A Corazón Abierto is a Mexican telenovela produced by Azteca

TV Azteca

Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

 in collaboration with Vista Production and Disney Media Network Latin America. Based on Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Rhimes is best known as the creator, head writer, and executive producer of acclaimed television series Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice. In May 2007, Rhimes was named one of Time magazine's 100 Time 100 people who...

's Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...

, it is adapted and supervised by Colombian writer, Fernando Gaitan

Fernando Gaitán

Fernando Gaitán Salom is a Colombian TV series and telenovelas screenwriter as well as a producer.-Career highlights:Fernando Gaitán is known for weaving different histories into diverse social contexts...

. It marks the return of Sergio Basañez

Sergio Basañez

Sergio Basañez is a telenovela actor. He started his acting career at an early age. Before he got leading roles in soap operas, he made special appearances in them, while he studied acting at the "Centro de Educación Artística" of Televisa in Mexico...

 as a protagonist with the presentation of Iliana Fox as a protagonist. It also marks the returns of Angélica Aragón to the television screen after 8 years of abstinence, since El Regreso

Mirada de mujer: El regreso (TV series)

Mirada de mujer: El regreso is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on TV Azteca in 2003. It is the sequel of Mirada de Mujer .-Synopsis:...

, Juan David Burns as producer, and Raul Quintanilla as director. It was originally planned to air on Azteca 7, but was changed to Azteca 13, replacing Emperatriz

Emperatriz

Emperatriz is a Mexican telenovela produced by Fides Velasco for Azteca. It stars Gabriela Spanic as the title character, while Bernie Paz as the male lead. Other casts include Sergio de Bustamante, Julieta Egurrola, Adriana Louvier, Marimar Vega, Miriam Higareda, Alberto Guerra, Rafael Sanchez...

, on 9 November 2011. It was filmed in Colombia for eight months, from February to October 2011.

Main cast

Actor	Character	Original character in Grey's Anatomy
Sergio Basañez Sergio Basañez Sergio Basañez is a telenovela actor. He started his acting career at an early age. Before he got leading roles in soap operas, he made special appearances in them, while he studied acting at the "Centro de Educación Artística" of Televisa in Mexico...	Andrés Guerra	Derek Shepherd Derek Shepherd Derek Christopher Shepherd, also referred to as McDreamy, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actor Patrick Dempsey, who was nominated in 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama for...
Iliana Fox Iliana Fox Iliana Fox is an English-born Mexican actress. Fox grew up in Mexico, but with periods of residence in Canada and England. She has participated in various telenovelas such as Machos and Mirada de Mujer: El Regreso. She studied singing with Carlos Fernández and later enrolled in the TV Azteca...	María Alejandra Rivas Carrera	Meredith Grey Meredith Grey Meredith Grey is a fictional surgeon and the series protagonist on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actress Ellen Pompeo. In 2007, Pompeo was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Meredith...
Rodrigo Abed	Javier Burgos	Preston Burke Preston Burke Preston Xavier Burke, more commonly known as Burke, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character was portrayed by actor Isaiah Washington, up until the third season.-Storylines:...
Fabiana Perzabal	Alicia Durán	Addison Forbes Montgomery
Adrian Rubio	Jorge Valenzuela	George O'Malley George O'Malley George O'Malley was a fictional surgeon from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actor T. R. Knight. Knight appeared as George from the beginning of the show until its fifth season finale. Knight will not be returning to the show and has been released from his contract...
Luis Ernesto Franco	Augusto Maza	Alex Karev Alex Karev Alexander "Alex" Michael Karev, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actor Justin Chambers. The character was not included in the original pilot script, but was added in after the pilot was shot, meaning initial scenes with him were either reshoots or...
Fran Meric	Cristina Solano	Cristina Yang Cristina Yang Cristina Yang is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actress Sandra Oh, who won a Golden Globe and a SAG Award in 2006 for the role...
Laura Palma	Isabel Heredia	Isobel "Izzie" Stevens
Alejandro Lukini	Mauricio Hernández	Mark Sloan Mark Sloan Mark Sloan is a British professional wrestler. Sloan is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance due to founding the promotion and being head trainer in the company's training academy, FWA Academy....
Luis Miguel Lombana	Ricardo Cepeda	Richard Webber Richard Webber Richard Webber is a fictional surgeon from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actor James Pickens, Jr., and was created by Shonda Rhimes...
Carmen Madrid	Miranda Carvajal	Miranda Bailey Miranda Bailey Dr. Miranda Bailey is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actress Chandra Wilson, who won a 2007 Screen Actor's Guild Award for the role...
Jose Carlos Rodriguez	Germán de la Garza	(not in original)
Angélica Aragón Angélica Aragón Angélica Aragón is a Mexican actress of telenovelas and such films as Dune, A Walk in the Clouds, Bella, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Vivir un poco, Mirada de mujer, Novia que te vea, and the blockbuster film Sexo, pudor y lágrimas.-Early life:Aragón was born Angélica Espinoza Stransky in Mexico...	Elena Carrera	Ellis Grey

