Featured image: America Ferrera with Matthew McConaughey and Paul Greengrass at TIFF 2025. Photo: Gabriel Hutchinson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lowdown
Ugly Betty was ahead of the curve on representation, and the cast knows it. Ferrera’s midlife-crisis reboot pitch is better than half the revivals actually getting made.
Key Takeaways
- The cast reunited for an interview with ABC News’ Chris Connelly that aired on Good Morning America on October 23 (ABC News).
- Ugly Betty premiered in 2006 and ran for four seasons on ABC (ABC News).
- Ferrera joked that a reboot would open with Betty in “the fetal position in her childhood bed having a midlife crisis” (ABC News).
The Story
Ferrera said she wasn’t surprised the show was a hit: “Do you know how many people are going to be so hungry for that character and that show and that family?” (ABC News).
Tony Plana pointed to the storyline in which his character, Ignacio, was deported. Urie became emotional recalling how Williams welcomed him as her on-screen partner rather than seeing him as a threat (ABC News).
Mark Indelicato, who was 11 when he began playing Justin, said he recently watched Season 1 for the first time and could now appreciate what the character meant to the LGBTQ community. “I’m ready, let’s go!” Ortiz said about returning (ABC News).
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