Kate del Castillo before the premiere of “La Reina del Sur 3”: “It will touch on sensitive topics”

More than a decade after its debut, “Queen of the South” returns this Tuesday with its third season, which its main character, Kate del Castillo, says will touch on “very raw” topics, albeit with the essence of the previous installments.

“It will be a story that is different from what we are used to, but without losing the essence of what it is. It will be more than a “political thriller,” the actress explained in an interview with EFE on the occasion of the premiere of one of the most popular series, followed by a Hispanic audience.

Since he put himself in the skin Teresa Mendoza for the first time in 2011, the Mexican never ceases to admire the character that Arturo Pérez-Reverte conceived for his novel of the same name, published in 2002, and which, with his jump to television, has gained a worldwide following.

“He wrote a fascinating, wonderful character. And now Arturo is also behind the structure of the new plots, although I already tell him that I know Teresa more than he does, so he leaves it in my hands,” he said. Kate from the castle.

Teresa Mendoza in the movie “Queen of the South 3”

After the first season, in which “a young girl fell in love with the wrong person” until she became a “cold and cruel” woman in the world of the drug trade, a second series of episodes followed in which Mendoza returned to “feeling afraid” after becoming pregnant. and lost her daughter.

“Season 2 didn’t have an ending, everything was edited to end it more openly without knowing where she really is,” he explained. Kate from the castle add that the protagonist “now knows that her daughter is alive and able to defend herself.”

“So he’s going to leave a maximum security prison in the US to get justice,” he said of the third season.

According to Del Castillo, this new phase has a lot of action and a more frenetic pace than previous installments.

“Mendoza still loves tequila, she still likes men, she keeps swearing, she keeps making mistakes all the time,” the actress added. “But we’re going to see her much more militant, much more street-smart and looking for that justice in many ways.” .

The criminal circles in which the protagonist revolves will move from the world of drugs to human trafficking and other “outcasts”, which, however, Del Castillo does not consider alien to many viewers.

“Unfortunately, I think all Hispanics have a master’s degree in this field,” he added.

Phenomenon in Hispanic Audience

With over 2 million weekly viewers in the US on Telemundo and many others who follow every episode in Latin America and Spain thanks to Netflix.”queen of the south’ has become a reference fiction for Latin American audiences.

Its success is due to many components: a famous actress, a popular writer, and a topic such as drug trafficking that has a loyal audience. Although Kate from the castle gave up the entire appeal to the power of Teresa Mendoza.

“I don’t get tired either, I can’t. I have a lot of fun with the character, he is exquisite for any actress. So three-dimensional, so real, that’s why they love her so much, ”she said.

(According to EFE)

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