“The Chavo of the 8”, In addition to its protagonist, he left us several endearing characters who despite the passing of the years will continue to be remembered by all generations who saw this television series for nearly five decades. In addition to the adults in the neighborhood, the ‘children’ knew how to earn the public’s affection with their mischief; one of these little performers was the Cylinder, A very cunning and intelligent minor, who is the daughter of Don Ramón.
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Because his character was very striking, especially for the very peculiar way he cried with his traditional “we we we”, it is impossible to imagine that in fiction he could have received another name; but Roberto Gómez Bolaños did not think it was such a crazy idea, because at first he thought of naming it differently.
Then we tell you what was the first option to call this little girl, who gave life to Maria Antonieta de les Neus.
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THE CYLINDRA WAS NOT GOING TO BE CALLED
The actress explained that when Chespirito was going to launch “El Chavo de l’8”, originally, the name of the series was not going to be called thus but “The Chavos”, For his great taste for the “Ch”, but then opted for the title we all know.
The most curious thing was when he explained that Gómez Bolaños at the time of thinking about the character of the naughty girl it occurred to him to call her “La Chava”; that way, he would be “El Chavo,” but as this was going to create some confusion, he thought well and decided to change it.
This is how he quickly chose the “Chilindrina”, a name that was more logical, due to the freckles on the face of this character, which also has to do with the black granites of sugar that has the bread called the same way, he published The Herald of Mexico.
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HOW THE CHILINDRA CAME UP
Also, María Antonieta de les Neus told Yordi Rosat’s Youtube channel how Chilindrina came about, a character for whom we all remember her until today.
He recalled that when Chespirito offered him a job, he was looking for a female figure to represent a minor. “I had to be a girl, young and small for her to play with me for my height”, Said the producer and writer.
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Before “El Chavo de l’8” was created, the actress said she had already dressed as a girl for two segments of a program, the characterization was based on the twins who appeared in the series “My adorable nephews “.
“When Chespirito sees me, he tells me what a barbarian, you look like an eight-year-old girl”, Recalled Marie Antoinette.
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