Some weeks ago, we asked which was your opinion about the extension of the Mexican telenovela starred by Fernando Colunga and Silvia Navarro based on the Colombian telenovela “Pura Sangre”:

I love the idea: 31 votes

Good because we will see a different story from the original one: 17 votes

It is exactly the same for me: 13 votes

Very bad idea: 59 votes

People is divided – forty-nine people think it’s a good idea and only ten more think it’s a bad idea.

As we previously said, we do not understand why they insist on lengthening the remakes; it is supposed that they adapt the telenovelas from an already done script and it is supposed that costs are cut and success is guaranteed. If they lengthen the telenovela it will not be that cheap then, will it? It may be the case that the new part of the telenovela is not welcomed by the audience, so instead of being a success it turns to be an authentic failure, don’t you think so? So I wonder, if they write new parts for a telenovela, supposedly original, couldn’t have they written a new telenovela altogether? They add a hundred episodes, that is almost a whole new telenovela! Although it wouldn’t be strange that those added episodes were taken from another telenovela.

And for an extra surprise, we found out through PRODU that Rafel Novoa, who will star “Pura Sangre” will participate as a guest actor in “Mañana Para Siempre”. We don’t know very well how to interpret this, bearing in mind that we don’t believe that Rafael is very well-know in Mexico and we neither know whether they will understand that he was the first one to give life to the character that Fernando Colunga plays. What’s the sense in it? This reminds me of what Salvador Mejía did in “Fuego En La Sangre” – the telenovela was lengthened with unconnected plots, showing off international guest stars acting in it – we really don’t see the point in it.

About this new professional challenge, Rafael Novoa told the press that he feels very satisfied and hopes to go to Mexico and learn about their way of working. He also emphasized that he’ll stay for only two weeks in the country and then he’ll go on with the shooting of “Las Trampas Del Amor”, telenovela recently launched in Colombia, in which he has the role of the antagonist.

Novoa, who will travel to Mexico at the end of April, will make his debut in the cinema this year in the movie “Poker” but he still doesn’t know the profile of the character he’ll play. However, he was satisfied with the offer, but he added that he prefers not to anticipate to the events, nor to think about what this will mean for his career. Finally, he said that he just watched some brief scenes of “Mañana Es Para Siempre” and he considers that, though the essence of the story is the same, this is a different product, something that usually occurs when a telenovela from another country is adapted. “I think it’s a different point of view”, he added.

Our friend Rafael used a very diplomatic way not to say that “Mañana Es Para Siempre” has nothing to do with “Pura Sangre”, maybe the first episodes do; and he showed to be conscious that his current role will have nothing to do with the character he played in the original story. So what led him to participate in this telenovela? Maybe the considerable amount of money he was offered. These are all hypotheses, but we are still surprised and still cannot understand why the Colombian actors, who are working in original stories in their own country, run to Mexico when they are called to act in some little telenovela. Can somebody explain that?