One day, watching the ceremony of the Oscar Award, Eugenio Derbez turning to his mother, also an actress Silvia Derbez, And told him that one day he would be in this place, nominated.
It hasn’t happened yet, but it’s going slowly and this Thursday its tape “Coda ” will be the one to open Sundance, The most important international independent film festival in the world.
the American tape it addresses the story of a girl who enters the heart of her high school, where she is attracted to her duo partner while her passion for singing grows.
The role of Derbez, who six years ago made the decision to leave the comfort of Television and to go to the United States, is the master who encourages him to go on, on hearing something special there.
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“It was a risky decision, I’ve always said it; and every time things like this happen to me I realize that I wasn’t wrong and that I have a good team that advises me on what movie to be in and what no.
“I left Coda for three months: I initially met with the director and there were rehearsals, but due to the schedule I had to go out and it was painful, then for some reason this shooting stopped and when I thought that had already been done, they looked for me again, there was a window and finally it could be done, ”he recalls.
“I left Coda for three months, I had to leave the shooting due to the schedule and when I thought it was done, they looked for me again.”
Eugenio Derbez
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The creator of the monk Boig i The P.Luche family is related to the young Englishwoman Emilia Jones, Nominated on BAFTA for his role in the series Locke and Key, both directed by Sian Heder, director of Orange is the new black, who incidentally did not know his role as a comedian.
“Coda” will compete in the US Drama section, which gives voice to new American independent narratives.
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“I was put to learn piano songs, to take classes on how to take singing lessons; he’s a modern teacher with a peculiar haircut, it was an intense job and the director has a lot of sensitivity; suddenly the character has a little of comedy, ”Derbez points out.
During his stay in the US he worked with Adam Sandler on Sandy Wesler and then joined projects such as The Nutcracker and the Four Kingdoms, Dora and the Lost City and Geotormenta. With American capital he produced How to Be a Latin Lover and Man in the Water.
In 2021 he starts strong for Derbez. At Sundance it is added that Amazon Prime Video already wants the new seasons of Los Derbez and LOL to take place and, together with Gary Alazraki (We the Nobles and Crows Club), is preparing a series based on the film How to Be a Latin Lover, to record it in the first half year of 2021.
“First it was this huge quarantine that I was very grateful for, the truth is I got used to being at home, and now I’m going to suffer when I leave (laughs), but it will be time to face the world again,” he considers. .
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The Latin lover
In recent weeks the actor of the same moon and No Returns is accepted is preparing Acapulco, a bilingual series that will be shot on beaches in Mexico and the American city of Los Angeles.
It is slightly based, he points out, on How to Be a Latin Lover, a film released in 2017 and which drew 10,200,000 viewers in Mexican theaters.
Let’s say that the character of Maximus (as in the film), who until now is so called in the series, talks to his nephew about how he got where he got, with all the millionaire women he met, but it’s a series that has a lot of heart, “says Derbez.
“I fought for a while because they wanted to put in an American director and I said no, because if it was going to happen in Acapulco, it had to be a Mexican director; there are parts that go in Spanish, so I wanted someone who knew the city, the Mexican idiosyncrasy and we got it with Gary “.
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The respective tests have already begun and exact locations are being seen. It is a project that runs throughout the first half of the year.