Gustavo Bueno: what is behind “Al fondo hay sitio” and “La ciudad y los perros”, a love that went beyond fiction, Vargas Llosa and more

Acting revitalizes him. the tireless Gustavo Bueno (Lima, 1951) is nourished by its innumerable characters and its happiest memories. [a los malos los recuerda como grandes enseñanzas, dice]. From a corner of the Las Nuevas Lomas residential area of ​​”Al fondo hay sitio” in Pachacamac, the actor takes a vibrant mental journey through his vigorous artistic career of more than 6 decades in theater, film and television. He recalls unforgettable moments with the writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the filmmaker Pancho Lombardi. He also affirms that today more than ever he enjoys his free time and his great passion: soccer.

Although he has been acting since he was 9 years old, Bueno Wunder did not always want to be an actor. After a failed attempt at the entrance exam for the University of Engineering, he studied law at PUCP. After taking a theater workshop at TUC, he fell madly in love with acting. His iconic roles as the impartial Lieutenant Gamboa from “The City and the Dogs” or the good Don Gilberto Collazos from “Al fondo hay sitio” show that he made the right decision.

“The series arouses great empathy. I feel the affection of the people every time I go out on the street. It is very rewarding”, comments the national artist about his participation in the tuned fiction of América TV directed by Gigio Aranda. “Luckily it is a proposal that revitalizes itself with the incorporation of new actors. All very competent. Giovanni Ciccia is great”, he emphasizes.

Also expect that Diana Quijano, actress who played the evil and interested Eva, returns to the series. It also reveals that the artist, who currently lives in Mexico, was her partner in real life. “We met in ‘Gamboa’ (1984). she is beautiful. We maintain a very good friendship, and I admire her very much as an actress, ”she says.

Gustavo Bueno has spent 19 uninterrupted years working in different América TV productions, such as “Así es la vida” (2004), “Rita y yo” (2007), “Al fondo hay sitio” (2009), “Cumbia pop” (2017 ), “Back to the neighborhood” (2021) and “Maricucha” (2022).

on the big screen

And although he considers that “The Capture of the Century”, a documentary about the fall of the leader of Sendero Luminoso, Abimael Guzmán, where the teamwork of GEIN is rescued, is one of the most interesting productions of his fruitful artistic career; He acknowledges that the character with the greatest recognition is Lieutenant Gamboa from the film “The City and the Dogs” (1985), a story based on the novel by Mario Vargas Llosa.

“My character was going to be played by a Mexican artist, but something unknown to me happened, and they ended up doing a new casting. In the end, Pancho Lombardi ended up choosing me. Since then we started a great friendship. And the classic phrase ‘Don’t look at me cadet, you want me to give you a photograph of me calato!’ it did not exist in the script or in the novel. “It was the idea of ​​a former student of the Leoncio Prado Military College and a wonderful actor, Ramón García.”, highlights Gustavo Bueno.

“One day when Mario Vargas Llosa took me to his house after the premiere of the theatrical version of ‘The City and the Dogs’, he told me that the phrase that did exist was this: ‘What does he look at me, cadet, he only looks at me my wife and my servant’. He also showed me in his library a photo in which he appeared surrounded by the administrative and teaching staff of the military school.“, remember.

Gustavo Bueno also stars in “The Erection of Toribio Bardelli”, by Adrián Saba, one of the Peruvian feature films in competition at the 27th PUCP Lima Film Festival. In addition, he has the main role in “Amelia’s decision”, a film that will hit theaters on August 31. And he is part of the cast of “Astronaut”, Paul Vega’s first film, scheduled to be released next year.

Soccer, passion and not reason

Likewise, he refers that as part of the most suffered fans in Peru, that of Deportivo Municipal, shed more tears of pain than of joy. Even so, as a former manager of the club, he continues to work actively to move it forward.

“When I was the leader of Muni, I suffered too much because it was the highest grossing club, and now we are fighting to rescue it again. He is in a very difficult situation. It’s all drama. Bad decisions were madeunderline.

At some point in his life, the 72-year-old actor thought about getting married and having children, but this project never came to fruition. Currently-he tells us-he lives a pleasant stage, in which he makes the most of his free time and enjoys every minute of his existence.