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*El Joe, la leyenda*
El Joe, la leyenda
	2011 promotional poster Jair Romero
Genre	Biopic
Created by	Andrés Salgado
Screenplay by	Andrés Salgado ; Natalia Ospina
Directed by	Herney Luna
Starring	Jair Romero
Country of origin	Colombia
Original language	Spanish
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	119
Production
Producer	Guillermo Restrepo
Original release
Network	RCN Televisión
Release	30 May –; 20 December 2011

The Joe, the leyend (Spanish: El Joe, la leyenda) is a 119-episode Colombian television biopic. It is inspired by the life and works of singer Joe Arroyo. Jair Romero starred as Joe Arroyo.^[1] Mauro Castillo and Estefanía Borges also starred as Wilson Manyoma and Jacqueline Ramón, respectively.^[1] Produced by Guillermo Restrepo, the TV show was a RCN Televisión production. It was originally broadcast from 30 May to 20 December 2011.

Positively reviewed in Colombia, El Joe, la leyenda was honored with the Premios India Catalina award for best soap opera.^[2]

Plot

Joe Arroyo started his singing career in the 1970s, with local performances in the Colombian Caribbean region. Musician Julio Estrada (aka Fruko) discovered Arroyo's talent during Barranquilla's Carnival and asked him to be a part of the Fruko y sus Tesos band. He would then go on to form the orchestra La Verdad in 1981.

Arroyo is depicted in the first episodes as a young, attractive and courageous man that during a carnival falls in love with Jaqueline Ramón, daughter of the owner of a local music label. Arroyo is soon engulfed in a love triangle.

A sad part of Arroyo's life was captured in the series when his mother Ángela died.^[3]

The serial also focuses on Arroyo's struggle to succeed in the musical business and uses the lyrics from his most popular songs as a narrative device throughout the episodes.

Cast

Jair Romero as Joe Arroyo
Mauro Castillo as Wilson Manyoma
Estefanía Borge as Jacqueline Ramón
Kimberly Reyes as Luz Mary
Carlos Mariño as Enrrique Carrillo
Walter Días as Piper Pimienta
Diana Wiswell as Daniela
Alejandro Palacio as Pepe Leal
Víctor Hugo Trespalacios as Eugenio Trespalacios
Jeymmy Paola Vargas as Adela Martelo
Ana Lucía Silva as María Inés
Diego Martín Vásquez as Gustavo García
Juan Alfonso Baptista as Iván Nava
Ilja Rosendahl as Dr Henríquez
Felipe Calero as Chelito de Castro
María Isabel Henao as Nancy Bernal de Carrillo
Patricia Tamayo as Myriam Roca
Martín Armenta as Roberto Solano
Sebastián Sánchez as Juventino Requejo
Diego Vásquez as Julio Ernesto Estrada "Fruko"
Andrés Suárez as Francisco Vergara
Horacio Tavera as Pedro Spirko
Carmenza Gómez as La tía 'Ceci'
Eileen Roca as Rosario
Ramses Ramos as Víctor del Real
Fernando Arévalo as Polo
Magali Caicedo as Ángela González
Santiago Miniño as Javier

Production

Screenwriter Andrés Salgado started working on the project in 1999. Artist Joe Arroyo gave permission to the serial and personally recounted some of the anecdotes to the writing team.^[4]

Many locations around five cities (Cartagena, Barranquilla, Medellín, Bogotá and San Basilio de Palenque) were used for filming.^[3]