Metastasis - 'Breaking Bad' Spanish Remake Premieres on US Television Nina Terrero - Entertainment Weekly
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Nuevo Trailer de Metastasis Version de Breaking Bad Colombia ( juandareyes1)

“Yo no estoy en peligro. El peligro soy yo” – Breaking Bad, Episode 6, Season 4. (Translation: “I’m not in danger. I am the danger.”)

Say hola to Walter Blanco, better known to U.S. audiences as Walter White, the quiet, cancer-stricken chemistry teacher turned meth cook in cult drama Breaking Bad. In Metastasis, Walter looks the same – actor Diego Trujillo’s craggy face, goatee and wire-rimmed glasses make him an eerie doppelgänger for Bryan Cranston – but he speaks Spanish and lives in the Colombian capitol of Bogotá.

“That [danger quote] was my favorite line from the series – it’s so dramatic,” says Trujillo of the iconic scene where Walt faces off against Skylar in a memorable monologue. “This is great writing, an amazing scene that works great in any language.”

But fans, take note: while the two shows are nearly identical from scene to scene, there are several key differences beyond the script’s language.

Metastasis – which will cram six years of action into episodes that will air nightly on Univision for three months, a serial format made popular by telenovelas – boasts high production values, unlike the traditionally soapy shows and poor remakes prevalent on Spanish-language television.

Watch the premiere in the U.S. (sadly, without English subtitles) on June 8 at 10 ET/PT on Univision, Unimas, and Galavision.

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