The Tolimense has aroused sensations in viewers with his great character in the bionovela of the Vallenato minstrel. He is the “least liked” right now.
Colombia News.
One of the characters that most arouses passions among soap opera lovers ‘With the eyes of the soul: Leandro Díaz’, that’s ‘Onofre’, father of the Vallenato composer, creator of works such as ‘Matilde Lina’ and ‘My Crowned Goddess’.
Ibaguereño actor Diego Vásquez is in charge of performing this role characterized by a father who hates his son for having a visually impaired condition, a behavior that has generated rejection of viewers towards the character.
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Memes and comments on social networks express their rejection of ‘Onofre’so much so that many highlight Vásquez’s professionalism and talent to generate this type of sensation to those who are behind the small screen: “That means that he has done very well,” comment users from different digital platforms.
Today, Onofre is the most hated character on Colombian television and that is why his interpreter gave an interview for the RCN channel where he explained his role in the bionovela in detail.
Diego Vásquez spoke of the challenge that playing Leandro’s father meant for him, a peasant man who was born more than 100 years ago in the department of La Guajira.
“It is the first time that I play an important character that speaks in another language, which is Guajiro,” the 57-year-old actor from Ibaguer confessed with a laugh.
He said that he had to immerse himself in the Guajira culture of the time to understand the character who, as a curious fact, revealed that his name was not ‘Onofre’ in real life.
«Onofre was a very relevant person for better and for worse. Very basic, whose principles were based on honesty and doing good to others, “
He added that he understands the sensations that his character has created in viewers, being a man who “hated” his son for having a disability condition, an abominable behavior.
“The behavior of this character is reprehensible, but as an actor I do not make judgments, I just try to understand why he does it,” he said.
Vásquez, one of the great actors that our country has, confessed that playing a person who lived 80 or 100 years ago who has a different way of speaking for him is like speaking in another language, “he concluded.
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It is worth noting that Leandro Díaz’s bionovela has had an excellent reception from the viewing public due to the incredible story and the actors who are part of the production.
One of them, the singer Silvestre Dangond, who in his first acting role has shown his great talent for this job, playing a character that he cannot see but that with his way of being and his love for music touched the hearts of the Colombians to become one of the greatest exponents of Vallenata culture in its entire history.
Cover photo: @diegovasquezactor
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