When it comes to the successful and unforgettable soap operas of the ’90s, you can’t give up Marimar, an emblematic plot, with the main role Thalia Yes Eduardo Capetillo, which has left an indelible mark on the world of Mexican melodrama since its premiere in 1994.
Although it was an adaptation of Revenge, the iconic television drama managed to capture the public’s taste with the story of the beautiful, the candid and the humble ‘Marimar ‘ since he fell in love with the rich footballer ‘Sergio Santibanez ‘ and a luxury cast that wasted talent.
However, while it is true that the protagonists and their villains were bright stars in this story, there were other supporting characters in this production of Veronica Pimstein for Televisa that they managed to completely steal the heart of the public, such as the beloved ‘Esteban ‘, personified by the Mexican actor Rafael del Villar.
Video capture As we will remember, “Esteban” was a man with a disfigured face who is madly in love with the refined “Bella Aldama ‘, the identity that the “little beach coast” adopts in order to take revenge on all those who humiliated her in the past, with whom she forms a friendship.
Video capture Due to his feelings towards the protagonist, he begins to watch over her and protect her until she decides to improve her physical appearance undergoing surgery in the hope of capturing the attention of her loved one with a new image.
Video capture More than two decades after the premiere of this story, the memory of this character remains intact in the minds of viewers, but the actor who played him was not immortalized as in the soap opera, but has evolved over time and in all aspects of life. See what he looks like today and what happened to his life.
Video capture The current look of ‘Esteban’ from Marimar
After the impeccable personification of “Esteban” in Marimar for which it has gained great international recognition and fame, Rafael del Villar He continued to build his artistic career in the Mexican show, where he debuted in 1982 as part of the cast. Spark.
Immediately after participating in this melodrama, the artist returned to accompany Thalía in the beloved soap opera. Maria, the one in the neighborhood (1995), another mega-hit. And after that, he continued to incarnate one character after another in more than three dozen television productions to date.
Esmeralda (1997), Love Droplet (1998), Accomplices to the Rescue (2002), My Beloved Girl (2003), Bet on a Love (2004 – 2005), Distilling Love (2007), Tomorrow is Forever (2008 – 2009) )), My heart is yours (2014-2015), My husband has a family (2017), Without your gaze (2017-2018) and To love without law (2019) are some of the soap operas that Del Villar has participated in for the last almost 27 years.
He was also part of the recurring distribution of Televisa’s unitary programs As the saying goes Yes The rose of Guadalupe.
Nowadays, the eternal lover of “Bella” from Marimar He is 58 years old and, although his image has changed, he still retains the good physical appearance and gallantry of his youth.
He is also still focused on his acting career. In fact, he just added a new project to his vast soap opera career You want everything, a Nacho Sada production that airs on Las Estrellas at 3:30 pm, where he has a role as “Alberto”.
As for your social networks, Rafael is very active on his Instagram account where he has more than 3,000 followers, with whom he shares images about his current projects, some pieces of his personal life in which he shows his children, Valeria and Rafael, and also remembers the roles he played in previous productions, such as “Esteban” in Marimar..