After being one of the most relevant Mexican actresses in Hollywood, Salma Hayek has also been very successful as a producer, as her company, Ventanarosa, is behind series like Ugly Betty and more recently monarch, Which has received very good reviews and comments.
But despite the recognition that has been brought with the latter, and being the number one fan of the series, the actress refused to participate in the second season for pandemic issues, also said she did not feel safe being in Mexico.
And it is that, the Veracruz would have received the formal invitation to comprise of the list of the second season, besides a spectacular salary; this to reinforce the success that Monarch had in his first installment, but the pandemic changed the plans of the Oscar nominee.
Salma even received the libretto to personify ‘Sofia Carranza ‘, character who eventually ended up giving it to Fernanda Castillo, Who took great advantage of the opportunity to shine, as he has had very good reviews.
After the premiere of this new season, and so far, it is unknown if there will be a third installment; for although history leaves open the possibility of a continuation nothing has materialized. It should be noted that unlike the first chapters, where Salma was very involved; for these recordings it only had remote communication because it feared that the Covid-19 would complicate the recordings but everything happened without more setbacks.
