As soon as he begins to speak, Brown reveals an accent that is difficult to classify, revealing his vast and intense international career as a performer and host. He was born in Buenos Aires 46 years ago, and his real name is Misael Browarnik Beiguel, but from his beginnings, he adopted the artistic name of Michael Brown. started in cycle “Play with me” (1991-1994) for Telefe, created and produced by Cris Morena. There, she was part of the group of teenagers who sang and danced with the driver. She was part of the segment “Life College, the novel” and showed a facet as a singer by interpreting her hit “Mariposa Mía”. On the thirtieth anniversary of the debut of that program, she wrote to Morena on her Instagram account: “I love you Cris. Thank you for giving me this great passion and job that I am passionate about.” With her he continued in “Jugate con todo” (1994) and two years later he participated in the second season of “Chiquititas”.
In 1998, she joined the cast of “Las Chicas de Frente”, a youth soap opera on Canal 13 that did not achieve the expected success, and until today it is her last work in Argentina. It is that at that time she decided to leave for Mexico and try to work on Televisa. “I grabbed my backpack, sold the motorcycle to leave with some money and went to try my luck in Mexico City. At first it was very hard, because of my Argentine accent. I worked as a waiter, dishwasher, dressed as a doll for Cartoon Network and did commercials”, remember. However, in 2000, she managed to get started in the Aztec factory with “DKDA Dreams of Youth”. Later, she would get roles in other fictions such as “What is love”, “Get on my motorcycle” and “Fall in love”.
But his great leap to world fame came in 2003, with the popular Colombian telenovela “Passion of Hawks”, playing one of the vengeful Reyes brothers. In 2005 he traveled to Spain to promote it and it was so successful that he stayed for several months as host of the program “I am for you” and of various Antena 3 galas.
From that moment, Brown did not stop working, he left his role as a leading man behind and ventured into dramatic roles, such as in the Amazon Prime Video production “Hernán” (2019), which documents the life of the conqueror Hernán Cortés; in the Spanish police miniseries “Parot” (2021) by Paramount+, about the controversial Iberian legal doctrine that allows the early release of prisoners; and in the Netflix thriller series “Pálpito” (2022), based on organ trafficking.
In the latter acted the Colombian Margarita Munoz (34), whom he married in February 2013, in Cartagena de Indias. “I have been with Marga for almost ten years and we are very happy. I have a great life partner, she is a precious human being,” he confesses.
The return to driving has him at the helm of the fifth season of “Latin America Fire Challenge” (it was also from the third), the successful History Channel reality show, which puts eight new forgers from our region to the test. In this edition, which is broadcast on Tuesdays at 10:50 p.m. and is available to watch on demand, three other compatriots take part: the expert Mariano Gugliotta as judge, and two contenders.
News: If you will allow me the redundancy, what was the challenge of this challenge?
Michael Brown: It is always the program itself. Everything happens. In this season we had a plus that I think added: we decided to change the dynamic of the distant driver for more interaction with the contestants.
News: Did it involve more exposure on your part?
Brown: For me it was like an exercise in acting improvisation because I didn’t have a script for those moments and I had to put the body on it.
News: Did your previous experience as a presenter help you?
Brown: A lot, because I always had the opportunity to do it in programs that were on the same rope, the competition one. But what had never happened to me before was being part of a reality show that I was an absolute fan of, that I saw at home eating pizza, drinking Coca Cola and sitting on the bed (laughs).
News: And that was good?
Brown: I must confess that the first time I recorded, I was nervous because it was being with your own idols. He couldn’t believe having the Filipino Doug Marcaida, one of the judges of the North American version, by his side.
News: The career of the actor and that of the driver, do they go hand in hand?
Brown: Without a doubt. For me that is very good. In general, we actors talk about ourselves and our scenes intensely; and we do not get out of that loop. So, when I entered “Challenge…” it was delicious to have a different topic of conversation, and to understand that there are other passions. Hopefully there are other driving opportunities to get out of the world where I always am.
News: What happened to you during quarantine?
Brown: Of everything. I read the first page of all the books, I took the first hour of all the courses. I couldn’t concentrate and had moments of anxiety. Later I was in Madrid, at the most critical moment of the pandemic, shooting a series, the first to be done with protocols. On top of that I’m kind of claustrophobic and when they locked me up, it was difficult. But what I did best was put myself in order. Realizing that he did not pay much attention to me with the excuse of work; he went from one set to another, surrounded by two hundred people. That is to say, he dedicated time to work and very little to me. So it was a very interesting time of personal restructuring. From that perspective, it was worth it.
News: Are you interested in working here again?
Brown: All interest. Not only to return to work in Argentina but to do it in Argentine (laughs). There were attempts that were not given due to time issues, but I am looking forward to it.
News: Still singing?
Brown: Yes. I like freestyle and hip hop. I do it well and it’s a therapeutic way of putting words to what’s going on in my head. But at home, among friends. Singing professionally is a time-consuming job.
