In the middle of May we let you know that Televisa had fired the cast of the series 40 and 20 for having demanded a salary increase and, finally, one of the actresses fired and presumably banned by the television station spoke to the media and emphasized that “we all deserve fair wages.”
This is the actress and singer Michelle Rodríguez, who was one of the actresses who, according to Shanik Berman, were fired from the comedy series for having demanded a salary increase after nine seasons. For this reason, the producers of the program not only fired the cast, but even canceled the program and banned the demanding actors from the television station.
Recently, the program First hand shared the interview they conducted with Michelle Rodríguez, who gave life to Toña in the series, while she attended the premier of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, where the actress, without clarifying the rumors of her possible dismissal, spoke on the subject.
I suppose those things happen, look, one is accepting, I believe that I am faithful to my work, I am faithful to the commitment and nothing… that the opportunities are also fair is important, if it is for a salary thing, well… we deserve fair salaries everyone, not just us, everyone.
In this way, your answer could be interpreted that, in effect, there was a problem with the producers of 40 and 20 by demanding a raise, like Jorge “El Burro” Van Rankin, Mónica Huarte, Mauricio Garza, Armando Hernández, among others.
It should be noted that Michelle is the only one who has spoken about it, but even when she has not clarified the situation of the veto of the actors in the channel, it is understood that Mauricio Garza will be like host digital in the program the house of celebrities while Armando Hernández will be part of the ninth season of I fall over laughing.
On the other hand, regarding the next projects of Michelle Rodríguez, nothing concrete is known. However, there are strong rumors that she will be part of the tenants of the house of celebrities Although with this latest statement from the actress, it may just be a rumor.
For now, the actress seems to be doing well and is satisfied with her dubbing work in Spanish for the film. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. In addition, she is reaping success in film and television on streaming.