I am Betty the Ugly one It is full of emblematic characters but without a doubt one of the most popular is the Patricia Fernández‘, better known as the ‘Peliteñida’. The actress Lorna Cepeda she rose to fame with this role thanks to her impeccable personification and full of details that made this odious secretary of Ecomoda.
With that peculiar way of pronouncing the word ‘unhappy’, shaking his hair and other gestures, the ‘Peliteñida’ conquered viewers and still, more than 20 years after the premiere of the successful soap opera, is still one of the characters most loved and hated at the same time of the production.
However, to obtain the opportunity to embody the comic role that marked her career and for which she has been known since 1999, Lorna had to go through a “tenacious” casting and he even thought that he would not win the role.
This is how Lorna Cepeda won the role of the ‘Peliteñida’ in Ugly Betty
A year ago, during an interview with the Colombian program The move, the famous 49-year-old interpreter said that her audition to be the unforgettable ‘Peliteñida’ It was very hard, especially since she waited more than ten hours for demonstrate your talent before production.
“That was tenacious because I was at RCN from ten in the morning until nine at night. I waited, I waited and nothing happened to me until they made me pass last and when I did everything was very fast, they did not make corrections or anything, so I felt very bad, “recalled the star who had previously acted in projects like Fathers and sons and Love is stronger.
After his test to earn a stake in the history of Fernando GaitánCepeda thought that he had not convinced and that they would not give him the role; however, the next day they called her to tell her that had been selected to play ‘Patricia Fernández’.
“I can’t believe, they didn’t call me, it’s not me and the next day they called me,” he recalled.
He also added that the idea of wagging his hair in an exaggerated way, one of the most remembered gestures of ‘Patty’, was taken by a friend who is also coincidentally called Patricia.
“She used to throw her hair every time someone fell fat, only it was more subtle. I told myself ‘I’m going to exaggerate it more and I’m going to blow hair that is scary and I’m going to throw it at people and everything“highlighted the television star.
On that occasion, Lorna Cepeda also confessed that just that year she was enjoying Ugly Betty, because when it was released it did not have the opportunity to delight in the novel as the Colombians did first and then the rest of the world.
“Right now I am enjoying it much more. At that time I did not have time to see it because we were recording it. It is very cool and fun (…)”, he pointed.
In the same way, he expressed that he believes that the reason why people like his character so much “Although it is hateful” is because they are able to identify with some of their experiences.
“There are people who have had their water, electricity cut off or they do not have to pay for their cell phone or they must pretend or pretend for some reason. So, like, people can feel identified with it. What happens is that they do not say it openly, “she concluded.
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