The leading man of José Alberto Castro’s upcoming novela “La Malquerida” was finally revealed to the public: Peruvian actor Christian Meier will play the leading role in this production. After many speculations and rumors, Meier’s name was officially confirmed by Televisa.

He will play Esteban Domínguez, a man that feels torn by the conflict of loving and desiring two women, who are also mother and daughter: the characters played by Victoria Ruffo and Ariadne Díaz.

43 year-old Meier previously acted in many notable productions, such as “Doña Bárbara” and “Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa”, where he played the legendary Zorro. His last novela was “Cosita Linda”, produced by Venevisión International.  He makes an impressive entrance to Televisa, becoming the leading actor of his first Televisa novela in “La Malquerida”.

Besides the three leading actors, other confirmed cast members are: Sabine Moussier, Raquel Olmedo, Nora Salinas, Silvia Mariscal, Guillermo García Cantú, África Zavala, Mane de la Parra, Brandon Peniche, Fabian Robles and Ignacio López Tarso.

“La Malquerida” will premiere in June in the 7pm timeslot in Mexico.

Filming for José Alberto Castro’s newest production “La Malquerida” has finally begun, and a mass was held on March 24 to commemorate the event. Victoria Ruffo, Ariadne Díaz, África Zavala, Sabine Moussier, Raquel Olmedo, Nora Salinas, Silvia Mariscal, Guillermo García Cantú, Mane de la Parra, Brandon Peniche, Fabian Robles and Ignacio López Tarso, among other cast members, attended the mass that was held in the Televisa San Ángel studios.

After months of speculation, it was confirmed that Victoria Ruffo and Ariadne Díaz will be the female protagonists of this remake. As for the male protagonist, it is almost confirmed that Christian Meier will make his debut in Televisa, taking the role that was rumored to be played by Jorge Salinas.

This upcoming novela will also have locations in Jalisco, and will premiere on the 7pm timeslot in May.

fter speculations about the identity of the female protagonist of José Alberto "El Güero" Castro’s remake of ‘La Malquerida’, it has been revealed that Silvia Navarro was chosen to play the leading role in this upcoming Televisa production. Before the confirmation of Navarro, Cecilia Suárez was rumored to play the role. There were even rumors that Mexico’s first lady Angélica Rivera, who is also Castro’s ex-wife, was chosen to play it.

Recently René Strickler was also confirmed as the villain of the novela. It was reported that Victoria Ruffo, Jorge Salinas and Osvaldo de León will also act in this telenovela.

Silvia’s last production was ‘Amor Bravío’ in 2012, alongside Cristian de la Fuente. It was rumored that she wasn’t satisfied with the results of this novela and that she even considered to sign a contract with another channel. It will also be her first telenovela in Televisa that isn’t produced by Carlos Moreno, with whom she collaborated in ‘Amor Bravío’, ‘Cuando me enamoro’ and ‘Mañana es para siempre’.

With this confirmation it is also evident that she will not act in 'Sangre de guerreras'. She was previously mentioned as one of the possible actresses to lead this novela.

José Alberto Castro’s newest production 'La malquerida' will begin filming in the next weeks, and its four protagonists have been revealed. The four actors that will lead the story are Jorge Salinas, Victoria Ruffo, Adriana Louvier and Osvaldo de León. Rumors regarding De Leon’s participation began in October, when he announced he’ll be quitting his theater play 'Cuatro XXXX'.

The novela will be based on the book of Jacinto Benavente, and its story was already produced as a movie in 1949. The book tells the story of the romance between Doña Raymunda and Don Esteban, who get married after she lost her husband, but her daughter Acacia couldn’t accept their relationship. Acacia later realized that she actually felt very attracted to her stepfather, who began to kill the suitors of his stepdaughter, and thus earning her the nickname 'la malquerida' (the unloved).

It was revealed that very soon more details will be revealed about the filming and the rest of the cast.

Angelique Boyer was seen together with her boyfriend, telenovela producer José Alberto 'El Güero' Castro, in the gala event of Moda Nextel, which took place last Friday in the magnificent Vizcaínas school. The beautiful actress wore a grey gown that accentuated her spectacular figure.