Written in SHOWS on January 23, 2024 · 11:40 am
The Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, who experienced a scandal a few years ago because of her meeting with “Chapo”, will be the protagonist of “Chavela”, a co-production of Caracol Televisión and Miracol Media that tells the turbulent life and career of the legendary singer Chavela Vargas .
“It will be the return to the screen of Kate del Castillo, who will transform into Chavela Vargas, the mythical woman in the red poncho who defied all the conventions of her time and marked a unique path in Mexican popular music,” reported Caracol Televisión in an explanation.
At 19 years old Del Castillo She was the protagonist in the 1991 telenovela “Muchachitas” for Televisa. She later continued her career in film and television in Latin America, playing pivotal roles in soap operas such as We'll Have Alas. “The Lie,” “Ramona,” and “Under the Same Skin.”
Additionally, she played Teresa “La Mexicana” Mendoza in the soap opera in 2011 “The Queen of the South”based on the novel of the same name by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
Kate del Castillo will return to television as Chavela Vargas.
What will the “Chavela” series tell?
Regarding the plot of “Chavela,” Caracol Televisón added: “Her inner battle against personal demons, fear and alcoholism drove her to become a pioneer and take the stage to perform Mexican songs wearing a jorongo, the traditional Mexican poncho, and pants to sing.”
He also recalled that the bioseries deals with the life of “Chavela' that “with a guitar over his heart, a shot of tequila in his hand, and a gun on his belt, he made men and women fall in love without distinction.”
Kate del Castillo currently lives in the United States.
Chavela Vargas He was born in Costa Rica in 1919 and died in Mexico on August 5, 2012, at the age of 93, after returning from saying goodbye to his friends.
The Congress of Costa Rica declared in 2022 Chavela Vargas Meritorious singer-songwriter of the country's arts, in recognition of the successful career she developed in Mexico.
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