I’m Betty Ugly It was a worldwide television event, to the point that many versions were made around the world, although they were generally not as well received as the original Colombian telenovela.
More than two decades after its premiere, the play is starring Ana Maria Orozco (Beatriz Pinzon Solano) and Jorge Enrique Abello (Armando Mendoza) It remains current and enjoys great popularity. A few years ago, a version with almost the entire original cast was even staged in the theater.
In any case, everything has happened since then, and some of the actors and actresses who participated in the telenovela have already passed away, such as Dora Cadavid (Ines “Inesita” Ramirez), Raul Santa (Efrain Rodriguez) or Celmira Luzardo (Catalina Angel).
On the other hand, despite the success of the telenovela, the actors never received fees for participating in it, as Orozco once stated. He said that actors’ salaries are not commensurate with their work nor are they proportional to the soap’s success or working hours; sometimes the recordings lasted up to 18 hours.
Now one of the actors who participated in that production is looking for a job despite the fact that he is already in advanced years. He is Kepa Amuchastegui (Roberto Mendoza, Armando’s father)who at the age of 81 is looking for a job through LinkedIn.
The Colombian actor, with extensive experience in television and theater, asked for help through the said social network to get a job as an audiobook narrator, an aspect that has exploded in recent years on his social networks, as indicated Depor.com. The artist gives voice to famous books such as one hundred years of solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez or The little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
“Does anyone know who or what company, what publisher would probably want to hire me to record audiobooks? I’m looking for a job again and I think it might be an outlet for my options. I’m an actor. I read well. And my voice likes. Help me please. Thank you,” Amuchastegui wrote.
The artist received a number of offers and recommendations to get a job. Always grateful, he responded to hundreds of comments on the job platform.
Amuchastegui was born in Bogotá on April 13, 1941. He initially studied architecture, but later decided to act when he joined the theater group at the university. (AND)
Source: Eluniverso
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