After many rumors and auditions, it’s finally confirmed that
Esmeralda Pimentel will be joining Erick Elías as the female protagonist of the
upcoming Televisa production ‘Pasión de amor’. Pimentel will play Lucía, and Elías
Marcelo.
It will be the first leading role for the beautiful actress,
who had important roles in such novelas as ‘Cachito de cielo’ and ‘Abismo de
pasión’. Such actresses as Danna Garcia and África Zavala also attended the
auditions, but it was Pimentel who eventually got the role.
She was originally supposed to act alongside José Ron in the
novela ‘Madre sustituta’, but the whole production was cancelled. She later
auditioned for another upcoming novela, ‘La Malquerida’, but finally got her protagonic
role in ‘Pasión de amor’.
The novela will be produced by Roberto Gómez Fernández (Cachito
de cielo, Alma de hierro), written by Cuauhtémoc Blanco and María del Carmen
Peña and directed by Francisco Franco. Unlike many others, it will be an
original story.
Meanwhile, Patricia Reyes Espíndola, Claudia Ramírez, Luis
Couturier, Helena Rojo, Eugenia Cauduro and René Strickler were also confirmed
to be acting in this novela.
Filming will kick off in the next few weeks, and it will
premiere in the first trimester of 2014.
Disappointing news for the fans of Mexican actor José Ron:
after rumors came out earlier this month, it was confirmed that the telenovela 'Madre
sustituta' will eventually be cancelled. The production was supposed to
premiere in 2013, starring Ron and Esmeralda Pimentel and produced by Giselle
González.
Supposedly, it was decided by the Televisa executives that
the novela is too intense for the hour on which it was supposed to air. The actor
said: “it was cancelled. It was because of the storyline of the novela, but I’m
relaxed and thankful to Giselle for choosing me. At the moment I’ll be studying. I will wait for the right time to work with her.”
'Madre sustituta' was supposed to tell the story of a woman
who faces economic problems and who takes care of her ill father. To earn
money, she becomes a surrogate mother, but later she regrets the decision, not
wanting to give away her baby.
Meanwhile, Ron also confirmed that he’ll be leaving 'Perfume
de Gardenia'. He recently announced that he’ll be moving in together with
girlfriend Ariadne Díaz.
Lately strong rumors indicate that the new project of
Mexican producer Giselle González, 'Madre sustituta', might be eventually
cancelled following a decision taken by the Televisa executives. Although just
a few days ago Esmeralda Pimentel and José Ron were confirmed as the stars of
the upcoming series, and auditions have started for other roles, it’s still not
confirmed that production will start.
It is still uncertain whether the novela will be produced,
cancelled or postponed, and there haven’t been any official statement regarding
this issue from the production or the cast.
'Madre sustituta' tells the story of a woman who faces
economic problems and who takes care of her ill father. To earn money, she
becomes a surrogate mother, but later she regrets the decision, not wanting to
give away her baby.
