The character played by the late actor Octavio Ocana in the Mexican television series “Neighbors” will continue to be present in history in a very particular way, producer Elías Solorio explained to Efe.
“Benito Rivers (played by Octavio for 16 years) cannot appear in the series, but he will be there with us: In the premiere we will have a chapter in which we will explain what happened to him and how are we going to keep it with us”, explains Solorio.
Octavio Ocaña died in October 2021 at the age of 22 under strange circumstances when he was shot in the head in the Cuautitlán Izcalli municipality, in the state of Mexico.
Although at some point the young man took a break in the interpretation of his character, in 2019 he returned to production to join the Televisa program and in the last season on the air his character began to take giant steps towards maturity, after being engaged to his girlfriend.
Now, the promos of the new season that opens on March 27 by The starsalready suggest that the character of Benito -who forced by his father had to audition for acting projects- managed to stay in a television series that will force him to stay away from his relatives and friends, who will have to keep in touch with him through messages.
“The first chapter will be very special, I would say that we wrote it with the people who watch the program because many people gave us ideas through social networks, the team of actors, production, the writers. And I think it’s an emotional and different chapter”, says Solorio, who describes the recording of this season as “complicated” due to his absence.
But among all the bad, something good came out of this situation as everyone involved in the series came together even more and committedas the producer explains, to “work harder so people can have fun”.
In addition to all the emotional this season will be the first to thoroughly portray the usual problems that have arisen because of the pandemic, because if Solorio is clear about something, it is that within all the bad things that can be experienced, moments of joy and comedy can be found.
“¿Who did not laugh at the people who were dancing during the vaccination, who were afraid to go get vaccinated and shouted, who did not believe in vaccines??”, remember.
The plot will also take up the problem of the sale of the building that will bring new characters to the sceneplus the concierge German You will have to fix the cistern of the building and along the way you will find what seems to be a treasure, among other funny situations.