Se llamaba Pedro Infante

Se llamaba Pedro Infante
Genre	Biographical
Showrunner	Rubén Galindo
Written by	Rubén Galindo Guillermo Ríos María José Mochales Carolina Mata Denis Languérand
Directed by	Alejandro Bazzano Sergio Siruela
Starring	Ana Claudia Talancón Mario Morán Jorge Gallegos Julio Bracho Julieta Egurrola Leticia Huijara Vico Escorcia Juan Carlos Remolina Daniela Álvarez
Composer	Osvaldo Montes
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Rubén Galindo
Producer	Alexa Muñoz Vidaña
Editors	Marco Antonio Rocha Milton Noé Galindo
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	TelevisaUnivision
Original release
Network	Vix
Release	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)

Se llamaba Pedro Infante is a Mexican biographical streaming television series produced by Rubén Galindo for TelevisaUnivision.^[1] The series is based on the life of Mexican actor and singer Pedro Infante. Mario Morán stars as Infante.^[2] The series is premiered on Vix on 1 December 2023.^[3]

Cast

Main

• Ana Claudia Talancón as María Luisa León^[4]
• Mario Morán as Pedro Infante^[2]
  • Andrés Vázquez as young Pedro
  • Mateo Figueroa as child Pedro
• Julio Bracho as Antonio Matouk
• Julieta Egurrola as Rosario León
• Leticia Huijara as Doña Cuca
• Vico Escorcia as Lupita Torrentera
• Juan Carlos Remolina as Delfino
• Daniela Álvarez as Irma Dorantes

Recurring and guest stars

• Nacho Tahhan as Ismael
• Carlos Gatica as Jorge Negrete
• María del Carmen Félix as María Félix
• Manuel Balbi as Chuy
• Julio Casado as Commander Olivares
• Aroa Gimeno as Rebeca
• Juan Carlos Barreto as President Rodolfo Díaz
• Mariana Lodoza as Carmen Infante
• Norma Angélica as Begoña
• Maruza Cinta as Margarita
• Sara Montalvo as María Izaguirre
• Raúl Sandoval as Ángel Infante
  • Max Uribe as child Ángel
• Cristian Gamero as Márquez
• Luis Alberti as Antonio Badú
• Alberto Casanova as Alberto
• Rodrigo Magaña as Agustín Lara
• Fabián Pazzo as Vidal
• Leonardo Daniel as Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta
• Irving Aranda as Pepe Infante
  • Carlos Paul as child Pepe
• Alexa Anaya as Rosario Infante
  • Daniela García as young Rosario
• Hugo Aceves as Ramón
• Manuel Gorka as Presidente Manuel Almazán
• Teresa Rábago as Isaura
• Paola Flores as Piedad
• Paulina de Alba as Margarita Mora
• Christian Sampedro as José Benavides Jr.
• Walter Kapelas as Engineer Guzmán
• Iván Bronstein as Lawyer Del Castillo
• Caro Darma as Chavela
  • Renata Chacón as young Chavela
• Gregorio Reséndez as Priest
• Bella Azul Miganjos as Carmela
  • Paula Hernández as child Carmela
• Leonardo Flores as Domingo
• Victoria Pascual as Lupita Infante
• Ricardo Galina as Pedro Infante Jr.
• Carlos Larrañaga as Aurelio Robles
• Germán Alejandro as Manuel Almazán Jr.
• Vicente Peña as Enrique
• Lorena de la Torre as Rocío
• Eugenia Arreola as Itzel
• José Carlos Iyanes as Roberto Rodríguez
• Roberto Alanís as Emilio Azcárraga Jr.
• Héctor Holten as José
• Ximena Zairet as Dora Luisa
• Nicolás Dominc Ávila as Miguelito
• Jared Rivera as Dolores

Production

In February 2018, Televisa announced that it was developing a biographical series of Pedro Infante, with Rubén Galindo as executive producer.^[5] Five years later, filming of the series began on 7 March 2023.^[1] A trailer of the series was released on 14 November 2023.^[6] The series premiered on 1 December 2023.^[3]

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Una promesa a mi madre"	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
2	"Una luz en mi vida"	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
3	"Desilusión"	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
4	"Un nuevo amor inevitable"	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
5	"La muerte de mi hija"	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
6	"Volar sobre alas de éxito"	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
7	"Tocar el cielo aunque te quemes"	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
8	"Un trágico adiós"	1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref
2024	Produ Awards	Best Biographical Series	Se llamaba Pedro Infante	Pending	[7]

References

1. "ViX inicia grabaciones de Se llamaba Pedro Infante, bioserie autorizada del ícono mexicano". produ.com (in Spanish). 7 March 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
2. Díaz Canseco, Ricardo (18 October 2023). "Mario Morán se puso en la piel de Pedro Infante: "Era mujeriego, pero sincero, por eso lo querían"". infobae.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
3. "SE LLAMABA PEDRO INFANTE, the Bioseries of the Mexican icon, Premieres December 1 Exclusively on ViX". corporate.televisaunivision.com. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
4. Huerta Ortiz, César (22 March 2023). "Ana Claudia Talancón da el sí a Pedro Infante". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
5. Maldonado, Vanessa (21 February 2018). "Rubén Galindo de Televisa: Estamos en la etapa de guion de la bioserie de Pedro Infante". produ.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
6. @vix (14 November 2023). "Una leyenda, muchos mitos y una historia jamás contada... Muy pronto #SeLlamabaPedroInfante en exclusiva por #ViX" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via Instagram.
7. "Finalistas | Premios PRODU". premiosprodu.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2024.

External links

• Se llamaba Pedro Infante at IMDb