TV can not hold more of the same: Gustavo Loza – Informador.com.mx

The director of ’40 and 20 ‘opens with a gap in Blim loaded with black humor and starring “Donkey” Van Rankin

GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (13 / ABR / 2016) .- a Gustavo Loza is not interested in comfort neither safe nor easy. Theirs is to play to the limit whenever possible. It is the kind of director that usually is after a risky story, those where the creative budget is played and even the skin. For him, there is no middle ground in creativity. “The challenge is there, doing different things,” he said by telephone, before bursting out laughing.

The reflection of Loza has to do with the premiere of “40 and 20″ the first comedy series created especially for the Blim digital platform. “The challenge in this case was bet by a format that is not customary in Mexican comedy, as is the ‘sitcom’, and on the other hand, be the first exclusive series for Blim platform. He is proud, because it is not the same as the second, third or fifth, the first (laughs). “

Question of hunches

“40 and 20″ starring Jorge “El Burro” Van Rankin, Mauricio Garza, Michelle Rodriguez and Monica Huarte tells the story of “Paco”, a middle-aged divorced fascinated girls, with “Fran” his twentysomething son with a weakness for forties. The combination of both is what triggers all sorts of hilarious situations.

Loza recognizes that when elected “Donkey” for the starring role, more than one raised eyebrow. “The selection process of casting was interesting, very intense, but also with a touch of intuition. He searched among many actors right for the role of the ‘Burro’, but it was until I got to him I felt I had to type indicated “.

Here he weighed the path of Loza on the screen girl, who had already achieved a great success with a series that was initially little bet: “heroes of the North”: “that helped me to Televisa said ‘go’. But that the charisma of ‘Burro’ adds, is a guy like him, that wherever he is known to friends. That essence is we try to reflect on the screen “.

The series is already in the Blim digital platform. 26 episodes, which will be divided into two seasons were recorded. “I hope there are more, because I see long history life, but that will depend on the public.”

The learning curve

be the first to comedy Blim is the result of the long patience of Gustavo Loza, and also have planted many times without expecting anything in return. “I love television. Many people placed me for my work in film, but it is on TV where I had the opportunity to deploy projects that I like. “

The creative recalls that” in the late nineties did a series for Channel 11 ( ‘Way home’), who liked it, which was applauded, but I stay there. Perhaps it was not the time to make series, or the right channel, but the way. And I insisted. “

Today, Loza is excited about the future and the potential that is slowly showing the small screen. “The productions of the small screen has changed, he has acquired a huge role. The formats have changed and here are those who raise our hands to do different things. What do we believe that television can not take any more of it “.

wants to be elite

Although television fills, Loza He does not deny that he loves the cinema. The director film debut in May “What fault is the child?” Is the first comedy he writes and directs. “I had done it, but had not had a hand in the script.”

Gustavo recognizes that feel excited, because “took time not to release a movie, sounds weird but I’ve run four are two written for me and two that did not create, I helped in the script and did not have much idea. This will be comedy, the first to do it from their creative work. “

The film, starring Karla Souza, Ricardo Abarca, Fabiola Guajardo and Ricardo Taracena is a comedy, and Loza accepted without modesty” I want to be one of the five top-grossing in the history of Mexican screen. “

” the comedy he adds, is the favorite genre Mexican public, and no doubt that with ‘What fault is the child? ‘, the audience leaves the room very satisfied “.