William Levy: "They Believed I Was Away From My Latino Audience, But I Was Creating Content For Them"

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Although he had been out of the spotlight for a long time and many wondered if he was already looking at other horizons, the Cuban actor William Levy assured this Sunday at the People en Español Festival that he has his roots well planted and has not abandoned the public who has been faithful to him all these years.

The galanazo assured that in these last years that he has been out of the novels he has been focused on his family, spending more time with his children, and launching his own projects that would allow him to take charge of his career.

“Many people told me that I had distanced myself from my audience. You know? They even said that I didn't want my Latino audience, that I wanted to just be away from them, while I was creating content for the Latino audience,”said the actor in his talk with People en Español's executive editor, María Morales, on the Festival stage, which this year was held in New York.

The Cuban aroused passions among the crowd of fans who flocked to the Armory Track in the Washington Heights neighborhood to listen to him, to be photographed and to have autographs signed for them.

"I have never been a man who likes to testify every time they tell gossip or every time someone speaks ill of me, I have never liked doing it," said Levy on why he did not come out with rumors about his career and personal life..

“I only did it once because a producer said something bad about me and I was actually a little bit tough, but I had to answer that because the limit was passed. People say and think, but I only know my truths, I know I was creating for my Latino audience, he added.

The great project that he is now immersed in is the launch of his new movie, In the Arms of a Murderer, of which he is not only the protagonist, but also the producer.

He said he prefers to launch his own initiatives instead of waiting for papers to come to him that, in his opinion, often pigeonhole Hispanics.

"The characters they give us Latinos in Hollywood are not very serious," he said. "We are never the heroes."

Levy opted to make more films in Spanish, like the one he is releasing now, despite the fact that the big companies in the industry do not see him with favor.

"I am worth what you think mother, I want to do it in Spanish," he said he said in a conversation with an executive.

In any case, the also businessman assured that his best role is "that of being a father" to his children, Christopher and Kailey, as a result of his relationship with Elizabeth Gutiérrez.