First images from the set of the Paco Stanley biographical series

Early 2023, Amazon Premier announced that a biographical series focusing on paco stanley, one of the most controversial figures on Mexican television. Although lacking the approval of the late pilot’s family, production continued without delay, and just months after the announcement, the first footage arrived from the film set.

It was the team TVyNovelas whoever shared these first images, and although they are just a couple, they show the actor Roberto Duartefully characterized as paco stanley.

The actor known for his roles in blue demon, The dance of 41 there love to death (to name a few) he is shown in the photographs wearing a gray suit and showing off a bald head, trying to mimic the appearance Stanley had in his final days. According to information from TVyNovelas, the filming area is guarded by state police elements so that no production details are leaked, in fact the rest of the cast could not be seen in the footage at no time.

In addition to Duarte, this series will feature a high profile cast, with names like Diego Boneta, Belinda, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Zuria Vega and Jorge Zarate. Despite the controversy surrounding this project, Boneta assured in an interview with Excelsior that he is very happy to collaborate again with the members of the team that led to netflix the life of Luis Miguel. Regarding what is happening around the series, Boneta limited himself to saying “I have to do my job as an actor”.

For his part, Luis Gerardo Méndez, who had a great echo in Mexican cinema and television with productions such as crows club, We the nobles there belascoaranalso shared his feelings to Who magazine to be part of this bioseries.

“I grew up watching ¡Pacatelas! with my father, my mother and my brother after eating for many years, it was what we consume because it was the only one there was, now we have the platforms and many other options, but at that time there wasn’t much else to see, so I find it interesting to be able to tell what was behind it”.

The rest of the cast did not give further comments on their participation, quite the contrary of the detractors of the program, like him. Paul Stanleyson of Paco Stanley, who considers a lack of respect that his father’s death is only depicted when his figure was much more than that tragic moment.

“They (Amazon) just want to tell about my dad’s last hours, and Paco Stanley wasn’t that, it was a whole lot more, and other than that they paint him as a criminal, when you know who Paco Stanley was. They have a baseless story, without telling the truth, it makes you sad My father has a very beautiful story of life, of growing up, of how he got to where he arrived, my father is not the last three hours of his life.

Paul’s disagreement with the portrait of his father that Amazon is preparing is such that since January he has announced his desire to sue. “This is what follows, talk to the lawyers and see what happens”said Paul at the time. “The most important thing is to take care of my father’s image because he is someone who is no longer there and who cannot defend himself, he is not like Luis Miguel, but he that’s what we are, his children.”

In addition to Paul Stanley, Mario Bezareswho was Paco’s TV partner and prime suspect in his murder, is also not happy with what Amazon Prime is looking to portray, and while it’s unclear if he’ll be taking legal action, he mentioned he won’t say anything about the series on the recommendation of his lawyer.

“The death of Paco Stanley marks a before and after in the history of our country, and at Prime Video, we are proud that this talented team of filmmakers has managed to bring together a cast that will mark the history of Mexican television”said Alonso Aguilar, head of the Amazon Originals team in Mexico regarding all the controversy surrounding this series which will probably arrive before the end of 2023.