After she’s one of the most relevant Mexican actresses in Hollywood, Salma Hayek has also had great success as a producer, as a company, Ventanarosa, is behind series like Ugly Betty and more recently Monarch, which has received rave reviews and comments.
But despite the recognition she has received with the latter, and being the number one fan of the series, the actress refused to participate in the second season due to pandemic issues, she also indicated that she did not feel safe in Mexico.
And the thing is, the Veracruz woman would have been formally invited to join the second season’s cast, in addition to a spectacular salary; This to bolster Monarca’s success in its first episode, but the pandemic changed the Oscar nominee ‘plans.
Salma even received the libretto to imitate ‘Sofia Carranza ‘, character they eventually gave it to Fernanda Castillowhich has made very good use of the opportunity to shine as it has had very good reviews.
After the premiere of this new season, and so far, it is unknown whether there will be a third episode; Although history leaves open the possibility of continuation, nothing has come true. It should be noted that unlike the first chapters, where Salma was very involved; For these recordings, he only had remote communication, fearing Covid-19 would complicate the recordings, but everything happened without major setbacks.
