“The essential mission of the doctor is to relieve human pain,” the doctor said Edgar Vivar in an interview with CNN in 2014. He studied and graduated in Medicine at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She even, as she recalled, brought several babies into the world. But this race was interrupted after a call from Roberto Gómez Bolaños.
It was 1970 when Chespirito he called it to be part of a project that, over the years, would steal attention in different latitudes of the world: El Chavo de el 8, A comedy production that ended up recording 290 episodes.
“Falling into acting was a fortuitous way. I had never realized I had talent as an actor. He was a good armchair movie buff (…) but I never thought I was going to dedicate myself to that. The my mission and vision in life was to be a doctor, ”he acknowledged in the conversation.
In his professional career in health he specialized in obstetrics and worked for a year in a local office. On the occasion, he recounted, he realized that “many times what the patient needed was to combat his problems. Someone who listened to him and had that relationship with the doctor who, unfortunately, has lost a lot.”
In the television comedy of Independent Television of Mexico, Vivar interpreted the Mr. Belly, Owner of the neighborhood in which lived a series of characters -Dona Florinda, Don Ramon, La Chilindrina, El Chavo, Quico and Doña Clotilde- to whom he had to collect the rent. He also acted as Ñoño, Son of the businessman.
In a recent conversation with the portal Infobae, the Aztec comedian related medicine to humor … and the covid-19 pandemic, which keeps with physical restrictions much of the world.
“(Comedy) is a social therapy for which I am very grateful… All this (the covid-19) has triggered a lot of things, that you can no longer embrace your people, teaches us to revalue and watch a TV show now and how they can’t get out, they take it more carefully and they are more interested in the screen, ”he said.
“The offer is growing and one as a provider of laughter because it has a bigger challenge … I’ve had to be my own competition on television, one with Chavo and another with other projects,” he said. add.
In the interview, Vivar expressed his surprise at the reception he continues to have El Chavo de el 8 among viewers. “It’s a mass phenomenon, it’s a surreal thing, Now I find myself doing a series and it turns out that I am my own competition in the programs, I am surprised that everything has gone so far … now with social media, before we didn’t even dream about it, ”he said.
The comedian continues his work in the world of acting. Among his latest participations in films and soap operas are Ratatouille, My favorite March bad, Minions, The head of the champion i Blind date.