Guillermo Francella’s series “El Encargado” has caused a great impact worldwide, and in recent days it has been learned that the real Basurto family, the surname used by the actor in the fiction, is outraged and has had to go through hard times in recent years.
The real Eliseo Basurto broke the silence and destroyed Guillermo Francella’s series “El Encargado”
In an interview with Juan Etchegoyen on “Mitre Live” (Monday to Friday at 5 p.m. on Radio Mitre’s social media), the real Eliseo Basurto broke his silence to make a strong statement against the current series.
“We are not a media family at all and all this makes us feel bad and it is as you said, we received aggressions with this character that was created in the series “El Encargado”. The issue is the following: when the first season was made we contacted and told Disney that we were directly affected by the character because of our last name, people have harassed us in the street since the fiction began and they treat us like bad people, they associate the character with us”, began by saying the man based in the city of Bilbao.
Continuing with his statement, Eliseo said: “For some, this strip may be comical and funny, but the character is internally disastrous and worthless. At the time, we demanded that the platform remove the surname and put another one. We had to isolate ourselves because everyone associates us with the character and sees us in a bad light. We are not looking for economic benefit or anything, we are not looking for money and we only want to clear our surname and the platform never answered us.”
“We contacted Disney when the first season ended and the fiction continued. I feel that this production company cares very little about our annoyance. It is an unscrupulous production and it seems that they are looking for something else. The only thing we wanted was to clear our name,” added Basurto.
The real Eliseo Basurto broke the silence and destroyed Guillermo Francella’s series “El Encargado”: “We want our last name to disappear from fiction”
Harsh statement from the real Eliseo Basurto against “El Encargado”, the series by Guillermo Francella
“We want our name to disappear from the series, that is the request. On top of that, in the second and third seasons, it doubles down, we see what it produces and we don’t get a response. It is a very watched series because it reaches everywhere, it passes through there,” he explained.
Regarding the impact of the series, Eliseo Basurto said: “People on the street have told me ‘a criminal, a bad person, all the managers must be like that guy’ and I also want to tell you that we are not the only ones affected, there is another Basurto family that we know is also going through the same thing.”
Then, on the verge of tears, he said: “In this time, everything has happened to me. A person in the street has even thrown their dog’s waste on me, imagine. They threw the dog’s waste at me and a lot of other things, they shout all kinds of things at you in the street. I feel bad when I remember that, it affected us a lot and it’s inexplicable. I’m not a media person and I don’t look for the media, all I want is peace for my family. If they don’t remove the Basurto surname from Francella’s character, unfortunately we will have to take action and I’m not looking for that, but if we don’t find a solution, we will do that.”
“I traveled to Argentina a few days ago for this particular issue and I have already returned to Spain. I had to disappear from social media because of the amount of insults I received, I had to isolate myself and now I am slowly returning. If they do not take responsibility, they will have to pay the consequences,” he concluded forcefully.
Editor’s note; source Radio Mitre.
