TV SERIES · 2018– · MEXICO
Luis Miguel: La Serie
13 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
All facts (13)
- #001
The real Luis Miguel makes a brief cameo as a guest at the party scene in the first episode.
- #002
Diego Boneta is the ex-boyfriend of Michelle Salas, Luis Miguel's eldest daughter.
- #003
Diego Boneta spent a year making his singing voice sound like Luis Miguel's; he also had surgery to create a small gap in his front teeth and underwent regular tanning sessions to recreate the superstar's 1980s and 1990s look.
- #004
The series was such a huge success in Mexico that Luis Miguel's song "Culpable o No," featured in the fourth episode (it tells the story of Miguel's breakup with his first girlfriend Mariana Yazbek and how it inspired Juan Carlos Calderon to write the song), reached number 1 on Apple Music, Spotify and the iTunes Store in the country.
- #005
Internet star Juanpa Zurita's casting as Luis Miguel's younger brother Alex Gallego drew mixed reactions. Some felt Zurita, who had never before appeared in a production of this scale, was not right for the series. In the end, he brought a new generation of fans to the show.
- #006
Many media personalities in Mexico reacted negatively to the series. Stephanie Salas (who appears in the series as "Sophie") demanded respect for herself and her daughter Michelle Salas. Roberto Palazuelos (referred to in the series as "Bobby") became a national meme after criticizing the series for depicting events incorrectly, such as a fight with Luis Miguel at a nightclub in Acapulco. Armando Manzanero (who produced Miguel's "Romance" album) stated that he never said the bolero album would not succeed.
- #007
Oscar Jaenada (who plays Luis Rey) stated that he does not enjoy Luis Miguel's music and took on the role only for the character of Luis Rey, because he found him interesting and thought it would be intriguing to explore why he behaved the way he did.
- #008
Although it is a Netflix original series, episodes were released weekly rather than all at once in the United States, because it premiered there on Telemundo.
- #009
In the series, Luis Rey dies in Madrid; in real life, he died in Barcelona.
- #010
Óscar Jaenada, who plays Luis Miguel's father in this series, portrays Cantinflas in the film about that famous Mexican comedian.
- #011
Three actors play the role of Luis Miguel: Izan Llunas plays him between the ages of 11 and 13, Luis de la Rosa plays him between the ages of 14 and 16, and finally Diego Boneta plays him between the ages of 17 and 22.
- #012
In the first episode, as Luis Miguel, his uncle and his father raise a toast, there are two clean whiskey glasses and a tall cut-glass tumbler. Depending on which camera is in focus, the tall glass switches between Luis Miguel and Luis Rey.
- #013
Each episode is titled after the name of a Luis Miguel song.
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