Video: The rich no longer cry: how was the fate of Veronica Castro after filming in the sensational television series
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The first Latin American TV series, which appeared in the USSR in the late 1980s, made a splash. Their rating would be the envy of manufacturers of many modern, much better quality, foreign telenovelas. Soap Opera Screening "The rich cry too" began in 1991, and soon our viewers saw "Wild rose". Veronica Castro, who performed the main roles in the series, became a real folk heroine. On October 19, the actress turns 65, the rich no longer cry, but she is still remembered and even invited to Russia to shoot a TV show.
There are two versions of the biography of Veronica Castro. One of them is very similar to the script of the series: she was allegedly born into a poor large family in Mexico City and as a child suffered from the ridicule of her peers: she was teased "short" and "plump", and the girl went in for sports and dreamed of acting glory. And just like in the TV series, there was a place for a miracle in her life: not far from her house, MP Luis Bartilloti held a meeting with voters, Veronica told him about her dream, and he introduced the girl to the head of the Theater Academy Andreas Soler. She began to study and at the same time starred in telenovelas.
And according to another version, more like the truth, Veronica Castro was born into a family of wealthy parents, at the age of 16 she shocked them by starring naked for a men's magazine, at the university she studied political science and received a diplomat's degree. However, after studying, she chose an acting career. Veronica began acting in films in the 1970s, and her role in the telenovela "The rich also cry" brought her worldwide fame. The series was released in 1979 and broke all popularity records: it made a splash in Latin America, Spain, France, China, the USSR and the Philippines.
We started showing the series "The Rich Also Cry" in November 1991, shortly before the signing of the Belovezhskaya Agreement on the collapse of the USSR. It would seem that in those days everyone was not up to the Mexican "soap". However, people abandoned all their affairs and whole families gathered in the evenings at the televisions to watch the next episode. In connection with the events in the country, after the first eight episodes were shown, Central Television stopped broadcasting the series. But angry viewers sent in sacks of letters demanding to continue the show. And "The Rich …" are back on the screens!
What happened next was more like a mass psychosis. Parents named their daughters in honor of Veronica and her heroine - Marianne. The girls did the same hairstyles. Fans of the show continued to send letters to TV. When the show ended in 1992, Veronica Castro was invited to Moscow and greeted as a folk heroine. And soon there was another soap opera with her participation - "The Wild Rose".
By the end of the 1990s, Latin American TV shows lost their popularity, giving way to Hollywood and European ones, and the past idols were gradually forgotten. Meanwhile, Veronica Castro continued to appear in serials and recorded solo discs. In total, her filmography includes 17 TV series and 23 feature films. The last soap opera with her participation was filmed in 2009. In the mid-1990s, the actress tried herself as a TV presenter and still hosts various shows.
There were many rumors about her personal life. She was never married, and she kept the names of the fathers of her two sons a secret. “I was madly in love with two men, the fathers of my children, but these were series with a sad ending,” admitted Veronica. The actress answered the questions of journalists: “And you know, I am even proud that I became a single mother. Yes, I can support myself and my children without having to get married."
In 2010, Veronica Castro came to Russia again - she was invited as a member of the jury in the program “Minute of Glory”. In addition to filming on TV, the actress is engaged in business - she has her own network of beauty salons. Veronica is one of the few Mexican stars who do not hide the fact of seeking the help of plastic surgeons. The actress is not going to retire yet, and to recent rumors about her illnesses she replies: "Grandma has not died, grandmother has gone to a party."
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