Cuéntame cómo pasó: why Santi Crespo left the series after 21 seasons | Spanish series FAMA

After almost 20 years and 21 seasons of “Tell me how it happened“, Santiago Crespo and his character Josete said goodbye to the fictitious neighborhood of San Genaro. After the departure of Ricardo Gómez, he was losing participation and on Thursday 11 February he last appeared in the episode ‘El first day’.

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“Today I say goodbye to Josete grateful for everything he has given me in these 20 years and proud to have been part of the San Genaro family in one of the best series in this country,” the actor wrote Spanish on their social networks.

“I say goodbye with sadness, but full of satisfaction for this wonderful trip that Grup Ganga and TVE have given me. I have learned a lot in the staff and in the professional and I have had the pleasure of working with many colleagues, in the which I admire and which I can call friends and family today, ”he added.

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In its latest chapter of “Tell me how it happened“, Josete decides to leave his place in the bar to travel to Bosnia as a reporter and thus make his way in his profession. Finally, the character walks away from the neighborhood with a backpack hanging over his shoulders.

WHY DID SANTIAGO CRESPO LEAVE “TELL ME HOW TO PASS”?

Santi Crespo confess that he made the decision to leave the series before the new season began. “I think in life decisions are made considering the times you’re in, and right now I think I’m at a time when I feel like working on different projects. For example, I’ve done very little theater and I feel like putting in the head. I feel like getting into new challenges and new characters, “he said in an interview with FormulaTV.

“It’s true that I had a secondary role that didn’t take me long, but in the end you don’t stop being 20 years with the same character and there also comes a point where you feel like doing other things. “Right now I’m telling you that I don’t have a project coming up. I feel like I can change and get into new challenges, new projects, and in the meantime keep working on my own. In fact, I’m still training right now. Do you know what’s going on? I have been working for a long time, active, and now I am giving myself my time to train with intensive modules. I am quite happy right now. I am seeing the way and I think I am doing well here, “he added.

Still fired without intending to return, he does not rule out being part of the final end of the longest-running fiction in Spain. “If there was a definitive ending to the series, of course I would like to be. I have a not only professional but also sentimental bond with the series. I feel part of ‘Tell me‘And I couldn’t miss a farewell. I’m already kind of imagining what could happen if there was a reunion or stuff like that (laughs). In short, yes, I would like to be. “

About his future projects say: “At the moment, finish the intensive training module I’m doing and I wish I could do more theater. I was in Mérida 3 years ago and I really enjoyed it. It was an experience I loved I have worked very little in theater, I was at the Teatro Español with ‘S. XX … que estas en el cielo’ and in Mérida with ‘L’assemblea de dones’. I am very clear that I would like to work more in theater. I don’t close myself to television or cinema either. The truth is, I like everything. “

“At the moment, I don’t have any projects on the table, but tests are coming out, which are now more accessible with the Covid theme. But I think I could do more tests. I would like to do more tests. Sometimes, l ‘Eternal wait for the actor or actress for the rehearsal gets a little tough,’ he clarified.