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Inma Moscardó interviewed Fernando Colunga in January 2009, during the filming of Mañana es para siempre. The interview (here, edited for brevity) was kindly shared with me by her friend Eve Zadoyan, a reader of the Caray! blog from way back who is now a frequent contributor at Fernando's official website, http://colungateam.com. Inma's comments and questions are in green. Thanks, Eve and Inma!
Every three minutes in some place of the world there is a soap opera airing with Fernando Colunga as the main character. For the last 20 years he has made his life a soap opera, but only on screen because his life away from the screen is not within reach of the public eye.
At 43, he affirms that his work speaks for him: he is probably the most respected actor in the genre. Charming, intelligent, and very well educated, he seems to be more than just a pretty face on a soap opera.
She asked: At this point in your career, do you still enjoy your profession?
In 2003, 'Amor Real' (True Love) was the soap opera that propelled him to fame and his role as rancher Manuel Fuentes Guerra, gave him international exposure no other actor of the genre had ever achieved. With a setting in the 19th century, it was aired in 150 countries and broke records in almost all of them. In the U.S. it was the 4th most watched program that year despite being in Spanish.
"Is this your favorite character?"
Obsessed with perfection in his work, after attending CEA, Televisa's Center for Artistic Education in 1990, Colunga continued to develop during stints in directing and production schools in Los Ángeles and London -- and he keeps studying. Maybe that is why his performances have awarded him the respect of the critics and the acknowledgement of the business industry in awards.
She asked: Do you have any technique to build up your characters?
Though he doesn't lose sleep over it, he is considered one of the sexiest Latinos in the world -- and the actor best positioned to be the first Latino to do the role of James Bond. (In a People magazine poll he received 40 percent of the votes with 27 percent for Argentinian Sebastián Rulli).
She asked: Would you be willing to do a completely naked scene if required?
Colunga raised his eyebrows, caressed his right cheek, stared at her with a very flirty look, played hard to get, pretended not to understand the question, burst out laughing and finally said, in a joking tone:
What do you prefer: movies, theater, TV? Which one do you identify with better?
Are you not afraid of being portrayed as the eternal soap opera flirt? Do you think you've already reached your peak?
Will we have Fernando Colunga even after 20 years?
Will we see you in a villain role?
As opposed to other actors, you have totally armored your private life; we barely know anything about you that doesn't have to do with your work. You don't appear in "heart" magazines, you don't do publicity, you only go to parties or events that are work related. Have you had to pay the price for keeping your personal life away from the spotlight?
Are you affected by the rumors that are regularly heard in México questioning your sexuality?
Without any sign of discomfort, he answers sharply:
GIRA...CUANDO ENTRE Y VI EL TEMA DEL ADMINISTRADOR...SUPUSE LA FORISTA QUE SE TRATABA...PERO NO QUISE MENCIONARLO EN TU TEMA DE COMENTARIOS...DONDE TE DEJE EL MIO...PORQUE NO ESTABA SEGURA.
CREO QUE FUI BASTANTE CLARA EN EL MENSAJE QUE DEJE EN TU TEMA...TU Y ESA FORISTA....CASTIGADA...TIENEN MI APOYO...PUEDE QUE YO NO CONCUERDE CON ELLA EN ALGUNA DE SUS FORMAS...SABEMOS QUE ES VEHEMENTE EN LA MANERA DE EXPRESARSE...PERO...ENTIENDO QUE TIENE EL MISMO DERECHO A MANIFESTAR SUS OPINIONES...TANTO COMO AQUELLAS QUE...SE DESHACEN EN ALABANZAS EXAGERADAS.....EN HACER DEL SEGUIMIENTO A UN ACTOR....UN ACTO DE FE...
ASI QUE DE LA MISMA MANERA QUE RECHAZO LA FALTA DE RESPETO HACIA LAS PERSONAS...VENGA DE QUIEN VENGA...RECHAZO A AQUELLAS QUE..SIN DAR LA CARA...SE DEDICAN A REPORTAR AQUELLO QUE NO LES ES DE SU AGRADO....Y LO PEOR...ES QUE...PARECEN TENER SU INFLUENCIA...NO ES LA PRIMERA..VEZ QUE SE BORRA. UN TEMA...QUE SOLO PERSEGUIA PÀSAR EN RATO CON HUMOR....PORQUE A ALGUIEN NO LE GUSTA...QUE SE HABLE DE OTRO ACTOR.
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Gira, sé que has de sentirte muy mal,
me apena muchísimo lo sucedido. He expresado mi opinión en el tema que ha abierto
el administrador. Solo quiero comentar dos cosas:
La libertad de expresión no existe si
no hay libertad de réplica y mi experiencia en el foro me dice que ésta última nunca
ha dejado de existir. Siempre podemos responder a cualquier comentario con el
que no estemos de acuerdo, incluso si nos sentimos ofendidas. También podemos
ignorarlo y pasar del tema si nos parece que no merece una respuesta por
nuestra parte. Por eso no entiendo que nadie necesite reportar un tema o un
comentario.
No leí el comentario de Inma y me
desconcierta lo que comentan Charleen, Haydée y Anna que me parecen bastante
sensatas, nada mojigatas y para nada aduladoras hipócritas. Pienso que ponemos
a Fernando en una situación muy difícil si desde su foro faltamos al respeto o
descalificamos, mas allá de la crítica constructiva, o la bromita de que pase
la doble a alguno de sus compañeros de profesión y creo que no se lo merece.
Esto último no significa que esté de
acuerdo con la expulsión de una forista aunque puede que sí con la retirada de algún
mensaje (no me refiero a este concreto porque no lo he leído), antes de tomar
una decisión sobre una forista habría que tener en cuenta toda su trayectoria,
y, aún si el administrador tuviera razón, hacer todo lo posible porque se
quedara.
