Silvio Horta Previews Ugly Betty Season 3
July 30, 2008 by Tom
The folks at BuzzSugar recently cornered Ugly Betty writer/producer Silvio Horta at the recent TCA press tour, and he gave them some hints about what will happen this year. Most of it we have heard before, but it makes a difference to get it from an “official” source.
He didn’t give an answer to how the Henry/Gio/Betty love triangle will get resolved – but most of us know WHAT is going to happen, we just don’t know HOW yet.
That being said, I really like where Horta is taking the show. He has a vision, and I think it means the show will find it’s proper “balance” again. Hopefully, there will be a lot more comedy this season.
Some tidbits from Horta:
- The season premiere is going to be something else. “There’s so much that happens in the first episode that sets up the rest of the season,” Horta said.
- The theme of the third season is growing up. “[Betty's] lost some of the focus that she had when she started this job,” Horta said. “She’s going to make this commitment to do certain things and act as a grownup. There’s going to be some big changes in her life.”
- Lindsay Lohan’s character will be a contrast to Betty. “Lindsay brings a reputation, but I’ve always loved her,” Horta said. “From Parent Trap to Mean Girls to Freaky Friday, she delivers.”
- As we’ve seen, Patricia Field will make Betty a little more fashionable. But not a whole lot. “She’s still going to have her braces and her glasses, but if she didn’t at least try to change . . . she’s worked at the magazine for two years!” Horta said. “But she doesn’t necessarily have the best eye for fashion. She’s going to screw up a bit.”
- More fashion insiders. Dolce and Gabbana already wants to be involved, for instance.
- Amanda’s backstory will get explored (hopefully without Gene Simmons). “We just see the girl who’s in the circular desk. What’s she doing here? How did she get here?”
- Marc will get some meatier stories, and Cliff will be involved!
- As expected, the Suarez family will not be pleased with Hilda’s relationship with Tony. His wife will show up, also.
I’m getting excited about the direction of the show – how about you?
What he said sounds really good. I think every show goes downhill slightly in the second season and usually picks up again,hopefully this will happen with UB. Personally I wasn’t a Henry or Gio fan so a lot of S2 wasn’t that interesting. Glad to hear we’ll be getting more Marc/Amanda too.
oh finally Horta speaks! I like what he said. I am glad they are picking up the pieces of a really difficult season 2. I am so happy about the new direction he´s taking with the show. i want to see the season 1 Betty back, no more sadness and bitter stories. I want comedy and fun! Yay! For Marc and Amanda and Cliff (I missed you Cliff!).
I hope he remembers the good things about last season. Like Gio, though. Especially now they are focusing in a more “grown up” Betty (goodbye highschool romance plots, bring sexy back!). Yeah, I like a romance every now and then… I hope Freddy returns midseason and join the cast.
(Amanda’s backstory will get explored (hopefully without Gene Simmons). “We just see the girl who’s in the circular desk. What’s she doing here? How did she get here?”)
Now, that is something to look forward to
Finally some juicy spoiler about something else from the triangle Henry/Gio/Betty. I’m particolary happy to have news about Marc and Amanda (regards her, the things Horta said smells flashback to me!)
this is the news we wanted to hear. at least that with the third season there seems to be more scope and focus and a sense of direction of where the show and its chracters are heading.
the second season was a bit of a dissapointment, in contrast to the first and only improved towards the end during the last couple of episodes.
but silvio seems to be on the right track- hopefully this will be a massive improvement and i’ll be looking forward to it immensely, as a fan
We need more drama than comedy. That’s why the show worked so perfectly the first season. A balance of the two.
I really enjoyed the second season and I did want to see more of Betty growing into her own. However, I did think that Gio was contributing to Betty growing up. His encouragement to be more open minded and to chase her dreams made the show feel real and hopeful. I still want to see the Betty/Gio relationship but use that storyline to help Betty become stronger and to really pursue her dreams.
Will They Show Christina more in the Show?
I love her lots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!