Netflix released a miniseries titled ‘Hijacking of Flight 601’, where one of the longest kidnappings in Latin America was revived. The actor, Carlos Manuel Vesgaplaying the iconic journalist character, ‘Flaco Marulanda’.
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Thus, Carlos Manuel Vesga, passed through the microphones of W Weekendto talk about his journey as a journalist in this miniseries.
“The slang and convoluted language that the character has It comes from the fact that the two directors Pablo and Camilo who wrote and directed the series, laid the foundations, in seeking that type of journalist that adorns a lot, since the ‘skinny’ guy says a lot of ‘bullshit’so what I did was add to that and fortunately they liked it,” commented the actor.
In the story the ‘skinny’ thinks that he is an untouchable journalist and that no one was going to do anything to him, for this reason many wonder if the role he plays in racist and classist It was common before.
“There was a moment in the history of our country, perhaps until the 80s, centered until the 90s, where the journalists They were as celebrities as the celebrities they coveredand many of them felt that people knew and adored them.”
“On the first day of recording, the scene was filmed in which ‘the skinny one’ is inside the plane and ends up interviewing a person who appears to be pregnant, who feels very bad inside one of the bathrooms. In this way, filming that sequence, the poor cameraman of the skinny Marulanda, he stuck the camera in my eyebrows and noseopening my eyebrow, that was my welcome to the series”
Carlos always He was passionate about the topic of Arts and wanted to dedicate himself to something that was related to his passions, however, he was afraid and chose to study something that would give you some peace of mind.
“I did theater and music all my life, however, when it came to choosing a career I was a bit cowardly, so I decided to study something that had to do with art and aesthetics. So, I chose to study architecture, I feel this gave me certain tranquility and economic stability,” said the actor.
‘Hijacking of Flight 601’: actor tells of experience in the series as ‘Flaco Marulanda’
