El último rey is a Mexican biographical drama television series that aired on Las Estrellas from 14 March 2022 to 10 June 2022. The series is produced by Juan Osorio for TelevisaUnivision. It is based on the book of the same name that journalist Olga Wornat wrote about Vicente Fernández's life. Pablo Montero stars as Vicente Fernández.
The series has been renewed for a second season, that premiered on 16 May 2022.
Contents
Premise
El último rey narrates the life of a Vicente Fernandez and how he overcome all obstacles to achieve his dream: to become one of the greatest representatives of regional Mexican music.
Cast
Main
Angélica Aragón as Dalia
Pablo Montero as Vicente Fernández
Salvador Sánchez as Old Vicente Fernández
Eduardo Narajas as Young Vicente Fernández
Moisés Habib Buchard as Child Vicente Fernández
Iliana Fox as María del Refugio Abarca Villaseñor "Doña Cuquita"
Jade Fraser as Young Cuquita
Paloma Woolrich as Old Cuquita
Jesús Moré as Gerardo Fernández
Paolo Vargas as Young Gerardo Fernández
Iván Arana as Vicente Fernández Jr.
Alonso Meza as Young Vicente Fernández Jr.
Emilio Osorio as Young Alejandro Fernández / Alex Fernández
Vince Miranda as Adult Alejandro Fernández
Recurring
César Évora as Francisco Manjarrez
Sara Corrales as Patricia Rivera
Alejandra Ambrosi as Paula Gómez
Ligia Uriarte as Sissi
Antonio López as Ramón
Eva Daniela as Chicotita
José Daniel Figueroa as Adult Felipe
Alejandro Sandi as Federico Méndez
Rossana de León as Lucha Villa
Karla Garrido as La India María
José Alfredo Jiménez
Flor Yáñez as Alicia Juárez
Ana Tena as Alejandra
Carlos Balderrama
Waldo Franco
Carlos Kapistrán
Production
Development
The series was announced by TelevisaUnivision on 13 January 2022. Filming began in late January 2022. The first teaser of the series was shown on 17 February 2022. On 16 March 2022, Juan Osorio announced that the series was renewed for a second season that will consist of 20 episodes.
Controversy
On 11 March 2022, three days before the series scheduled premiere date, it was announced that a federal judge had ordered for the series to be postponed after the family of Vicente Fernandez alleged that Televisa incurred in violations of non-contractual relationships; trademark rights; improper use of an artistic name reserved before the National Copyright Institute (Indautor); unfair competition, among other reasons. The following day, TelevisaUnivision alleged that the company had not received any judicial notice prohibiting the series from airing and would continue with airing the series. The series went on to premiere as scheduled.