Actress Diana Haro shared her process of creating the character Rosa in the telenovela 'My Rival'. She describes Rosa as a potential villain: impulsive and perseverant, willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants. However, there are details in Rosa that make her human: her innocence, charisma, and charm. This duality is what most attracted the actress. Haro explains that Rosa doesn't act out of gratuitous evil, but from a deep emotional need. She grew up in a privileged environment but never had the one thing that can't be bought: love. Rosa constantly seeks the right strategies and words to make others do what she wants. One of the biggest challenges for the actress was to empathize with Rosa without judging her actions. Throughout the story, Rosa begins to discover herself. Diana Haro finds common ground in how she communicates with Rosa, seeing her as a little girl who just wants affection and protection. In the actress's opinion, Rosa's behavior is a result of a lack of boundaries in her environment. She constantly seeks external approval and love from a man, which suggests she probably doesn't love herself. Rosa carries a powerful message about self-love. This project completely changed the actress's perspective on villains in fiction. She concluded that in the future, she will approach such characters by understanding that there is always something broken that leads them to act this way. Diana Haro imagined how Rosa would justify her actions to the public: she would say she was a victim of her circumstances and upbringing. The actress admitted she knew the character might be rejected, but her goal is to provoke reflection, not just repulsion.
