Guillermo Francella was a guest on the programme Before anyone by Luzu TVwhere his daughter Johanna works, to promote her new film, extortion. But in addition to talking about the film, there the actor looked back on his career in the media and recalled the difficult and bitter start that his foray into the media had when he was a reporter for the magazine People.
“I finished high school and wasn’t really sure what to do. I didn’t want to pursue any career to get in and the only thing I liked was the theaterremembered Francella, who from that moment on was very clear how she wanted to earn a living.
Subsequently, the famous artist today explained how he came to work as a journalist: “My parents were very clumsy, they told me: ‘Study theater, but look for something parallel to eat’, I didn’t know what to do and I liked oral journalism, not writing, that is, interviewing, having a lectern “.
And he added, recalling his beginnings as a graphic editor: “I worked in a magazine People(the journalist) Alfredo Serra was a friend of my uncle, I went to do the interview and they took the summer months”.
However, although his story went well up to that point, he would later recount that his stay in Editorial Atlántida’s classic magazine was not very long-lasting: “After Alfredo went on vacation, I was left alone and when all the permanent staff arrived, I didn’t I had where to sit; It was medium rare and they ripped me off.”
The famous actor recalled who was in charge of firing him and the bond they have now: “Jorge de Luján Gutiérrez cuts me, who still says to me today: ‘I saved your life’, and I tell him: ‘No, not the’ I did you saved my life At that time I was an asshole, you made me suffer, I walked along the destroyed Paseo Colón”.
Regarding the reasons he was separated from that job as a photojournalist, Francella said: “There was no solid element to knock me out, There was no room, Alfredo (Serra) gave me a hand, they put me inside, they made me take notes on the street. If they couldn’t find me it was because I went to talk to the girls at Para Ti (magazine shares an editorial with People) and they didn’t like it, that I would have burst out laughing”.
One of his first acting jobs
Fortunately for the artist, when his career as a journalist came to an abrupt end, he had already started acting: “I had done an advertisement for a vermouthwhen it comes out they ask me in the editorial office and I say: ‘Can’t you advertise?’, because I was the protagonist of an important brand and I already felt that everything was questioned, everything was disapproved“.
After that appearance in a commercial, Johanna and Nicolás’ father was fired from the magazine PeopleBut still today he does not know exactly what were the reasons for giving up his services: “It didn’t go through a matter of conduct or my ineffectiveness, but they cut me off and then my life began”.
Much later, already a major name in industry and media, the artist became a figure of the place they kicked him out of: “When I was the cover of PeopleIt was the dream of my lifeI saw it on the newsstand (in the magazine) I couldn’t believe it, I bought eight copies”.
Beyond the bad moment and the initial setbacks, Guillermo still has fond memories of his colleagues: “It is today that I have a good connection with everyone and they laugh that it was, as they say, that they saved my life.”
Source: Clarin
