Mario Pergolini reveals Cris Morena's surprising offer secured his "Floricienta" role

Argentine television host Mario Pergolini has shared the surprising reason he agreed to appear in the beloved telenovela "Floricienta." Pergolini played the character of God in a memorable scene during the first season's finale, a role he initially hesitated to accept.

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I didn't get along very well with Cris, I didn't have a good relationship. She called me for the finale of Floricienta. It was a big moment, the afternoon was on fire, forty points of rating, and I was saying no.

Speaking on his show "Otro día perdido," Pergolini recounted how Cris Morena, the creator of "Floricienta," approached him for the guest appearance. "I didn't get along very well with Cris, I didn't have a good relationship. She called me for the finale of Floricienta. It was a big moment, the afternoon was on fire, forty points of rating, and I was saying no," Pergolini admitted. He revealed that Morena understood something unique about him when she made her offer.

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She came one day and said: 'Don't say anything, I'll give you this if you do it.' And it was a PlayStation! I didn't have one.

Morena's persuasive tactic was unconventional: she gifted Pergolini his first PlayStation console. "She came one day and said: 'Don't say anything, I'll give you this if you do it.' And it was a PlayStation! I didn't have one," he revealed. The unexpected gift was enough to sway his decision, leading him to accept the role. "I did it for the PlayStation," he confessed, much to the astonishment of his guest, actor Juan Gil Navarro, who played Federico Fritzenwalden in the series.

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I did it for the PlayStation.

Pergolini, who is not a professional actor, had expressed reservations about taking on the role due to potential embarrassment. However, upon rewatching the scene more than twenty years later, he remarked, "I didn't act that badly after all."

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I didn't act that badly after all.