The character of the late actor Octavio Ocaña in the Mexican television series “neighbors‘ will continue to be present in the story in a very special way, producer Elías Solorio told Efe.
“Benito Rivers (played by Octavio for 16 years) may not appear in the series, but he will be with us: In the premiere we will have a chapter where we will explain what happened to him and how are we going to keep it with us,” explains Solorio.
Octavio Ocaña died in October 2021 at the age of 22 under strange circumstances when he was shot in the head in the municipality of Cuautitlán Izcalli, state of Mexico.
Although the young man eventually paused in interpreting his character, In 2019 he returned to production to join the Televisa program and in the last aired season, his character took giant strides towards maturity after getting engaged to his girlfriend.
Now the promos of the new season that starts on March 27th The starsare already suggesting that the character of Benito – who was forced by his father to audition for acting projects – has managed to stay in a television series that will force him to stay away from his relatives and friends who need to keep in touch with him via messages.
“The first chapter is going to be very special, I would say we wrote it with the people watching the program because a lot of people gave us ideas about social media, the cast, the production, the writers. And I think it’s an emotional and different chapter,” says Solorio, who describes this season’s filming as “complicated” due to his absence.
But underneath all the bad Something good has come of this situation as everyone involved in the series has become even more collaborative and committedas the producer explains, to “Work harder so people have fun“.
Besides all the emotional this season, the usual problems are presented in detail for the first time created by the pandemic, because if Solorio is clear on one thing, it is that in all the bad things that can be experienced, there are moments of joy and comedy to be found.
“Who hasn’t laughed at the people who danced during vaccination, who were afraid to get vaccinated and screamed, who didn’t believe in vaccination??”, remember.
The plot will also address the issue of selling the building that will bring new characters into the sceneplus the concierge German You have to repair the building’s cistern and along the way you will find an apparent treasure, among other fun situations.