Will ‘The Lord of the Skies’ be able to restore the faith of his followers? Only God knows

They say that “there is no evil that lasts without years, nor a body that resists it” and that is precisely what the audience is about to experience now because after the end of the seventh season of “The Lord of the Skies”, the faithful followers, those of red bone, were very hurt and frustrated when the production decided to kill the protagonist of the story, Aurelio Casillas.

But the truth is that it was not only about the departure of the character, but also that of the actor Rafael Amaya who was not really physically able to take on the challenge of playing any character because of his complicated state of health in real life. that led him to rehab. But to be honest, at this point, it is better not to go into details about what his followers already know about what Amaya lived and suffered before leaving “The Lord of the Skies” because of his addictions .

What we cannot ignore, either, are the reports that Amaya was living her own hell in lockdown. No one saw it, but everyone commented on it on the networks. The support of his loved ones and close friends was very important for Rafa, as his friends call him, to get ahead.

Fortunately, today Amaya managed to learn to overcome the addictions that plunged him into a hole from which it was impossible for him to get out. But he made it. But little by little he began to return to his way. His first and new opportunity came with his special participation in the series “Malverde: The Patron Saint” where he shared credits with the protagonist of the story Pedro Fernández, where Amaya played a bounty hunter and from there he was able to focus on what he really needed, which was to be able to recover his character of Aurelio Casillas that the story of “The Lord of the Skies ” had taken it upon himself to disappear and then finish focusing on regaining his image as a television actor.

And now when the Telemundo network reveals the official cast that will lead the eighth season of its “El Señor de los Cielos” franchise, they confirm that the return of Rafael Amaya and his legendary character Aurelio Casillas is back.

Rafael Amaya received his script with the details of what will be the “resurrection” of Aurelio Casillas.

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In a statement from the chain, they point out that “the iconic character returns more determined than ever to recover everything he has lost.” But the truth of the matter is that it is not just a desire of the character, but of Amaya himself and the same television station that was losing and losing audience against its closest competitor, which along the way was reinforced by consolidating an alliance. powerful to form TelevisaUnivision. But today, that alliance is focused on paying off on the Vix+ streaming platform than anything else.

The fear of Telemundo’s production became greater when they began to see that the actors who play their key characters in the plot such as Carmen Aub (Rutila Casillas), Iván Arana (as Ismael Casillas), Matías Novoa (Amado Casillas) and others more began to join the ranks of TelevisaUnivision while zero hour to start the pre-production of “El Señor de los Cielos” was just around the corner. Some of them had even questioned his return due to the commitments made.

And just like them, we also saw Thali García (Berenice Ahumada) also acting in the competition with a secondary role in the telenovela “Los ricos tambien cry” that is still on the air on the competition channel.

The cast meets with Aurelio Casillas for the return of ‘The Lord of the Skies’… Árre

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However, in a video that they have just published on their networks, we see that everyone is back together in a huge room to meet again and together read the script and what the writer has in store for each of his characters.

Everyone is sitting there at the huge tables, everyone except Matías Novoa, who was the only one who did not reach an agreement with the production. There is talk of a conflict of dates with already confirmed projects of the Chilean actor, former partner of actress Isabella Castillo (who plays Diana Ahumada), but the truth must be another version.

In our opinion, what prevented him from returning to the plot is that his character of Amado Casillas already loses weight with the return of Aurelio to the plot, since it was Matias himself who had to carry the weight of the story when he production decided to “disappear” the character of Aurelio who is now back, so it is no longer necessary. In short, now they are what they are and those who no longer need to be there are not.

For now, Matías Novoa continues to be seen as the protagonist of Univision’s stellar telenovela “La Herencia” alongside Michelle Renau and Daneil Elbittar.

The actress Carmen Aub was in doubt, but finally confirmed her return to the plot with her role as Rutila Casillas.

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The story of “El Señor de los Cielos” in its eighth installment is currently shot in Mexico and is produced by Telemundo Studios, with the script and story by Venezuelan Luis Zelkowicz, responsible for previous seasons.

In this way, Carmen Aub (as Rutila Casillas), Iván Arana (as Ismael Casillas), Isabella Castillo (as Diana Ahumada) and Alejandro López (as Super Javi) are back in the ring, in addition to the special participation of Lisa Owen (Doña Alba Casillas), Robinson Díaz (El Cabo) and Salvador Pineda.

Added to this cast are the actors Rubén Cortada, Africa Zavala and Yuri Vargas with new recurring characters, in addition to the participation of Maricela González, Karla Carrillo, Thalí García, Alan Slim, Karen Sandoval, Denia Agalianou, Carlos Corona, Daniel Martínez, Elsy Reyes, José Sedek, Wendy de los Cobos, Roberto Escobar, Sebastián González, Brenda Hanst, Daniel Martínez Campos, Renata Manterola, Mimi Morales, Jorge Cárdenas, among others.

Karen Barroeta, EVP of production and development for Telemundo Global Studios, said in a statement that like the millions of fans of “El Señor de los Cielos,” she and her team are “excited to have Rafa (Amaya) back.” on the screen next to the old cast and the new one that has been added.

“It has been an exciting seven seasons, and this eighth has been created to once again delight audiences with an overflowing drama packed with more emotion and action than ever before,” added Barroeta.

The cast of “The Lord of the Skies” met again, but with the absence of Matías Novoa, who played Amado Casillas.

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Keep in mind that it will not be an easy task for the chain in its attempt to convince the audience of the “resurrection” of the character of Aurelio Casillas, but the truth is that they did revive Catalina Santana in “Sin Senos Sí There is Paradise” with the help of the DEA after a hail of bullets in the “Sin Senos No Hay Paraíso” saga, reviving Aurelio who received a single bullet from El Cabo’s pistol and bringing him back to life would not work either. crazy with the help of the DEA again in the libretto.

For those who have followed the plot, they know that Aurelio spent a whole season in bed in which he was expected to get up from the coma caused by the bullet, but he did not. In the following season he dies and is buried by the Casillas and with his burial, Telemundo also buried its primetime audience.

However, now in the new season, for all those who think that Aurelio Casillas is still dead, they are wrong because again, the writers make up a play in which the DEA is involved.

“Only his enemies at the DEA know the best kept secret in the desert, the Lord of the Skies is more alive than ever and determined to assume power again. Aurelio establishes a powerful union with allies from previous seasons, as he faces new romances and uncovers family mysteries, once again risking his life in the name of revenge”, this is what the statement points out and this is how we make it known to you.

With this we see that the story takes a turn and makes us see that, as the saying goes, Aurelio was not “dead, he was partying”, because the plot, in addition to taking place in Mexico, also takes place in the Caribbean. Surely that is where the DEA hid Aurelio while they extracted information from him.

The eighth season of “El Señor de los Cielos” is directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia, Conrado Martínez, Mauricio Meneses, and Bernardo Mota with Karen Barroeta, Ximena Cantuarias and Harold Sánchez of Telemundo as executive producers.

We’ll see what they bring to the incredulous public and how it goes with the rating, which He has been supporting himself in realities with great figures and sports competitions between teams to get into the fight, although the best thing is that the “war” between the soap opera plots returns, which is what traditional viewers really like.