Two weeks before Sálvame says his last farewell on Telecinco on the 23rd of this month, this Monday, June 12, the daily series Mía es la venganza was broadcast for the first time. It will be the face of Lydia Bosch (GP, Personal reasons) appearing on the small screen from 3:45 p.m., replacing that of Jorge Javier Vázquez or Belén Esteban. In this way, Mediaset has already shortened the duration of Sálvame by canceling its first slot and moving the start to 4:45 p.m. In the series, Bosch plays Sonia Hidalgo, the protagonist of this soap opera produced by Mediaset España in partnership with Alea Media, which aims to elevate the status of daytime series, which it says are “often wrongly considered the little sisters of prime-time series”. . This was announced by Bosch at the presentation of the tele series on Wednesday, June 7th.
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The plot revolves around revenge, triggered by an accident 20 years ago that changed the lives of Sonia (Lydia Bosch) and Mario (played by José Sospedra). She is the powerful owner of the exclusive Los Olivos sports club but lives in remorse while Mario is filled with hatred and wants Sonia to atone for what happened. Amalia Martínez, director of the series’ producer, explained that “Mía es la venganza” contains elements of the classic telenovela but innovates in certain aspects: “There’s melodrama, there’s the passions and the feelings of hatred that usually exist in this genre , but they exist.” also modern elements. Various nationalities and sexual orientations are represented in the characters and their actions, but contemporary ideas such as the empowerment of women are also addressed.
The cast of “Mía es la venganza” at the presentation of the series on June 7th. Luis Miguel Gonzalez
However, the true innovation of this daily series is the technical and material resources at its disposal. The more than 90 recorded 45-minute episodes were shot on sets of more than 8,000 square meters, including 3,000 indoor sets and 5,000 outdoor sets with swimming pool, paddle tennis court, stables and bungalows. Bosch enthusiastically toured the entire venue and invited the reporters to marvel at the quality of the facility. “You see, it’s very good furniture, super real! what is amazing Welcome to my house,” he said as he entered the living room of his character’s house.
Executive producer Jesús Font, who accompanied them, pointed out that these wide sets allowed them to shoot uncut footage previously unthinkable in daytime series: “Our record is a two and a half minute stable shot with the characters moving from one point of the set to another. “It is a very careful series that is valuable on an aesthetic level. I’m sure it will change the perception of the daily series,” added Bosch.
The Family Doctor interpreter admitted that she also had these prejudices against daily soap operas in the past: “There was always a difference between a film actor and a television actor. Those of us on TV were more underrated, but that’s changing. I think it will be the same with the daytime series. I myself realized that it’s a very tough job: it’s the hardest thing I’ve done in my almost 40-year career.” The actress recalled that this format is the format with the greatest audience because prime-time series are very late would be broadcast and stressed the importance of accompanying people at home every day and making them feel that they are not alone.
Without social life
The plot coexists characters from the elite world of a sports center, led by Sonia with an iron fist, and club employees from a less affluent social class. Natalia Rodríguez, who plays Sonia’s daughter in the series, explained that her character acts as a link between these two worlds as she is the manager of her mother’s sports club. “He’s trying to show Sonia that he’s capable of running the company, doing it well and living up to his aspirations. “It seems to me that the show captures a very realistic mother-daughter relationship,” said Rodríguez, who along with his partner José Sospedra only had three days to prepare for their role since they weren’t in the original cast.
Natalia Rodríguez and Lydia Bosch in a picture from the series.Pedro Valdezate
The main trio agree that being on a daily series doesn’t allow them any social life outside of the project. “Life? What life?” Rodríguez joked. “I got a lot of gray hairs,” Sospedra said. “You live for and for the show,” concluded Bosch, who spoke about how his heart was racing and nervous tics as he watched Sonia played, a character whose emotions are usually on the fringes.”I think my character laughed once in everything we did,” he said.But they all emphasized how grateful they are to have a job. “Given the instability of our profession, it gives you the reassurance of having some stability,” Sospedra argued.
Mine is revenge is a choral series that mixes several genres: the central element of revenge and the mystery that surrounds it are combined with the lighter subplots of the Los Olivos club staff. Elena Furiase is Lucía in the fiction, a blind and homosexual physiotherapist who works in the massage parlor. The actress wanted to demand a normalization of these issues in the current series: “LGBTI people are normal and ordinary. There will be those who don’t want to see it, but it’s not something that’s been invented now in the 21st century. What happens is we’ve spent our whole lives covering it up.”
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