Hasta que te conocí is a television series produced by Juan Gabriel in collaboration with Disney Media Distribution Latin America and SOMOS Productions. The series is based on the life of the Mexican singer Juan Gabriel.
Production of the series began on 12 October 2015 in Mexico City.
"Hasta que te conocí", is a drama series that follows the steps of Alberto Aguilera Valadez, towards his dream to fame. A tour of 13 episodes based on unpublished evidence that reveals, as never before, the life of the divo of Juarez: Juan Gabriel. A story that tells how his talent led him to defy his fate and overcome poverty, betrayals and prejudices, to become Juanga, the most beloved musical icon in Latin America.
Julián Román as Juan Gabriel
Carlos Elías Yorvick as Teen Alberto Aguilera Valadez / Adán Luna "Juan Gabriel" #2 (17 to 20 years old)
Alejandro Flores as Teen Alberto #1 (13 years old)
Matías del Castillo as Child Alberto #3 (8 years old)
Ricardo Zertuche as Child Alberto #2 (5 years old)
Nohek Yoali as Child Alberto #1 (3 years old)
Dolores Heredia as Victoria Valadez
Marco Treviño as Eduardo Magallanes
Damayanti Quintanar as Virginia Aguilera Valadez
Irán Castillo as María Romero
Verónica Merchant as Esperanza Mcculley
Luz Treviño as Meche
Geraldine Galván as Young Virginia Aguilera Valadez
Verónica Langer as Micaela Alvarado
Alejandro Calva as Enrique Okamura
Ernesto Gómez Cruz as Juan "Juanito" Contreras
Tenoch Huerta as Nereo
Andrés Palacios as Daniel Mijares
Sofía Espinosa as Lola Beltrán
Ricardo Korkowski as Federico Juarez
Juan Ríos as David Bencomo
Andrea Santibañez as Angélica María
Julio Bracho as General Andrés Puentes
Michel Chauvet as Manuel Alvarado
Giovanna Zacarías as Lucha Villa
Gabriela Roel as Doña Brígida
Pablo Azar as Young Gabriel Aguilera
Cassandra Aguilar as Daniela Romo
Isabel Burr as Verónica Castro
Paloma Ruiz de Alda as Rocío Dúrcal
The series premiered on April 18, 2016 throughout Latin America on TNT. It was confirmed by Telemundo on May 2, 2016 that the series would be airing on the network. The series premiered on Telemundo on September 11, 2016
Errors and inconsistencies
The series has many notorious errors in its plot.
In episode 7, in a scene set in the 60s at the Noa Noa club, the character of Juan Gabriel performs the song "Nomás contigo", also claiming that he wrote it. In reality, said song was composed and recorded by Mario Quintero in 1975, and it was a #1 hit in Mexico the following year.
In episode 9, in a scene set in the early 70s, the character of Juan Gabriel makes his debut as a backing singer in Angélica María's recording of the song "Eddy, Eddy" (a cover of Dodie Stevens' "Steady Eddy"). However, it would have been impossible for Juan Gabriel do the backing vocals in that song, as María's recording is from 1962 (and it was also one of the biggest hits in Mexico that year), when he was just 12 years old and living at the "Centro de Mejoramiento".