Azul Guaita’s career in the world of acting began when she was a baby: in a novel and later in some commercials, until she was 5 years old. The performance was put on hold when, at that age, he left Mexico to reside in the Dominican Republic, where he completed his primary, secondary and high school studies.
Before entering university and not knowing what to study, he realized that what he really wanted was to act. “I would do my monologues in front of the mirror or then I would make jokes and act them out. I tried to gaslightear to myself, telling myself: ‘maybe you have to be something more formal, a lawyer or a doctor’, but no, what really called me the most was acting. I did a casting here in Mexico and I stayed,” he says.
In 2017, she returned to the small screen in the novel ‘My husband has a family’. Although he acknowledges that it was difficult to return to acting, “from then on I fell in love with acting and never stopped. When I am acting it is like lending my emotions to another person and living another life,” he says.
She recently worked with Salma Hayek playing Tita, in the Max series, ‘Like water for chocolate’. “Tita is a total expert, I have had to learn many things,” she says.
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“Salma is a woman who has achieved a lot and is a person whom I admire and the fact that she is raising the name of Mexico is something very beautiful, since it opens the doors to many Mexicans,” he adds.
A new generation of actors
For Azul Guaita, belonging to a new generation of actors who are experiencing a transformation in the industry with the arrival of more investments, productions and streaming platforms, is an honor, since the scope of the projects allows them to reach more audiences outside of Mexico.
However, he also highlights that there is still doubt about Mexican talent abroad. “(Hopefully) there will be the opportunity to get to know each other and to be able to not only do projects in Mexico, but in other countries, since here is full of talent and love and passion for the things we do,” and he regrets the fact that because they are Mexican or Latino, they are pigeonholed into stereotypes.
“There is still a fight there so that they can see us beyond how they see us, but rather what we are, the talent we bring, to stop putting people who do not speak Spanish as Mexicans, what is that?” he claims.
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Looking ahead, Azul would like to be a Disney princess. While he advises young people looking to start a career in acting not to give up. “Real life is about falling and falling, and once you get up, you gain momentum. That’s the most important thing, not giving up.”
