MEXICO CITY – Like the classic thrillers, the new Latin American Netflix series “Who Killed Sara?” It starts with a shocking death whose protagonists try to solve it … or hide, depending on their interests.
Sara, played by Ximena Lamadrid, dies in a party weekend and her brother Alex (Leo Deluglio in his young version and Manolo Cardona as an adult), the best friend of her boyfriend Rodolfo (Alejandro Nones), suspects that he killed he seeks revenge.
“Things are evolving, we realize what really happened,” Nones said in a recent telephone interview about Wednesday’s premiere.
“I really like the way this story is told, the coming and going, explaining the things that happened. And I really like how you have music and a collage of images at certain moments “, he added. “This narrative seemed very interesting to me and especially to my (cool) father to see it in Latin America.”
Rodolfo is also the eldest son of Lazcanos, a wealthy family who owns casinos that shift their influence so that Alex can blame himself for the murder and thus keep his legacy. Rodolfo’s parents are quite controlled, especially Patriarch César, played by Spanish actor Ginés García Millán.
“The Lazcano family is certainly a very special family, a family that looks like many things, but the reality is that it is not as solid as it seems,” Nones said. “They have a casino empire in Mexico and throughout history we have discovered that, along with that, there are other businesses that are not so legal.”
With the commitment to follow in his father’s footsteps, Rodolfo continues his life after Sara’s death, but time cannot take its toll.
“Guilt gnaws at him. He is 18 years old, “said Nones. “Because you don’t have the pants to make important decisions when you should have them, the 18-year-old weight bearing is definitely extremely strong and terrible.”
Production began before the coronavirus pandemic and had to stop during quarantine, but resumed and ended the first season. At this time they have not confirmed if there will be another second.
What is a fact is that, in addition to its premiere in 190 countries, it will be the first series of streaming service in Spanish dubbed in eight languages, including Portuguese, English, French, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Hindi and German.
“Who Mayó a Sara?”, Whose cast is completed by Claudia Ramírez, Carolina Miranda and Eugenio Siller, is produced by Alexis Fridman and Juan Uruchurtu. The plot is the creation of the Chilean screenwriter and writer José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela.
“I talked a lot with Chascas,” Nones said. “I always contact him in sessions where he could express his vision of the character and which, as an actor, helps you get rich a lot and have more information and be clearer about anything.”
If the series shows something clear, the decisions we make in our youth can have repercussions many years later.
“For my past self, I would say that you are calm, that everything will be fine,” said the Venezuelan actor who has lived in Mexico for almost 20 years. “A thousand times someone has done something stupid that, after growing up, says:” How is it possible, what was I thinking? “But it is part of the process of growth and awareness of things and positive evolution.”