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Kate del Castillo to Star as Iconic Singer Chavela Vargas in Bio-Series From Colombia’s Caracol TV and Miracol Media (EXCLUSIVE)
A bio-series on Chavela Vargas starring Kate del Castillo is in the works. Colombia’s Caracol Televisión and indie Miracol Media are co-producing.
Del Castillo will transform into Vargas, the mythical woman in the red poncho, who boldly rejected the conventions of her time, paving the way for a unique and groundbreaking journey in the landscape of Mexican popular music. The production plans to recreate the singer’s life across three time frames: Mexico during the second half of the 20th century, the 1920s in rustic Costa Rica, and the Almodóvarian Madrid of the 1990s. Pedro Dávila, Miracol Media’s CEO concurred: “We will travel back in time to Mexico in the second half of the last century though making it feel modern, agile, and contemporary.
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