Betty in New York, the new version of the novel for "millennials"

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 speak here United States", the Mexican actor told Efe Aaron Diaz, who with his compatriot Erick Elías they play in the new production.

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"It's a version for & # 39;millennials"In which the message is that you have to be genuine," he added. Elie, who embodies the central character of Don Armando, who hired Betty as secretary and eventually fall in love with her.

"Betty in New York", the version intended for the Latin market, sets its action in the city of skyscrapers and will be broadcast to United States at the beginning of 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 his name: Elifer Torres.

As he explained Marcos Santana, President of Telemundo International, has selected nearly 300 young people with different levels of experience.

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Santana added that in the script, they were working more than a year and a half with the support of Fernando Gaitán, author of the original television series, premiered in 1999 in Colombia and with more than a dozen different versions.

Sabrina Seara assured to Efe that the adaptation of the script to modern times includes the reformulation of female characters reflect "the modern latin woman"

For his part, the president of NBC Telemundo, César Condestressed that "Betty in New York" This is the first recorded production at the Telemundo Center, the new building that opened the chain this year in Miami.