10 Famous Actresses Who Rejected Work on Successful Mexican Soap Operas (Thalía was a candidate for the lead roles in “The Usurpadora”)

Some of the most remembered works of teledramaturgy owe their good acceptance to the public not only because of the plot, but also for the great performances of the cast. The fact is that some of the most iconic Mexican telenovelas were almost starred by other actresses, who ended up rejecting the works — or being rejected for them.

O awesome.club decided to imagine what some Mexican soap operas would have been like if they were starred by actresses who were one step away from joining the casts on the small screen, but were left out. Check out our list!

Galilea Montijo revealed in an interview that the producer in My heart is yours offered her the lead role of the soap opera, released in 2014 and shown for the first time in Brazil, by SBT, in 2016. The actress and TV presenter rejected the proposal to play the protagonist Ana Leal — who ended up being played by Silvia Navarro — to continue working on the production of the television show today🇧🇷 Montijo asked: “who would take care of the role?”, if he had accepted to act in the soap opera.

The character Teresa Mendoza, from the soap opera The Queen of Traffic, was played by the Mexican Kate del Castillo, but before the job was offered to her, it was proposed to the Uruguayan actress Bárbara Mori. About the fact, Bárbara commented: “It wasn’t a matter of agenda, it was a matter that I don’t like this type of subject. In other words, I have no interest in doing things that are related to drug trafficking”.

Bárbara Mori also rejected the role of Valentina Vilaça in the 2010 production The owner. On one occasion, she stated that she was interested in the story and that she was a fan of the version of the plot produced in the 90s, in which Valentina was played by Angélica Rivera. However, Barbara had plans to shoot a film in Venezuela right at the time of shooting, so she wouldn’t be free on the necessary dates.

Rumors that circulated in the entertainment world realized that actress Maite Perroni would be chosen to give life to the character Estela in The double life of Estela Carrillowhat ended up staying with Ariadne Díaz. In addition to thinking that Perroni fit in with the protagonist, the soap’s producer, Rosy Ocampo, had welcomed the actress’ work in Better dead than Lichitain which the Mexican woman showed all her professionalism.

Originally, the protagonist Malú, from the novel Beware of the Angel, would be played by Marlene Favela. However, after receiving a call from producer Nathalie Lartilleux asking her to do another audition for the character — at which time the work had already been confirmed — the actress’s opinion changed, because “something didn’t quite work out”, according to her. Marlene revealed to her YouTube followers.

Ludwika Paleta was on the verge of starring in the soap opera Until the money do us part after Mexican producer Emilio Larrosa began negotiations with her. However, at the same time, another actress was also quoted for the job and it was the one who got the best in the end: Itaí Cantoral ended up being chosen to play the character Alejandra.

for the telenovela Better dead than Lichita, several actresses were considered, among them Ariadne Díaz, Irán Castillo and Aislinn Derbez. But who ended up with the role was Maite Perroni.

Érika Buenfil was chosen to work on the soap opera Wild Heart, playing the role of antagonist Countess Aimee. However, the actress refused to participate, as she wanted to live the role of the protagonist.

Actress Lucía Méndez rejected the role of Victoria in the soap opera the madrastra, as he was working on other projects at the time. Among them were a Hollywood movie and a perfume launch.

Gabriela Spanic was both the protagonist and the antagonist in the soap opera The usurper, but producer Salvador Mejía had initially offered the character to Thalía. The Mexican actress loved the project, but at the same time she was touring throughout Latin America, which forced her to reject the proposal.

The interpretations and characters of the novels mentioned above were so striking that they remained in the public’s memory. But there’s also no denying that imagining other artists performing those works is a lot of fun!

Can you imagine Thalía in the leading roles of The usurper🇧🇷 Do you think of any actress who could have played a character that was in the hands of another in a successful soap opera? Comment!