Miami, United States.
Mexican actor and producer Eugenio Derbez misses the moments when families gathered to watch a TV series together and therefore proposes to recover the spirit that “El Chavo del Ocho” embodied.
“I think we should get back to that dynamic at some point. where the whole family got together for dinner and watched a fun seriesthat makes you smile before you go to bed,” he said in an interview with Efe via video conference.
He assured that it “very sad‘ that he missed that moment of enjoying ‘slow’ friendly shows like the ones he fondly remembers with his parents, like ‘La Addam familyYes, that Gilligan’s island” or “the cruise of love“, among other things.
Now, he complained, whether it’s action and violent series or comedy that’s too “racy,” and in either case older people can’t watch them with their kids, while children’s series are boring for adults.
“Unfortunately, humor and television have changed a lot,” he said of a new way of producing more familiar series, which he had as big exponents in Mexico Roberto Gomez Bolanosalso known as Chespiritoso much with “The Chapulin Colorado” What “The Chavo of the Eight“.
Derbez premiered a commercial for the Dish Latino company this week, of which the Mexican actor is the image sharing the limelight with the Chavo del Ocho character created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños in the 1970s and which was and is a benchmark in Latin American television.
It is also for Derbez, who assured that one of the things that most inspired him in his career was the trajectory of “Don Roberto Gomez Bolaños’ – so said, with all the respect in the world – what a ‘Rock star all over Latin Americaable to fill stadiums with his white humor.
“Don Roberto”, El Chavo del Ocho
“DonRobert He had this quality of reaching out to the whole family and entertaining the whole family, from the kids to the grandparents,” said one of the most famous Mexican actors in the United States for roles like “No refund” (2013), “Over board’ (2018) and ‘How to be a latin lover(2017).
But in Mexico, television success came with shows like “¡anabel!” (1988) or “To the right and to the right(1993) and reached the top thanks in part to Gómez Bolaños, who, at a delicate moment in his career, sent him a letter praising his work and encouraging him not to give up.
This letter, derbez in his office was full of praise and advice: “He told me some divine things that filled my heart and gave me the courage to keep going, not to get depressed. And I appreciate that since you have no idea“.
But his memory of Gomez Bolanos goes back much further than he did in the dining room of his father’s house Every evening he saw Chavo and Chapulín with his family. Without a doubt one of thebest childhood memories“.
And now, he said proudly, he had an opportunity he never thought possible to share the scene with him. type of Eighthis “Childhood idol“.
This is the 2022 campaign”Latino like you“, in which derbez made a commercial in collaboration with Chavo del Ocho that, thanks to technology, “deepfake“ (hyper-realistic video montages that make it possible to falsify a person’s face and voice using artificial intelligence), “come back to life“ and join the announcement “symbols‘ within the Dish Latino campaign.
“Latino like you‘ he said, wanting to emphasize the strength of the effort and perseverance of Hispanics in the US, to inspire them and make them realize that ‘there are no borders” and the “They can achieve their dreams if they work hard“.
But there is more derbez Efe said he was in talks with Chespirito’s son, Robert Gomez Jr.do “things together‘, something related to the legendary Mexican actor’s character.