“Another dimension. This is how actress Melissa Fumero described her discovery of the Quebec remake of the American series Brooklyn Nine-Nine , where she played Sergeant Amy Santiago. Admittedly, no one expected it, or even expected it.The SVOD Club Illico service, owned by Videotron, will offer from September 17 Squad 99 , a Quebec adaptation of Brooklyn Nine-Nine by director and comedian Patrick Huard, better known in France for the movie Starbuck . The first images prove to be faithful, not to say copied and pasted, with a few details and casting close.
Discover the first images of the new original series Escouade 99, a Quebec adaptation of the successful Brooklyn Nine-Nine series directed by Patrick Huard.
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A missed opportunity
This is what appealed to Melissa Fumero. Her character from Latin American was changed to a white girl named Fanny. The same goes for the character of Rosa Diaz played by Stephanie Beatriz. "I am suddenly curious to know the Latino population of Quebec", she commented on Twitter.
Before adding: “I have thought about this a lot. I understand that the Latino population is very small in Quebec, but the roles of Amy and Rosa could have gone to any person of color. It is therefore disappointing to see this missed opportunity ”. Melissa Fumero is hopeful that if the series is successful, the creators will add more characters and actors of color.
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