Who are the protagonists of “The five Juanas”?
The Mexican production has arrived on Netflix. Who are its protagonists? Get to know the main cast of the series here.
As a remake of the 1997 melodrama, “The five Juanas” was written by Alejandro Reyes and Jimena Romero, the daughter of the author of the original telenovela “Las Juanas”, and produced by Lemon Films, the same director of “Monarca e” Control Z. “Pepe Castro and Rodrigo Ugalde directed the 18 chapters of the program for the streaming platform.
“Five women who don’t know each other at all find they all have the same desire. From that moment they began to investigate the mystery surrounding his birth and to look for the man who betrayed their mothers ”, reads the synopsis of the Program.
This is a story from 1997. When my father wrote it, his idea was to make a very light story, a little bit comical. He was a very feminist man and his stories have always had very strong female characters, “added Romero Mexico glamor.
Who’s who in “The five Juanas”
Carlos Ponce as Juan Batista
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After being called to be part of the production of “Luis Miguel, the series” 3, the Puertorican Carlos Ponce returns to Mexican productions. In addition, with him we will see well-known faces such as those of Iván Amozurrutia, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Pablo Astiazarán, Fernando Becerril, Federico Espejo, Carlos Athié, Verónica Merchant, Ana Ludyvina and Mauricio Isaac.
“Let’s say it’s inspired because although the center of the plot is the same, the context and the rest of the stories are totally different,” explained Ponce, who plays Juan Bautista, the father of five women who don’t know each other and they recognize them as sisters thanks to a fish-shaped mole they all have.
Juana Arias is Juana Matilde
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Actress Juana Arias will play Juana Matilde, a woman who leaves her native Colombia to travel to Mexico in search of an answer to her mother’s absence, and with a suitcase full of dreams of someday becoming a singer.
“She is the singer and she is a bit of the dreamy part that all women have, but with a complicated personal drama from her past,” says Jimena Romero.
Sofia Engberg is Juana Bautista
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This will be the first leading role of the Mexican actress, Sofía Engberg, who will play Juana Bautista, a woman who possesses supernatural strength, which allows her to see things that only she can.
“Sofia’s case was very important, we wanted her to be a Mayan woman, as it is written in her original character and that research was done just like that. It was destiny to meet her! “Says the writer.
Oka Giner as Juana Caridad
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Oka Giner is Juana Caridad, an emblematic character in the history of the ‘Juanas’. She is a nun who protects women in danger and who suddenly begins to question her past.
“He is a person committed to helping women who run the risk of abuse, of trafficking, he has a lot of depth”, says Bernardo Romero’s daughter.
Renata Notni is Juana Valentina
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The young Mexican actress, Renata Notni, who is Diego Boneta’s girlfriend, will play Juana Valentina, a young woman who will discover the secret her mother took to the grave. As a result, she will begin to investigate what reason forced her mother to act that way.
“She is a journalist and did not even exist in the original version, she actually owned a pawnshop, so this woman dedicated to journalism seemed to me absolutely necessary in a world like today”, says the author of the story.
Zuria Vega as Juana Manny
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Experienced Mexican actress, Zuria Vega, will play the role of Manny, who will fight for her freedom and thus forge her own story. Her full name on the Netflix series will be Juana Manuela, who will play a role she had never played before in her career.
“An important challenge and a character that I had to take care of a lot was Juana Manuela because you have to take him with care. I wanted to honor the fact that she is a woman who is in control of her body and makes her own decisions without anyone being able to judge her about it, which doesn’t exist in the original, that character was a boxer. But we felt that this was a way to bring the character to the present day and to bring themes that are more difficult to touch on the table, “explained Romero.
