Arrested Development
One of the key characters inArrested Developmentseason 1 was Marta Estrella , but the actress play her in reality vary partway through her run on the sitcom . hold back Developmentdebuted on FOX back in 2003 , telling the story of the formerly affluent , highly dysfunctional Bluth kin , primarily focused on Jason Bateman ’s Michael .
While the Bluths all had many reason to dislike and distrust each other ( and sometimes did n’t even need one ) , one of the big in the first season ofArrested DevelopmentwasMarta ’s relationships with Michael(Jason Bateman ) and Gob ( Will Arnett ) . She commence out in the third episode " make for Up Buster " as GOB ’s girlfriend , a Spanish linguistic process soap opera actress . The pair break - up because GOB ignores her , and she later becomes romantically take with Michael .
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When she was first enclose , Marta was played by Leonor Varela , who appeared in the aforementioned third episode and Marta ’s 2d installment , " Key decision " . However , since take she ’d taken on a role in the filmVoces Inocentes , and so had to dangle out of the role because of scheduling conflicts . From the 7th episode ofArrested Developmentseason 1 onwards , Marta was instead played by Patricia Velasquez , who continued in the role for a further four show , culminating in her final episode " Beef Consomme " . The variety exercise with the show ’s humour though , as it suit with how soap operas operate , making it a fun meta - touch too .
Since leavingArrested Development , Varela has mostly worked in Spanish language pic , although she has appeared on U.S. TV since , with credits in bothAgents of SHIELDandLethal Weapon . Valasquez , meanwhile , has likewise appear in a numeral of Spanish movies , and most recently had a part inThe Curse of La Llorona .
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Despite the verymeta nature ofArrested Development , no one on the series seemed to notice or acknowledge the change . Fans , however , did realize , and have come up with a way of distinguish them . A ’s character is advert to as Marta 1.0 , and then B ’s version is known as Marta 2.0 , much likeArrested Development ’s long - move Lucille / Lucille 2 gag .
Marta eventually left both Bluth brothers after witness them - and Buster - all fighting over her , because to her family was the most important thing in the world . It might ’ve served as a fleeting wake - up call for Gob and Michael , but it was n’t long before they were crusade again . Although subsequent seasons - includingNetflix’sArrested Developmentrevival- would cover similar ground with GOB and Michael ’s love interests , Marta herself never formally returned after season 1 . However , in time of year 3 ’s " Forget - Me - Now " , another Marta - dubbed Marta 3.0 - is introduce as adult female Michael once - dated . The writers decided to do this in post - output to continue the running Marta joke , but it ’s unlikely this is the same Marta as the previous two .
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