During 1997 and 1998, more than a dozen boys who starred in “scallions”, the children’s series that became one of the most watched programs on Argentine television.
Thanks to “scallions“We met artists like Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi, Marcelo Italiano, Diego Vicos, Brian Caruso and more who managed to entertain and enchant the entire Argentine and global public, since the Telefe strip crossed borders.
Without a doubt, characters like The Colo were recorded in the retina of the most television fans and today, thanks to social networks, they can remain attentive to the day-to-day life of their favorite figures. The actor of “scallions” is currently a personality in the world of audiovisual arts.
Thanks to the experience in “scallions”, Diego Vicos got to know the technical and audiovisual world. The artist who began studying theater at the age of nine took the opportunity to get involved in the world of cinema and everything related to it when he finished high school.
In that context, He met his ex-partner and mother of his son, a Dominican who had settled in Buenos Aires to study film. Together they undertook a trip to the Dominican Republic and laid foundations there. The Colo of “scallions” founded a production company where he is an SEO and, in addition to producing and editing content, he is a casting agency.
Currently, in addition to teaching theater and improacting classes in front of the camera, he plays soccer and has a radio program. He himself confessed in dialogue with La Nación that he still receives flattering messages for his work in the 90s series.
The B side of “Cebollitas”
Not everything is rosy for the series that marked millennials. Actors like Juan Jacuzzi, who played “Coqui” or Marcelo Italiano, who did the same with “Sammy”, were able to open up and confess their negative experiences during the filming of the novel written by Enrique Torres and Daniel Datola.
The person who played “Coqui” said: “We had a lot of pressure and I was the oldest, but there were 8 or 9 year old kids like Brian Caruso or Dalma Maradona. There were many screams, unnecessary challenges as if we had hurt someone. If you recorded that shouting with a cell phone today, there are several who would not work anymore.”
Some were crying and everything.
For his part, in “Intruders”, Marcelo Italiano confessed that he had to work under pressure, in fact he revealed and extensively detailed a situation in which he ended up urinating in the middle of recording because he could not stop for something as basic as going to the bathroom. Without a doubt, the memories are of all kinds and in order to raise awareness, some moments were brought to light.
