“The feeling of wanting to be a part of something and you’re unwelcome just because you’re a woman is unfortunately not a strange thing to feel”: Bárbara Mori, Ximena Sariñana, Fernando Rovzar, Natalia Téllez and Amorita Rasgado on Las Azules

Based on a true story, the upcoming Apple TV+ series Las Azules is set in the 1970s with a serial killer known as “The Undresser” haunting the streets of Mexico. Amidst all the chaos, four separate women’s lives become entangled when they sign up to join the police force, forming bonds and building friendships despite their very different personalities and lives. Maria, Angeles, Valentina and Gabina not only train to become policewomen, they also learn to fight against the sexist stereotypes they face as women in a male-dominated profession, standing up to the very system that recruited them as faces of a publicity stunt to distract the masses from the violent crimes being committed by The Undresser.

Created by Emmy Award-winning director Fernando Rovzar alongside Pablo Aramendi, Las Azules stars Bárbara Mori, Ximena Sariñana, Natalia Téllez and Amorita Rasgado as the four main characters. However, the series doesn’t focus solely on them – it also heavily features the other women who have joined the programme, as well as victims of The Undresser. Full of vibrant and fierce personalities, all with compelling individual stories, Las Azules is an addictive crime and mystery drama that doesn’t shy away from exploring hard truths about society’s perspective on women’s place and role in the world.

The Upcoming caught up with Rovzar, discussing how he collaborated with the actors to give life to the four main characters, and the process of authentically writing women’s experiences in a male-dominated environment.

We also spoke with Mori (Maria) and Sariñana (Angeles), focusing on the research they undertook to accurately depict the experience of women in 1970s Mexico, and parts of their characters that personally resonated with them.

Finally, we shared a few words with Téllez (Valentina) and Rasgado (Gabina) on cultivating the chemistry and dynamics of the different characters and their relationships with each other, and who among the other four characters do they also resonate with aside from the one that they play.

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Las Azules is released on Apple TV+ on 31^st July 2024.

Watch the trailer for Las Azules here: