Mexico City, Aug 29 (EFE).- Raising awareness about the crime of human trafficking in countries like Mexico was one of the reasons that led Mexican Silvia Navarro and Argentine David Chocarro to star in the TV drama ‘Juegos Interruptados’, which premieres this Friday on the ViX platform.
“(It is) painful (…) the fact of illegal adoptions, how fractured a family is left and everything that happens around something like this, I think you cannot not feel touched,” Navarro said this Thursday in an interview with EFE.
The Mexican actress, known for her leading roles in soap operas, plays Karen in the series, a mother who lives in the United States and embarks on a journey to find answers after learning that her son was given up for adoption through a human trafficking network.
“I think there is a lot of truth in this story, but the challenge is to not lose sight of the fact that it has a clear objective, from the perspective of the producer first, then the director and everyone else. In other words, I think the ensemble works very well,” says the actress.
Navarro, who was absent from the small screen for years, returns with ViX in this series alongside Jorge Salinas, who plays Damián, her husband.
And, according to its co-star, David Chocarro, who plays the psychologist Tony, it is a thriller with a lot of suspense and is going to be “captivating,” but at the same time seeks to raise awareness about trafficking.
“When you have stories that are inspired by real events and that ultimately invite the audience not only to give in and have a good time watching what we are doing, but also to become a little more aware, I do believe that it is a very good opportunity that one has to seize as an interpreter,” explains the Argentine.
“Dodging” clichés
In the story, Navarro’s character searches for the truth about his son’s origins, but this search involves dangers that will put his psychological well-being, the stability of his family, and even their lives at risk when he faces a human trafficking mafia.
For this reason, the actress explains that she had to prepare herself, although at the same time she let herself be guided by what the director wanted to convey.
“I think the director had a very clear idea of how he wanted to handle the story. For me, the most important thing is to say: I like it, I connect with it, it makes sense with a lot of values and, I don’t know, things that I would like to tell and do, and from there we go,” he says.
Meanwhile, Chocarro says that, although the series has a melodramatic structure like a novel, one of the biggest challenges was “dodging” the clichés that this type of product generally has.
“When it comes to approaching the character, composing it or whatever, you definitely have to avoid clichés, you have to educate yourself as much as possible, bring all the experience that each one has, put it at the service of the character,” he emphasizes.
Navarro points out that the challenge is not to lose sight of the series’ original goal, which is not only to cover a topic like human trafficking in just 10 episodes, but also to make it interesting for the audience.
“It should touch your heart, it should have certain elements of action, drama, romance, that is, the whole package (…) Give ‘Interrupted Games’ a chance, I think it has all the elements to be able to achieve it (touch your heart),” he says.
Also part of the cast are Ian Andrade, Iran Castillo, Laura Carmine, Luis Felipe Tovar, Roberto Sosa and Vanessa Bauche.
Produced by Televisa Estudios, ‘Juegos Interruptados’ is an original story by Socorro González Ocampo, under the direction of Luis Eduardo Reyes and executive production by Carlos Moreno Laguillo, in her first project for streaming.
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