9 Novelas that many think are Brazilian, but they appeared in Mexico

Mexican soap operas have been shown on Brazilian television since 1982. Brazil, despite its tradition in the production of the genre, has already broadcast several foreign plots. In addition, given the success of some of them, certain national broadcasters carried out remakes of these productions and surprised viewers.

Thinking about it, the awesome.club invites you to remember nine remakes Brazilians inspired by soap operas from Mexico and other nations that were immensely successful — and don’t miss the bonus at the end!

Based on the successful Mexican telenovela I will never forget you, 1999, SBT held a remake, in 2003, called Never forget you🇧🇷 Although many Televisa productions usually pass through here, this telenovela was not the case. Regarding the Brazilian version, it had a star-studded cast, such as Danton Mello (playing Eduardo Moraima), Felipe Folgosi (playing Álvaro de Melo) and other celebrities.

The Mexican version featured renowned protagonists: Guy Ecker and Kate del Castillo. By the way, Guy, despite shining in Mexican telenovelas, is a Brazilian actor. With the pair of stars and the other actors, There Lie it was a success and had a remake Brazilian produced by SBT. With 14 years of difference, Wounded Hearts premiered on the station.

The sextet ensured an immense success among children and teenagers around the world. In fact, the success was so great that the group from the Mexican telenovela performed several shows in several countries, in addition to selling products, such as dolls, clothes, etc. Because of this, Record TV carried out a remake which also pleased the kids at the time. The protagonists of the plot stood out and knew how to take advantage of the opportunities that arose later.

The coexistence between four young people does not always work out for countless reasons: passions, money, thoughts, envy and many others. In this context, the Mexican telenovela takes place Friends and Rivalsaired by SBT in 2002. After a few years, the station made a remake inspired by the daily lives of four Brazilian women and also won over the public.

A beautiful young woman named Esmeralda and with eyes the color of that precious stone is the protagonist of the eponymous Mexican soap opera. In the original version, the main couple was played by the famous Leticia Calderón and Fernando Colunga. In Brazil, SBT produced a remake and the actors who gave life to the romantic couple were Bianca Castanho and Cláudio Lins.

One of the greatest successes of world television drama, Maria Mercedes arrives in Brazil and initiates the phenomenon called Mary’s Trilogycomposed — in addition to the aforementioned — by telenovelas Marimar and Maria do Bairro🇧🇷 Due to such success, SBT created a remake entitled Maria Esperançawhich starred actress Bárbara Paz, replacing Mexican star Thalía.

The life of the beginner model Cristina is the main story of the Mexican plot The privilege of loving🇧🇷 The telenovela was so successful in Brazil that it was repeated three times by SBT. Even the station itself carried out a remake called Crystal🇧🇷 In this production, the cast had several stars, such as Bete Coelho, Bianca Castanho and Dado Dolabella. By the way, the awesome.club already made a post that shows the before and after of the actors of the Mexican soap opera.

The first Mexican soap opera broadcast by SBT was Rich People Cry Too🇧🇷 Thanks to this production, Televisa’s serials became traditional among the Brazilian public and continue to delight viewers to this day. Because of this, there was a remake nationally in 2005, but it did not have the same success as the original.

Were you a fan of the soap opera? Then check out this post that shows the before and after of the cast of the first Mexican telenovela to air in Brazil.

Despite the Mexican production La Dueña not being aired in Brazil, the telenovela was quite successful and received so many awards that SBT produced the remake🇧🇷 In the adapted Brazilian version, the cast had several stars, such as Suzy Rêgo and Daniel Boaventura, the protagonist couple.

A little before the exhibition, SBT announced the production with very interesting characteristics: “It is an adult soap opera, a world of anguish, frustrated love and infidelity. The soap opera is 99% suffering. The interpretations are stronger. Actors don’t talk, they show their feelings”.

the argentinian telenovela black pearl was a worldwide success, shown in countries such as Italy and Spain. However, this landmark of teledramaturgy did not arrive in Brazil. Despite this, SBT made a Brazilian version that achieved good audience levels — including in reruns. The cast of the national production included the famous actor duo playing the protagonist couple of the plot: Patrícia de Sabrit and Dalton Vigh.

Among the aforementioned soap operas, which ones “caught” your attention? If you watched both versions of some of these productions, do you prefer the original or the remake🇧🇷 In addition to those mentioned in the post, which ones would you add to our list? We’re watching the comments section!