generates controversy with his reflections. The last one, in which he assured that the creators had been pressured by the Government to remove some sensitive issues from his scripts, were answered by the producer and forced the interpreter to retract what he had said.
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