Mexican actors drowned while filming a movie: filming continued despite the tragedy

Two Mexican actors drowned during the filming of the movie ‘Wedding Night’. According to information from witnesses, the victims, identified as Luis Manuel Gutiérrez, 47, and Marco Antonio Curiel Pérez, 46, were swept away by a current along with a third person who managed to be rescued. The tragedy took place on the coast of Oaxaca, in Mexico.

The world of entertainment in Mexico is in mourning after the two actors died while recording the film directed and starring the actor Osvaldo Benavides.

According to the media, the two victims were resting in the majahual beach along with eight other people who work on the film. Gutiérrez, Pérez and one more men went into the sea, which was rough at the time, after the passage of tropical storm Karl.

The men they could not withstand the movements of the waves and they died. The causes of the fatal event are still being investigated by the authorities. The Mexican producer in charge of the film spoke through her Instagram account and indicated that one of the bodies of the victims is still missing.

Traziende Films and the producers of ‘Noche de noche de noche’ express, with deep pain, their deepest condolences to the families and friends of our colleagues who suffered an unfortunate tragedy yesterday on the coast of Oaxaca. Three of our colleagues, belonging to the cast of extras, decided to take advantage of their day off to visit a beach where, moments later, Due to the strong waves that prevailed in the area, it was impossible for them to get out of the sea by their own means, triggering the terrible event where one of them lost his life; while another, at the moment, is missing ”, he indicated.

The actor and producer of the film, Osvaldo Benavides, remembered for his role as ‘Nandito’ in the successful Mexican novel ‘María la del barrio’ starring Thalía, He also spoke about the tragedy and indicated that the production will end in honor of these men.

“As some know there was a tragedy during the production of this film, some fellow extras, on their day off, went to a beach and had a tragic accident in which they died. Yesterday was a very special day because their closest colleagues decided end the film in honor of them. It was what they would have wanted; for how well they were having this time, for how much they had enjoyed it and for all the love we had generated since we started this project”, Benavides said.

The actors had extensive careers as actors Additional features, as reported by the local newspaper El Heraldo de México . Social networks were the means for those who knew them to say goodbye with heartfelt messages.

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Mexican actors drowned while filming a movie: filming continued despite the tragedy