The Lady. María Félix, “a woman with great character and sensitive to her

The two actresses agree that giving life to the diva of national cinema in the biographical series María Félix, La Doña, which was made by Vix+ and will be released next Thursday, July 21, “is a pride, but it has also been a job that It has implied a great responsibility for the character’s personality and transcendence, but above all for the strength of the woman, whose philosophy was far ahead of the time in which she lived”.

Both consider that the production of Carmen Armendáriz, directed by Mafer Suárez, is a great testimony that, based on interviews with people who knew the Sonoran, and exhaustive documentation, “will help new generations to know the story of a woman that he always showed himself with a great temper, but that beyond the cameras he was also very sensitive in his own way”.

Ximena Romo

Wearing a black and white tailored suit, high-heeled shoes that harmonize with her clothing, and hairstyle and makeup that complete her impeccable image, Ximena lends her body to María, who appears in the gardens of the Fonoteca Nacional, which have been transformed on a street in the 1940s.

Ximena Romo

And once Mafer Suárez approves the scene, after two repetitions, Ximena returns to share her experience of playing María Félix.

“On the one hand, of course it is a very big responsibility; and on the other hand, it is something very personal for me. María gave me the opportunity to connect with things about myself as a very interesting woman; and at the same time she has been very magical, I have felt her very present and what I have told her is that I want to tell her story, as she wants us to tell it, ”the actress shared.

In the series that is made up of eight chapters, the actress will play the Doña from 16 to 31 years old, for which she highlights that it was extensively documented and not only to project the features and physical actions, but to understand the reason for her proceed.

“Let’s say that to interpret it consider two things: the physical and especially the voice, but the important thing for me is that it wasn’t just like the picture, because it’s very easy to fall into imitation, make mannerisms and talk; So, it has been to understand the person behind the mask, the human being behind all that; understand why it was so.

And adds: “I have the time when she becomes María Félix, the woman we do not know; so throwing myself into making a María that can be broken, that she had to learn, that she had to be strong and at the same time not lose the essence of what she always projected, has been quite a journey”.

Sandra Echeverria

Less than a kilometer from the Fonoteca Nacional, also in the Coyoacán area, Sandra Echeverría continues in makeup, while the characterization team and Czech continuity that the dress, the earrings and all the elements that complement her characterization are the correct ones to continue with the story.

It is in the house of Emilio El Indio Fernández, where the second production unit is set up to sequence the series María Félix, La Doña; which represents one of the first bets of Vix + in its production stage.

And before getting into character, just when La Doña has crossed the 30s, Sandra takes time to talk about her experience.

It has been a great challenge, because it is to change the voice, the way of walking, to articulate, to have gestures, to move the hands; It has been a job of many months, of a lot of study, of seeing it every day to be able to memorize it and put it inside my skin”.

However, the actress, who looks extremely thin and as waisted as La Doña, adds: “It has been a tremendous joy, the truth is she is a great character, for me it is an honor to represent María Félix.”

Sandra Echevarria

“ANDIt’s that we didn’t know much about everything that happened in his life, about how much loneliness he had; the relationship that she had with her son and so many other things that now they are going to know through the series, of these eight chapters that are going to be spectacular; They are going to know a quite complicated life and a lot of loneliness”.

Excited to bring the diva to life, she appreciates that “for five years when the idea of ​​the bioseries came up, they will think of me to be María, for which I thank Carmen Armendáriz and Vix+”; and at the same time he specifies: “What I do want to clarify is that it is not an imitation, it is not a parody, it is telling the story. Our interpretation of what she was like, of her life.”

She even comments that the actress became an obsession for her: “I feel connected since I started the project, because it became an obsession of already dreaming and thinking about her, and trying to keep her in mind all the time.”

The costumes, the hairstyles and the setting in general are a fundamental part of the production of the series, in which everything that has been used has been made for the story. Sandra comments on La Doña’s clothing and jewelry: “We haven’t used anything real, they have made spectacular replicas of her jewelry, for example, the crocodile that is so famous and many more jewelry; and the costumes are being created by Alejandro Gastelum, who does some spectacular work”.

Abril Vergara plays María Félix at the beginning of the story, which takes place in the adolescent stage of the actress.

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The Lady. María Félix, “a woman with great character and sensitive to her