Special guest stars

Actor	Character	Description
Rodrigo Cachero
Angela Fuste

Supporting cast

Actor	Character	Description
Alfredo Anhert		Bar tender
Juliana Gomez
Hermes Camelo		Jorge's patient
Helga Diaz	Dr. Silvia
Estefany Escobar
Alfredo Barrero	Gomez
Estefania Godoy	Sandra
Paula Barreto		Augusto's wife

Casting

The role of Maria Alejandra was actually given to Edith González

Edith González

Edith González Fuentes is a Mexican actress and dancer.- Personal life :González has a daughter, Constanza , whose father is the Mexican politician Santiago Creel. Edith has worked for hispanic television networks, such as, Televisa, Telemundo, and TV Azteca...

, but was replaced by Adriana Louvier

Adriana Louvier

Adriana Louvier Vargas , is a Mexican actress and TV presenter. Studied acting in Centro de Formacion Actoral de TV Azteca.- Filmography :* Emperatriz - Esther Mendoza del Real...

, and eventually Iliana Fox. Later, Gonzalez stars in Cielo Rojo

Cielo Rojo

Cielo Rojo is a Mexican telenovela by TV Azteca.It stars Edith González and Mauricio Islas as the leading protagonists, with Regina Torné as the main villain and Alejandra Lazcano as leading teen cast. It began its shooting on April 4, 2011...

, and Louvier in Emperatriz

Emperatriz

Emperatriz is a Mexican telenovela produced by Fides Velasco for Azteca. It stars Gabriela Spanic as the title character, while Bernie Paz as the male lead. Other casts include Sergio de Bustamante, Julieta Egurrola, Adriana Louvier, Marimar Vega, Miriam Higareda, Alberto Guerra, Rafael Sanchez...

. Most cast and crews have worked together in othertelenovelas produced by Azteca such as Cuando seas mia

Cuando Seas Mía

Cuando Seas Mia is a Mexican telenovela produced by TV Azteca. It was the second reunion for Silvia Navarro and Sergio Basañez as protagonists.-Main cast:Silvia Navarro ... Teresa Suárez, Paloma, Elena Olivares, Margot...

(Fernando Gaitan, Elisa Salinas, Juan David Burns, Sergio Basanez, Iliana Fox, Rodrigo Abed, Rodrigo Cachero, and Alejandro Lukini) and La Duda

La Duda

La Duda is a telenovella broadcasted in Mexico by the TV Azteca network.-Cast:Silvia Navarro ... Victoria Víctor González Reynoso ... Julian Sergio Bustamante ... Adolfo Julieta Egurrola ... Teresa Omar Germenos ... Gabriel Leonardo Daniel...

(Jose Carlos Rodriguez, Fabiana Perzabal)