Kate del Castillo: “The Queen of the South is going to deal with very rough topics”

More than a decade after its debut, “La Reina del Sur” returns this Tuesday with a third season that, according to its protagonist, Kate del Castillo, will deal with “very rough” although with the essence of the previous deliveries.

“It comes with a different story than what we are used to, but without losing all the essence of what it is. It will have something more of a ‘political thriller,'” the actress explained in an interview with EFE with reason for the premiere of one of the series most followed by the Hispanic public.

Since she put herself in the shoes of Teresa Mendoza for the first time in 2011, the Mexican has not stopped feeling fascination for the character that Arturo Pérez-Reverte devised for his homonymous novel, published in 2002, and that with his leap to television he added followers all over the world.

“He wrote a character fascinating, wonderful. And now Arturo is also behind the structure of the new plots, although I already tell him that I know Teresa more than he does so that he leaves her in my hands,” says Del Castillo.

After a first season in which “a young girl fell in love with the wrong person” until ending as a “cold and cruel” woman In the world of drug trafficking, a second round of episodes arrived in which Mendoza returned to “feel fear” after becoming pregnant and losing her daughter.

“There was no end to the second season, everything was edited in a way to end it in a more open way, without really knowing where she is,” explains the actress, adding that the protagonist “now knows that her daughter is alive and He knows how to defend himself.”

“So he will leave a high-security prison in the US to seek justice,” he advances on the third season.

According to Del Castillo, this new stage has a lot of action and a more frenetic pace than previous installments.

“Mendoza still likes tequila, she still likes men, she’s still bad-mouthed, she’s constantly making mistakes,” adds the actress. “But we’re going to see her much more of a warrior, much more streetwise and looking for this justice in many ways.” .

The criminal circles in which the protagonist moves will go from the world of ldrugs to human trafficking and other “rogue” issues that, however, Del Castillo does not believe that they are alien to many of the spectators.

“Unfortunately I think all Latin Americans have a master’s degree in that,” he adds.

With more than 2 million weekly viewers in the US through the Telemundo channel, and many others who follow each episode in Latin America and Spain thanks to Netflix, “La Reina del Sur” has become a benchmark fiction for the public Hispanic.

There are many ingredients that explain its success: A renowned actress, a popular writer and a topic such as drug trafficking that has a loyal audience. Although del Castillo grants all the attractiveness to the power of Teresa Mendoza.

“I don’t get tired either, I can’t. I have a lot of fun with the character, it’s exquisite for any actress. So three-dimensional, so real that that’s why they love her so much,” she says.

Source-listindiario.com