Diego Boneta and his partner Renata Notni at the Morelia International Film Festival
MEXICO CITY, October 23 (EL UNIVERSAL). – Diego Boneta accompanied his partner Renata Notni to the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and did not hide how fascinated he was to visit the state for the first time. from Michoacán , which brings back nostalgic memories because Juan Gabriel always told him wonders about the place where he was born, since the actor spoke, as he had never done before, of the great friendship that united them.
His presence at the 21st edition of FICM was the first time that Diego took part in this event and also the first time that he set foot on Michoacán’s land, as he said during his time on the red carpet of the “Venga la alegría” festival . He accompanied his girlfriend Renata and also showed his support for Michel Franco, who presented his film “Memory”, as they worked together on the film “New Order” (2020) a few years ago.
At that time, Boneta confessed to the press that his visit to Morelia meant a lot to him, because Juan Gabriel spoke to him about the state of Michoacán as a place he had to visit since it was the region where he grew up. and for whom he always felt a deep love.
“For the first time in Morelia… it’s special because Juan Gabriel, with whom I had a very close relationship, always told me: ‘-Michoacán, Michoacán,'” he said.
With these statements, Diego recalled that their friendship began when he was just 16 years old and they met to compose together the song “Millon de años”, which was included in their second studio album entitled “Indigo”.
“I was 16 years old (and I remember him as ‘the greatest’, really… I mean, I get goosebumps just thinking about him,” he confessed.
However, the 32-year-old actor emphasized that the relationship he had with “el Divo de Juárez” was not purely professional, but rather that they managed to maintain a very nice friendship, because when he grew up The singer gave him a big surprise. .
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“He sang ‘Birthday’ to me at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California when I was 18, we sang together a few times at the National Auditorium,” he confessed.
Boneta recalled that they met in Jerez, Spain and that in fact, over the course of their friendship, they had recorded several songs as well as other pending issues that they had to work on, as the actor recalled that Juanga had only been there for three days after death had planned to meet to work in the recording studio.
“A very cool relationship and friendship developed, I actually called him uncle,” he emphasized. “I also did a cover of ‘I like you a lot’ and we sang together two or three times, we sang four duets together; we were going to record three more next Wednesday (before his death),” he said.