The series of the 90s, "The Rich Also Cry": actors and roles

The Mexican series "The Rich also Cry," whose actors are still remembered in Russia, appeared on television back in 1979. In our country, it has been broadcast for almost a year since November 1991. Then the Soviet public was not spoiled by Latin American short stories. The first in the USSR was shown “Slave Isaur”, and the magnificent story about Marianne and Luis Alberto was the next, she forever changed the serial industry around the world. Soviet citizens, young and old, literally lived a fascinating telenovela for a whole year. The events of the series were discussed everywhere. This has never happened in the country before.

The show was almost canceled

On November 18, 1991, the Ostankino TV channel decided to make a test run of the new Mexican series, The Rich Cry, as well. It was planned in 4 days (morning and evening) to air the first 8 episodes, 25 minutes each. There was not much hype around the telenovela, and the show was suspended. But after a week, hundreds of letters began to come to the channel’s address with a request to resume broadcasting, which was done a week before the new 1992. It was a resounding success.

The series "The Rich Also Cry": actors

The plot of the series is built around a simple girl Marianne, who, after the death of her father, her stepmother kicks out of the house. The heroine gets from the village to the big city of Mexico City and with the help of the priest Padre Adriana settles in a rich house as a servant. It was there that she met Luis Alberto (the son of the owners) and fell in love with him. Before a happy reunion, the heroes will face many trials, but the audience will have a happy ending.

Roles in the telenovela played:

1. Veronica Castro (Marianne Villereal).
2. Rogelio Guerra (Luis Alberto Salvotierra).
3. Alicia Rodriguez (Elena Salvotierra).
4. Marilou Elisage (Elena Salvotierra II).
5. Edith Gonzalez (Marisabel).
6. Rocio Bankels (Esther).
7. Augusto Benedico (Don Alberto Salvotierra).
8. Aurora Claveli (Choli's mom).
9. Yolanda Mereda (Ramona).
10. Rafael Bankels (father Adrian).
11. Christian Bach (Joana).
12. Guillermo Capetilla (Beto).
13. Marina Darelle (Sarah Gonzalez) and others.

"The rich also cry": actors then and now

What happened to your favorite artists? The fate of the actors of the series "The Rich Also Cry" was different. Some continued their careers in the film industry, others devoted themselves to the family.

Veronica Castro - the favorite of the audience - is still considered one of the most successful Latin American artists. She never married, but raised two beautiful children, who are also known in their country.

Rogelio Guerra in 2013 left the film career. He teaches acting and sculpture. Among the actors of the series "The Rich Also Cry," he was especially loved by the female representatives. The artist starred in more than 100 films and TV shows of not only Latin American, but also American production. It was he who duplicated his first works for English-speaking viewers.

Edith Gonzales and Guillermo Capetillo, who played the children of the main characters, are fully dedicated to their families and are no longer removed.

Alicia Rodriguez, perfectly embodied the role of the mother of Luis Alberto, never took the profession of an actress seriously. She devoted herself to social activities and in 1997 was even nominated for the Nobel Prize.

Rocio Bankels, who played the intrigue of Esther, continues a successful film career.

TV series remake

In 1996, a new version of the beloved story was shown with the Mexican actress Talia in the title role "Maria La Del Barrio". But had no serious success.

In 2005, a remake of the series “The Rich Cry,” was filmed in Brazil. The actors and the roles they performed in the new production did not make a strong impression on the audience.

In 2012, rumors began to circulate about filming a new version of the short story with the Russian actress Sofia Kashtanova in the title role. She has been living in Mexico since 8 years old and speaks excellent Spanish. Some viewers perceive the news with irony, while others sincerely await the show of the series.

Interesting facts about the movie "The Rich also Cry"

Actors at the time of filming were sometimes 10 years more than characters in the script. Rogelio Guerra at the age of 43 played 30-year-old Luis Alberto. Alicia Rodriguez miraculously embodied the role of a womanizer woman, although the actress was only 44 years old. Veronica Castro played an 18-year-old girl at 27. The intriguer Esther was 25 years old, and the actress who played her was only 19.

An interesting story happened when they shot the famous scene of a fight between Esther and Marianne. The young actress Rocio Bankels could not decide to hit Veronica Castro, and the latter had to try hard to anger her. As a result, the blow occurred unexpectedly and with such force that the scene looks very believable.

And though a lot of time has passed since those distant 90s, the series will be remembered forever by Russian viewers. He became a kind of classic Latin American series. The novel was really loved and waited for the show of each series, to miss which was a real grief. They wrote songs based on the series, sold photos taken from the television screen.