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A new bilingual version of the popular Colombian telenovela "I am Betty, the ugly"under the title of"Betty in New York"was presented today by Telemundo in Miami, Florida (USA), where this TV channel is focused on the Hispanic sphere.
"I am very happy to participate in a production that tells how Latinos live and talk here in the United States," said the Mexican actor at EFE Aaron Díaz, who with his compatriot Erick Elías they play in the new production.
"It's a version for & # 39;millennials"In which the message is that you have to be genuine," added Elias, who plays the central character of Don Armando, who hired Betty as secretary and eventually fell in love with her.
"Betty in New York", the version intended for the Latin market, fixes its action in the city of the skyscrapers and will be diffused in the United States from 2019.
The cast also includes the Argentine actor Saul Lizazo, the Mexican Héctor Suárez, to the Puerto Rican Jeimy Osorio and the Venezuelan Sabrina Seara, all under the executive production of the artist too Miguel Varoni.
The big surprise, as announced in the presentation, will be the actress who plays Betty, who gave only her name: Elyfer Torres. Marcos Santana, President of Telemundo International, interviewed nearly 300 young people with different levels of experience.
Santana added that in the screenplay, they were working more than a year and a half with the support of Fernando Gaitán, author of the original television series, premiered in Colombia in 1999 and with over a dozen versions.
Sabrina Seara assured EFE that adapting the scenario to modern times included reformulating female characters to reflect "the modern Latin woman".
NBC Telemundo President César Conde emphasized that "Betty in New York"is the first recorded production at the Telemundo Center, the new building that opened the chain this year in Miami.
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