The channel HBO Max This Tuesday presented the official trailer of his new original biographical series, “Chespirito: unintentionally”, which is inspired by the life and legacy of the Mexican comedian Roberto Gómez Bolañoswhich will premiere its first episode on June 5.
“This series portrays the life of Roberto Gómez Bolaños, the man who transformed his desire to cause smiles into a universal legacy of humor and tenderness,” the platform said in a statement.
The series, said Max, is an “emotional trip” of Eight episodes In the life of histrion and comedian, who covers his childhood, until his most successful years.
“The biographical series shows us how a young dreamer managed to make way for an incipient television industry, facing personal challenges and deep sacrifices in his search for love and recognition,” he said.
The company described Gómez Bolaños, who died in November 2014, as “an entertainment legend” that left an “indelible mark” in the Ibero -American popular culture.
“Actor, comedian, writer, screenwriter, director and producer, his talent gave life to characters who became universal symbols of humor and tenderness,” he said.
Therefore, he pointed out, the legacy of “Chespirito” is still alive in several generations that grew up with their stories, thanks to their “family humor” and after becoming a cultural ambassador of Latin entertainment, so his work “continues to cross borders and touching hearts worldwide.”
-“Chespirito” will be embodied by Pablo Cruzwhile Paulina Dávila He will play Graciela Fernández, Gómez Fernández’s first wife, in addition to Barbara López, such as Margarita Ruiz (Doña Florinda); Arturo Barba, like Rubén Aguirre (Professor Jirafales); Andrea Noli, as Angelines Fernández (the Witch of 71) and Miguel Islas such as Ramón Valdés (Don Ramón).
In addition to Juan Lecanda as Marcos Barragán (Quico); Eugenio Bartilotti as Edgar Vivar (Mr. Barriga and ñoño); Paola Montes de Oca as María Antonieta de las Nieves (La Chilindrina); inter alia.
Besides, María Antonieta de las Nieves and Edgar Vivar will make a special appearance in the series through cameos, as well as Roberto Gómez Fernández and Esteban Valdés (son of Ramón Valdés).
For more than 40 years, Chespirito devised the creation of hundreds of television episodes, as well as films and plays.
Its legacy is still alive in series repetitions such as “El Chavo del Ocho” or “El Chapulín Colorado”, among others, which have resulted in more than 50 languages and continue to function on television networks around the world to this day.
His reduced stature (1.60 meters) and his inexhaustible imagination earned him the nickname of “Chespirito”, a Castilianized form of the name of the English playwright Shakespeare and that the film director was put on Agustín Delgadowho considered him a theater teacher.
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