dayanara torres blog: Marian Rivera Televisa Mexico Acting Offer

Marian Rivera receives acting offer from Televisa Mexico
I just read an article on PEP that says that Televisa, Mexico's largest multi-conglomerate corporation and TV network, was so in awe of Marian Rivera's performance that they'd like to offer her a scholarship to the Centro de Educacion Artistica. What boggles me is that the way the article is written, it's as if it's just some drama school, but it's not! They don't realize how important that school is, understandably because I watch Spanish-language TV all the time and Spanish speakers know how important that school is, most Pinoys in Pinas don't have that opportunity, so they don't understand, so I'd like to explain to you how important a scholarship like that would be. That school is the Spanish-speaking world's most important drama school where many popular Latin American actors have studied in since they were children, including Hollywood actors Eduardo Verastegui and Jaime Camil, Fernando Colunga, Lucero, Jorge Salinas, Eduardo Capetillo, Aracely Arambula, Michelle Vieth, Camila Sodi, Juan Soler, Marlene Favela, so many famous names, they couldn't even list them all at the Wikipedia, and it's not just some acting school, it's sponsored and run by Televisa, and they pick their future talents and future actors and actresses that they feature in their telenovelas from those students. Getting accepted into that school is a platform for world stardom. They train them from when they're young, groom them in acting, singing, and dancing, and then if they show promise, they cast them in their TV shows and telenovelas, and most of the Latin American actors Filipinos and non-Filipinos around the world have been watching on their TV screens over the years came from that school. It's called a "school" but what it actually is is an acting training workshop for Televisa for them to find actors for their TV shows, when new telenovelas are written, the producers at Televisa choose from their roster of actors, or they consult Televisa and they choose from their "students", so for Filipino execs at GMA to assume it's just some school like the one they sent Angel Locsin to in London, they would be so mistaken! And they would be so ---- missing out on a HUGE opportunity, not just for Marian Rivera, but also for GMA and the Philippines in general.

What Televisa is really saying is that they'd like to offer Marian Rivera the opportunity to become an international actress in Spanish-language telenovelas, like Thalia.

Remember you're dealing with Televisa and Spanish-speakers, and since we share the same culture, they operate the same way Filipinos do, it's what's said behind what's being said. They're giving her the opportunity to study in Mexico at the most prestigious acting school in the entire Latin American continent and Spanish-speaking world to see what she's like, what she can do, and if she impresses them, a producer will cast her in a telenovela. Millions of aspiring Latin American actors and actresses DREAM of being accepted in that school, because everybody knows that that school is where famous actors are born, because it's sponsored by Televisa, and that's where they choose their actors that appear in their telenovelas, weekly series, and TV shows from. And remember that Spanish language telenovelas and series are exported to over 150 countries around the world, and having Marian Rivera, a Filipina actress, to become a worldwide celebrity through telenovelas which are exported all over the world, that is something that will put the Philippines on the map for good. This is important, somebody who's reading this post right now, someone who knows her tell her to read this, and explain to her how important this opportunity is for her, for worldwide opportunities, not just for her, but also for the Philippines, and tell her to think about this opportunity. This is so important, if you watch Spanish language TV like I do, anybody who speaks Spanish will know how important this opportunity is for Marian Rivera, I just wish that the execs at GMA would understand it too and what they're offering her and not assume that it's just a simple acting school, (or like a fashion school that you go for a few months to learn, and that's it, like what Angel Locsin did) it's an opportunity for Marian Rivera to become an international actress, and it's an opportunity that will open doors for the Philippines to globalize itself and put itself on the world market, one step at a time, countries don't promote tourism, CELEBRITIES promote tourism, and everytime someone sees a famous person, they immediately associate him/her with the country he/she's from, they see Spice Girls, they think of England, they see Shakira, they think of Colombia, they see Nicole Kidman, they think of Australia, and guess what? When people in this world see Vanessa Hudgens or other Filipino-American celebrities, no matter how proud those celebs are of being Filipino, when the world sees them, they don't think immediately of the Philippines, they think of the United States! Because that's the country they're from, where they built their career. For Marian Rivera to become a world famous Filipina actress, this is a huge important step that has never been offered to the Philippines, and ang tanga tanga if they don't accept it hehe. And remember, GMA always has the option to negotiate a co-contract with Televisa if Marian becomes famous, like what ABS-CBN is doing with Charice Pempengco where she can be co-signed to both ABS-CBN and Disney, and do projects with both at intervals. Marian can do the same, like many actresses do, which is to travel back and forth between to complete different projects, so sobrang tanga tanga if Marian Rivera's manager doesn't arrange this once in a lifetime opportunity for her, hehe.

Tres Mujeres star Jorge Salinas, and Lazos de Amor star Lucero, which both aired on ABS-CBN, came from The Centro de Educación Artistica.

The Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) of Televisa is the most prestigious entertainment educational institution in Latin America. It was founded on September 26, 1979 and it is located in the facilities of Televisa San Ángel in Mexico City.

Many aspiring actors from Mexico and the rest of Latin America dream of being accepted to this institution. The age requirements for admission is to be of between 17 and 23 years of age. After a casting, those who are accepted are eligible for enrollment in their three-year program. The program consists of 45 hours of courses a week and tuition is free of charge. Of approximately 5,000 applications received annually, only 35–40 are accepted.