Mauricio Garcés He is remembered in the cinema for playing the perfect character of the autumn heartthrob, a well-groomed and perfumed man, who, between gray hair and cigarette smoke, conquered the most beautiful girls of the time, he filmed about 70 films and in his short, but powerful went through it Mexican cinema was established as an essential figure to explain the Mexico of the late 60’s and 70’s.
Mauricio Férez Yázbek was born on December 16, 1926 in the port of Tampico, in the state of Tamaulipas, en died on February 27, 1989 in Mexico City. He was found dead in his apartment, the cause of death was a heart attack, which occurred because he was suffering from lung physema. To celebrate his life and his artistic career, at De10.mx we have this count of information you may not have known about the beloved Mauricio Garcés… rice!
1: the style of Mauricio Garcés
A man of undetermined age, but in his autumnal dawn, velvet jacket, mustache trimmed and well placed, a tie knotted in the middle, a cigarette (if smoking was sexy), hair barely dyed gray, but with dark accents. The man who invites to go to bed, but without inviting. The perfect seducer, but yes, ultimately the man everyone wants to change. That was the best way to contextualize Garcés, at least visually.
2: Mauricio Garcés, from Tampico
Originally from Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mauricio Férez Yázkek was born into a family of Lebanese descent, with great significance in our country, especially in photography. At the age of six Mau’s family moved to Mexico City. He studied chemistry but almost dropped out to help his parents. He did some work for his uncle, the photographer Tufic Yázbek, who introduced him to the show, but it was one of his uncles, José, who first included him in the cast of a movie. Death in loveHe took the surname Garcés because he said the G would bring him luck, as it was the initials of his idols, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper and Cary Grant.
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3: The beginning of Mauricio Garcés in the cinema
Despite his last name, Mauricio had to work on many bands as an extra, initially his career was focused on dramatic and suspenseful storytelling, he also did versions of a heartthrob, but he was a serious heartthrob, not the metrosexual we met later. Appeared in series such as Gutierritos Quotation ponds and worked in works like Private lives Don’t send me flowers Y Black sight
4: Mauricio Garcés, was he a heartthrob in real life?
There are many myths surrounding the figure of Garcés that if he was homosexual, whether he was a mother’s son or a seducer who had no idea of the connection. Some sources assure that Mauricio was very shy in real life, that his character was brave and victorious, but when a girl approached the actor, he had no idea what to do. He considered himself ugly, with big ears, a gangly mouth, and a smile that didn’t benefit his self-esteem at all.
5: Why did you decide to be a heartthrob as a character?
The comedic version of the elegant and worldly galant developed during the early stages of his career, but the idea of creating a light and comical interpretation came from the producer Angélica Ortiz, Angélica María’s mother, who contacted him to record Don Juan. in 1966 the movie in which he consolidated this role, a kind of alter ego that everyone who saw him liked. From that moment on his character became more and more refined.
6: The international G.
For his character, he had to make some changes in his figure, he had to show complete safety, perfectly comb his gray hair, act carefree and have fashionable tailor-made clothes. With each film his role as a heartthrob was consolidated in the fall, he was the highest paid in Latin America, he filmed in Spain, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and in Italy they worshiped him, attributing him the talent of Vittorio Gassman and with the personality of Marcelo Mastroianni.
7: Money, money, money
A decade earlier, Pedro Infante was the fashion idol, but in 1970 Garcés was the figure. I had a tireless work pace, I had to film wholesale because the industry was at the right time and no one thought there was going to be a terrible crash. When I was recording Click photographer for modelsIn 1968 Mauircio passed out from chronic exhaustion, he had to be taken to the infirmary, but he could not rest, his films made millions and millions, there was no icon like him for a long time and he needed to take advantage of it.
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8: Mauricio Garcés’ films were very blockbusters
In November 1969, the top-grossing films list was published, three of Garcés’ films were screened simultaneously and seven were awaiting release date. According to the report, the Olympiad in Mexico was the highest yielding. Then when the kids leave, The Marriage is a demon, The Beasts and Ladies Dressmaker.
9: The terrible arrival of death to Mauricio Garcés
During the last decade of his life, Garcés lost his money due to a strong gambling addiction. Everything he had accumulated in his life left him penniless, he lost a lot of money, and when he fell ill with emphysema, the treatment of the condition became very complicated. He died on February 27, 1989 and was buried in the French Pantheon, in a modest grave in Mexico City.
10: The Legacy and Controversy? by Mauricio Garcés
His shy and reserved personality forced the media to want to know more about his life, but he didn’t let them know much about it. He is known to have a love affair with Silvia Pinal that didn’t work out, and his character led many to believe he was gay, although that has not been proven. Garcés is undoubtedly the newest icon of Mexican cinema, far from the womanizing macho, the creation of a man who had a relationship with women, but from a metrosexual spectrum.
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