If we were to write a list of the most iconic villains in the history of soap operas, Sergio Goiri’s name would undoubtedly appear at the top. Also, although he was a protagonist in soap operas like ‘Das Hogar’, the most memorable roles in his career were antagonistic roles.
How can we forget the evil landlord Ignacio Aguirre in ‘I Still Love You’, the jealous landlord Alvaro Montellano in ‘Duel of Passion’ or the heartless foreman Rosendo Cavilán in ‘Soi du Duena’.
But that was not his childhood dream.
“I don’t want to be a villain”
On many occasions, Goiri has admitted that he and the audience like the villain roles, although he was initially reluctant to take on those roles for fear that people would start hating him.
“What happens is when you play protagonists, you’re the first credit, the most important character, the one the ladies of the house love, but the bad guy, people can hate us,” he admitted at length. Just before.. in an interview for TVyNovelas.
His first antagonist was precisely in ‘I Still Love You’, a role he took on thanks to producer Carla Estrada’s insistence. That, he admits, remains one of the biggest successes of his career. “I’ve become a beloved villain, and it’s not done.”
“My dream is to play football”
Since her television debut in 1976 as part of the cast of the soap opera ‘Mundosoppositos’, Goiri has had an extensive career in film, releasing more than 200 films in the so-called ‘videohome’ genre – low-budget films. Direct-to-video, not cinema – especially in the eighties and nineties, he achieved enormous success not only as an actor but also as a screenwriter, director and producer.
With this resume, it’s hard to imagine Goiri having a career other than being an actor during his lifetime. But during his childhood and youth, the thought of appearing on television or in movies did not even cross his mind.
“My dream was to be a footballer, I played for the Pumas – I had to share training with Hugo Sánchez – and in America,” he said two months ago in a long interview for his son’s podcast entitled ‘It’s not one’. title’.
With the UNAM team he went through all the stages from childhood to “professional existence”, a prelude to debut in the first division; But he was cut off by the board as he did not study in university.
From there he went to America, where he had a great season, until one day they called him into the office – he was sure he would sign a contract to play with the first team – and, again, they thanked him.
Although he had a few more chances to pursue his dream and was hired by a team in America, he finally decided to end that phase of his career.
By then, he had already produced a few fotonovelas, doors were opening in the theater, and he had learned a lesson that he shared with his children whenever possible.
“Whenever you reach a corner, you have four options: you go back, you go forward, one side or the other. There are always options, and the more you go down and the more you go down, the more likely you are to go up. The momentum is already there,” he said. He also said.
Although the world closed in on him at the time, he is now clear that failure in football was the best thing that could have happened to him.
