Ugly Betty is the undisputed queen of Colombian soap operas on Netflix. Its success, which has lasted more than two decades since its premiere in 1999, has motivated Jorge Enrique Abello use your official account on YouTube to tell some of the best kept secrets of the shoot. In this way, in his most recent blog he commented on what was the most difficult scene to record.
The famous actor, who recently revealed the hell behind being Don Armando, took us back to chapter 16 of the series starring Ana María Orozco, in which, for an unfair reason and without thinking twice, the manager of Ecomoda decided to fire to Beatriz Pinzon.
YOU CAN SEE: Betty, the ugly: Enrique Abello confesses which actress in the novel was his impossible love
The young woman had no choice but to leave her boss’s office and, covered in tears, arranged her things to leave her job. This sequence was one of the most emotional for the audience and so did Enrique Abello himself.
“When I read this scene for the first time, I remember saying: ‘Fernando Gaitán (creator of the telenovela), you’re a scoundrel. How do you do this? How does he do this evil?’”, he expressed.
YOU CAN SEE: Betty, the ugly: fans find a big mistake in the intro 23 years after its end
However, as emotional as the sequence may sound and how it made it to the final cut, the footage of this moment was fun for the stars.
“He was like, ‘My God, how do I do this without laughing because it’s so mean?’ And I did it despite Ana María, too. (…) She limped more, she twisted my eye, her eye watered every time I spoke to her, her little glasses trembled, as if she were an anime doll, ”she said.
“Believe me that for one it is also difficult because at one point he says: ‘I love myself until I cry with laughter,'” he added.
Even so, he recognized that “this is the moment where a path of manipulation begins” for both characters. In fact, Abello mentioned that a “super toxic relationship, but full of love” began because Armando begins to need Betty despite the fact that he does not treat her as he should.
I am ugly Betty: summary of the novel
It was one of the most successful soap operas and with high rating points in its time and to this day it continues to be seen by many people. However, its long duration could be a reason for some not to see it. Therefore, we leave you the complete summary.