:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elfinanciero/5YCKVWL3AVBR7NA4FDAYRRBSCA.jpg "Ignacio López Tarso and María Félix acted together in ‘La Cucaracha’ with a ‘cast of stars’")
Ignacio López Tarso, who passed away this Saturday afternoon at the age of 98, was one of the most recognized actors of the golden cinema era, as he made memorable films such as Macario (1960), which was also the First Mexican film nominated for the Oscars.
Throughout his career, López Tarso shared credits with different actors and actresses, although one of the most recognized figures with whom he worked was Maria Felix.
In an interview with Maxine Woodside, he revealed that, despite the fact that much was said about the character of ‘La Doña’, he was always with him. Even it was rumored about a courtship between the twosituation that Ignacio rejected.
However, the first film in which they worked together It brought together all the big movie stars at that time.
Ignacio López Tarso and María Félix, together in Cockroach
Cockroach is a Mexican movie from 1959 co-written, produced and directed by Ismael Rodríguez. It has a wide cast of gold film stars as its protagonists:
- Maria Felixas Refugio aka ‘La Cucaracha’
- dolores del rioas Isabel Puente
- Emilio Fernandezas Colonel Antonio Zeta
- Pedro Armendarizas Colonel Valentin Razo
- Ignatius Lopez Tarsuslike trinity
- Anthony Aguilaras Captain Ventura
- Flor Silvestrelike Lola
It is set in the time of the Mexican Revolution.and the plot revolves around Refugio, who loses her husband after Colonel Antonio Zeta (a Villa sympathizer) imprisoned and shot Colonel Zúñiga (a Carranza sympathizer) and some of his men, including him.
After losing her lover, and among her intentions to seek revenge, Refugio, nicknamed ‘La Cucaracha’, commands a group of women. To her bad luck, ‘La Cucaracha’ ends up falling in love with Antonio Zeta.
Then Isabel Puente appears, a woman who joins the troop after losing her husband. It is then that a ‘fight’ for the colonel’s love begins between Isabel and Refugio.
María Félix and Ignacio López Tarso: This is how their friendship began
It was with this movie that started a friendship between Ignatius Lopez Tarsus and Maria Felix that extended to other tapes in which they acted together, such as the empty star.
“Maria liked mehe liked my work in Cockroach and the next one (film in which they appeared together) was the empty star”, revealed the actor, who also shared a couple of anecdotes with ‘La Doña’, such as the time he convinced her to go by train to Zacatecas, when she exclusively used a plane.
“’There is a wagon of whatever you want.’ He went with us and had a lot of fun, he was up and down the whole night, with the bottle in his hand, ”López Tarso shared on that occasion.
