“The guy from 8” It was, is and will be one of the great Mexican television productions of all time. And it is that the stories presented by Chespirito (Roberto Gómez Bolaños), who gave life to Chavo, and by all the characters who lived in “La Vecindad” in the 70s still remain in the memory of the fans (there are of all ages).
Beyond the success of “The guy from 8” and the phenomenon that its protagonists became, things did not end very well between the actors and actresses who played the neighbors. So much so that at the end of the 70s, when the program stopped broadcasting, most of the protagonists were at odds with Chespirito. And recently, Carlos Villagran (who gave life to Quico) referred to the reasons for the fight and the reason why he could never make peace with Gómez Bolaños.
The fight between Quico and El Chavo and why they could never make peace
Carlos Villagran (79) rose to popularity for his role as Quico in “The guy from 8”. Recently, the famous actor was confirmed as one of the participants of the Comic Con in Colombia, and he is the first protagonist of the “Chavo del 8” who will participate in an edition of this event, which usually brings together fans of series, comics and video games.
Prior to this event, the actor who gave life to Quico was a guest on the “Día a Día” program on the Caracol channel. And here the actor who became famous in “The guy from 8” He referred to the reasons why he fought with Chespirito.
“In The guy from 8 there was a star: we were all. But envy, selfishness, artistic zeal, professional zeal, tore her to shreds. He started the program in 1970 and he registered all the characters as his in 1977. When he saw that there was wool and since we were hungry for triumph, he made us sign a paper that said that all the characters belonged to him,” he said. Carlos Villagran in the Colombian program.
It has also been said that the relationship between Gómez Bolaños and Florinda Meza -who became the last wife of the creator of “El Chavo”- was one of the causes of the fight, since Meza and villagran they had had an affair before. However, the actor who gave life to Quico did not refer to this infidelity.
Carlos Villagran He also stressed that he was never able to speak to Chespirito again, adding that during the last years of his life, the health of the creator of the program was very deteriorated, especially because of all that he had smoked and because he needed respiratory assistance. In this sense, Villagrán’s wife – Rebeca Palacios, who accompanied Villagrán in the interview, was the one who gave details of the frustrated attempts between the two actors to make peace.
The wife of the actor who gave life to Quico in “The guy from 8” He stressed that Villagrán tried to approach Roberto Gómez Bolaños with the intention of making peace. However, he stressed that they could not be contacted. And that, when everything was on track, Chespirito passed away. Roberto Gómez Bolaños died in November 2014.