14 DAY TRIAL // “Hello Goodbye,” the final episode of “Ugly Betty,” aired on ABC the other night, after the network decided to cancel the show because of plummeting ratings. Because of the ambiguous ending, and given certain statements from cast members, talk of “Betty” coming to the silver screen soon is starting to pick up speed, as People magazine can confirm.
In all fairness, the end of the television show did leave room for the possibility of returning to the story perhaps with a feature film, offering no concrete answers, other than that Betty moved to London to start afresh. Moreover, the idea to make a film after the series (much like in the manner of HBO’s “SATC” with Sarah Jessica Parker) is already out there on the table, with actress Ana Ortiz saying that most of those involved in the TV show would also be game for a silver screen adaptation.
“The ABC show’s finale aired Wednesday night, but that doesn’t mean it’s over for good. Ortiz, who played Betty’s sister Hilda Suarez, said the series may have the big screen in its future. ‘There may be a movie,’ Ortiz tells Latina.com. ‘It’s something that we’ve been talking about and it’s something that [Ugly Betty star] America Ferrera would really love to do. That woman has so much determination that I can’t imagine anything she puts her mind to not getting done’,” People magazine writes.
“And Ortiz, 39, is totally up for playing Hilda again. ‘Ugly Betty has been the most important thing I’ve ever done, easily,’ she says. ‘I was able to do more with one character than I can ever imagine doing again – Hilda was hilariously funny and emotionally deep’,” the publication further informs. Other reports suggest that Ferrera is already getting offers on reprising her Ugly Betty role for the big screen but, as of now, they’re only unconfirmed rumors.
As we also reported back in January, ABC decided to pull the plug on “Ugly Betty” after ratings continued not to improve. Since this was easily one of the most successful shows of the kind, producers wanted to leave on a high note, so they set out to wrap all the story arcs instead of trying to come up with ridiculous twists in the plot that might boost ratings.