Millennium entertainment and AP agency
Mexico City / 01.05.2025 16:46:38
Diego Boneta It does not stop exploring creative land. After raising as an actor with series as Luis Miguel y Scream Queensand movies like At Midnight y The era of rocknow enters the literature.
This Thursday, the 34 -year -old Mexican, publishes as a writer with Alejandro Velasco’s mystery, A book “of mystery and sexual suspense“set in a fictitious business dynasty.
In an interview with the AP Agency, Diego commented that with this book he seeks to expose another facet of the country: “As someone from Mexico City, seeing all these Mexican stories, most have dealt with narcos or border crossings. And that is part of our culture. Why don’t we show the rest?“.
The actor, known for playing Luis Miguel in the 2018 Netflix biographical series, fights these stereotypes when presenting his debut novel, which is published in English, but It is available in Spanish in digital and audio format. A television adaptation is also planned.
What is Diego Boneta’s book?
The novel focuses on A mysterious man named Julián Villarealwho proposes resolve the mystery after the sudden death of his friend and tennis rival, Alejandro, But it is involved in a series of unexpected turns due to the wealth and commercial ties of the Velasco family.
“It’s a mixture of The talented Mr. Ripley y Match Pointset in San Miguel de Allende, full of plot turns, ”said Boneta.
He set his story in San Miguel de Allende to show a different facet from Mexico to the general public. He grew up visiting his family in the historic city and calls her the ‘Florence of Mexico’.
“I wanted me to arise from my heart. So I had to write about things that really passionate me, And San Miguel is one of them, “he said.” It’s a truly magical town. “
Will have its television adaptation
Boneta did not plan to add the authorship to her attributes list, until her sister and producer partner, Natalia González-Bonetahe suggested to create his own intellectual property.
He will play Julian In the adaptation of the Amazon Studios MGM series, currently in development. The actor and his team developed the novel and the series simultaneously, although they paused during the Hollywood strikes of 2023.
He affirms that he created the character to challenge himself by bringing the story to the big screen: “I love transformative papers. I love the chameleonic side of acting.”
“That is what we try to do with Julian: that the scammer was not introverted, but a guy good alive. He is so cosmopolitan and says he has a lot of money, but is he who says he is?
Julian is a role with which Boneta dreamed as a child, when he was not represented on the screen. He still remembers having grown up and wondering why Batman did not look like his relatives.
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