Shalim Ortiz premiered two television series - The Review

The actor will appear in the soap opera “Lady and Worker” and the series “Magic City” next week

MIAMI, Florida. – Shalim Ortiz is full : from next week will appear on two U.S. television series, one in Spanish and one in English, and as if that was not enough is prepared to pursue a television producer.

Puerto Rican actor is proud of her mother’s career, the Dominican presenter Charytín Goyco . But he says that he alone made its way into the art world, with its own efforts and without the help of anyone. So much so that no doubt reveal that has faced tough times in his career, especially at the beginning, and has even had moments where he has hesitated to go ahead or not as an actor.

“Black I’ve seen many times in my life, and ups and downs,” said Ortiz, 34, in a recent interview in an alcove studios Telemundo, where she recorded the telenovela Lady and labor which begins airing on Monday.

“I understand and would never judge those who think that’s not true, because from the outside it seems that one does not go for nothing, that one never has challenges, everything has been given as a silver tray. But that it is not, “said the actor and singer, noting that has come to the fore because it has not given up on that road obstacles.

Among the most difficult times he faced, recalled when he arrived in 2006 to Los Angeles and did not know what to do with his life, was born three years ago when his son Liam Michel.

“I had many times when we said, look, I do not go for what I do? .. and suddenly received a call. always like someone threw you a lifeline,” recalled Ortiz, who has also acted in film and theater and has recorded four albums, two of them being produced by Emilio Estefan.

admirer of British actor Michael Caine, Ortiz began his acting career at age six children in a program that produced his father, Elin Ortiz in Puerto Rico. But says he was on his own initiative and not at the request of his father.

Nearly three decades later, remember to watch the first episode of the series angels, was born his soul as an actor: “I said, Dad, I want to be there. He was the producer, the creator. did I remember that moment, uyyyy! do you wear or not wear? And well I sat there “for him to play Rabitín and won his first $ 75 with acting.

since Ortiz has performed on television, in film and on stage and has maintained a parallel career.

Lady and worker, starring Anna Layevska, Jose Luis Resendez and Fabian Rios, Jose Manuel plays Correal.

Attractive and intelligent

, Correal is a man of good feelings that only dreams settle down with a good woman and have children, a character totally different from Antonio Rivas, the millionaire who plays in Magic City whose second season premiered a few days ago by the Starz channel.

Rivas “is a playboy”, a Cuban whose family came to Miami in 1959 after the fall of dictator Fulgencio Batista and from exile contributes money to attempts to overthrow Fidel Castro from power.

“What I loved by Antonio Rivas is that although it has the appearance that intimidates therefore he has a heart. He talks to everyone as on the same level,” said Ortiz, who finished recording the series in December English and hopes now also participate in the third stage of Magic City, in which also work Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Yul Vazquez and others.

Lady and the Worker, set in Los Angeles, but mainly recorded in Miami, will air Monday through Friday at 8:00 Central Time the night. Magic City airs Fridays at 9:00 pm.

on the opportunities that have opened in the two markets, the possibility Ortiz attributed to speak both languages. He clarified, however, that if their English was even more fluid would have even more opportunities.

Although not doubt his acting vocation, is deeply interested in exploring a parallel career as a television producer .

“the thorn gives me great producer,” said the actor, who before starting the interview herself up slightly to remove the brightness of the face and do better in the photos.

After explaining that he could not reveal details because it is with copyright formalities, said he is working on the idea for a drama series for Hispanic television.

“As a producer, I am not even acting in it, only telling the story,” said Ortiz, wearing a blue jean pants, white shirt and bag body navy detached.

Their aspirations are simple.

“My dream is to continue doing what I love, that producers have to give me the responsibility to make substantial characters, I seal, I touch the emotional buttons as an actor”. And as a producer “I wish I had a parallel career to tell the stories that I would like to have, the way I like to count.”