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Victor
Noriega, an exclusive interview
Source:
ERES, February 16, 2001
By: Adolfo Pérez; Photography by Alan Martin
TW Correspondent: Tonchi
Victor
Noriega began his artistic career with the group
Garibaldi more than 12 years ago, he entered as an actor
in the telenovela "Rencor Apasionado", together
with Natalia Esperón, Eduardo Santamarina, and Aracely
Arámbula. His next participation was in "Camila",
with Bibi Gaytan and Eduardo Capetillo. From there he
made "Rosalinda", with Thalía and Fernando
Carrillo. In 1999 he was in Mujeres Engañadas", and
now in 2000 he returns to work with Natalia Esperón, but
now as the leading man, his first starring role, in the
telenovela "Por Un Beso."
--What
was your first role of great importance in the
telenovelas?
The one
I did in "Rosalinda, because it finished solidifying
many things; the image that I had with Garibaldi at the
international level was greatly reinforced with the
novelas of Thalía, which traveled around the world. I
was fascinated, because I dreamed of working with her, I
was very happy to have had such an important part."
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| --Have you done only good guy roles? Yes. Afterwards I
had the opportunity to interpret a gigolo in "Mujeres
Engañadas" and it was incredible, because it was a
great change. He was a very interesting character with a
great conflict. Finally the proposal arrived from Angelli
Nesma to make "Por Un Beso", which in the
beginning was for a secondary part. At the time I was
doing the reading with the directors and in the screen
test, they saw in me possibilities for the leading role.
--The
first one for you….
Yes. I
was up against several actors for the role, because the
other one I already had confirmed. But finally I had to
compete for it.
--With
other actors more known?
They
said that Carlos Ponce was going to make the telenovela,
and in that case, Eduardo Verástegui. Fortunately,
Angelli decided in my favor, because I looked more the
type.
--Were
you uncomfortable that they chose an actor only for the
type?
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As an
actor you have to be very aware that they are forming a
cast. It depends on your part and on your family in the
novela. If your father is the top actor, you have to look
a little bit like him, so there. You have to be preparing
as much on the acting level as you are to change your
appearance. There are certainly a number of "leading
men" in the enterprise (Televisa), guys who are in
this category: Gattorno, Juan Soler, Verástegui. They
are there because of their physical type, but even more
because they are well prepared. If they weren't, they
would be models and that's all. --When you
left Garibaldi, did you intend to get into television or
did they offer it to you?
I had
that idea, so much so that I took acting classes and got
myself prepared. My first part, in "Rencor..",
was in the same way as this one. I stood there to do the
screen test, they offered me a part with 50 chapters,
which was a great, great, achievement. That, for someone
who was barely beginning, is a great deal. I wasn't
anywhere near taking the leading role in the story, but
obviously they were not going to launch someone so little
prepared and not so well known in his facet as an actor.
--Was
it harder to get the part because they did not know you?
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| OK, the producers and the director wanted
to introduce me, but the enterprise said that they had to
see, first, if I worked for the cameras, because it was
going to 50 countries and they were not going to put just
anybody in the starring role. Everything has to pass
through evaluation. I believe that they made the correct
decision. --Didn't you want to keep singing any
more?
In part,
yes, but it was better that things came about as they did
and that I could have acquired a lot of experience with
the co-starring roles, because now that I am in the lead
I do not make so many mistakes. The career of a singer is
very trying. On one hand it is an incredible experience
to travel everywhere in the world, but it is also going
through airports, highways, traveling all the time, in
busses, hotels… and the time comes that this drains
you. In my case, now I have work days that go from 12 to
14 hours, but I know that I am going to sleep in my own
house and that the weekends I am going to see my family.
--If
someone proposed to you returning to singing, would you
do it?
If I get
the urge to once again have the contact with the public.
I had the opportunity to do it with "Reunion 10"
which the ex-Garibaldis had, and I loved being back on
the stage again.
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Don't forget,
it's something that I have there. It has cost me a great deal to
be accepted as an actor. I think that this first starring role is
already something important. To return to singing is going to
take me time, but if I do it I want it to be for enjoyment.
--Have you
done musical theater?
Nooo! I would
like it a lot, because I know that I can do it. Here in Mexico it
is very tiring, because there are many performances, 3 or 4 days
a week. But I definitely would like to be for a short period in
an interesting work.
--What is the
greatest difference between the music environment and that of
acting?
As a singer you
have a producer and a representative, your schedule is very
tight, you do radio, television programs, you learn the
choreography, the dances, and everything is perfectly planned.
Now that I work in the production of a telenovela I do not have a
representative, I am more free, I can chose what I want, and
besides that I interact a lot with my companions.
--Where do
you make more friends?
I believe that
being in the studio filming a novela, because you spend more time
there. You never lack for finding your friends, people you know,
and you have more experiences. With singers, you are limited to
only bump into each other at the awards ceremonies, radio
festivals, or when you travel with them in some airplane. With a
telenovela, the interaction is for 8 months or more.
--Have you
known environments where there is more competition or where the
vibes were bad?
No. You see, I
have been able to work with very professional people, and I have
enjoyed myself a lot.
--What has
been the most difficult telenovela to make?
"Rosalinda",
because Thalía demands a lot, and although she helped me the
director was also very strict. I was very nervous.
--Would you
work with Thalía again? Would you feel the same?
It would depend
on who (what part) they might give me, because I wasn’t
nervous because of her, it was the pressure of the production.
--Would you
go into "Solo Para Mujeres"? (Note: "For
Women Only" is an all-male revue which has even more sexual
content and semi-nudity than the Chippendales in the USA)
They invited me
to participate, but the bottom line is that it is not a goal of
mine to strip, apart from the other plans that I have. Besides,
in Garibaldi we went out naked (laughter). Now I am trained for
other things. But if I make a picture where the acting requires a
nude scene, there it would definitely be a goal. Actually, they
are not going to see anything they haven’t already seen. I
want to certify myself as a leading man, and from there run to
other things – to launch myself as a singer, in another
plan, but with two or three starring telenovelas. In fact, I have
already had somebody or another approach me for another novela,
but nothing concrete.
--What is
needed to triumph in this field?
To have your
feet firmly on the ground, be very responsibly, have a lot of
desire to do things well, have a good disposition, be friendly,
and humble.
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