El Cuerpo del Deseo
Encyclopedia
El cuerpo del Deseo also known as Second Chance is a Spanish-language telenovela
produced by Telemundo
and Film in Florida. This telenovela aired in several countries like Iran
, Argentina
, Malaysia, Poland
, Philippines
, Slovakia
, Spain
and Arab World on MBC Drama. This limited-run series is about a man who comes back from the dead and discovers dark secrets about his beautiful widow. It first aired in 2005 and was a hit on Telemundo. The first version of El cuerpo del Deseo was En Cuerpo Ajeno produced by RTI Colombia in 1992. This telenovela was sold to 32 countries around the world.
), a wealthy old man in love with a gorgeous younger woman, Isabel Arroyo (Lorena Rojas
). He dies suddenly, but returns to Earth through transmigration: (the passing of a soul into another body after death), in the body of Salvador Cerinza (Mario Cimarro
), a handsome (yet poor) family man. Pedro José searches for everything he lost, uncovering secrets, truths and deceptions. Ultimately, he must set things straight and save those who truly loved him, and reclaim the heart of beautiful Isabel.
This melodrama about wealth, youth and power was filmed in Miami. It is a remake of Julio Jimenez's En Cuerpo Ajeno ("In a Foreign Body"), a 1992 RTI Colombia
serial. In 2006, NBC commissioned Cuban author Erick Hernandez Mora to write a follow-up novel, El deseo ajeno (Possessed By Desire), which was published by Simon & Schuster
.
Universal Studios
released an abridged 720-minute version of the saga on DVD in 2006. Telemundo
announced an encore of the complete run beginning May 29, 2007 on its daytime lineup, but decided not to air it.
El cuerpo del Deseo aired on Telemundo weekdays from 12pm to 2pm, starting on September 15, 2008.
as executive producer. That same year, it inked a two-year deal with Los Angeles-based production company Galán Entertainment to adapt Deseo and other Spanish serials for use on NBC
, Bravo and USA Network
. None of the productions have aired. In 2007, NBC announced another try at adapting the genre: Without Breasts There Is No Paradise
.
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
produced by Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
and Film in Florida. This telenovela aired in several countries like Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Malaysia, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, Spain
Spain
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and Arab World on MBC Drama. This limited-run series is about a man who comes back from the dead and discovers dark secrets about his beautiful widow. It first aired in 2005 and was a hit on Telemundo. The first version of El cuerpo del Deseo was En Cuerpo Ajeno produced by RTI Colombia in 1992. This telenovela was sold to 32 countries around the world.
Story and production
The story features Pedro José Donoso (Andrés GarcíaAndrés García
Andrés García is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He is known throughout Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States....
), a wealthy old man in love with a gorgeous younger woman, Isabel Arroyo (Lorena Rojas
Lorena Rojas
Lorena Rojas is a Mexican actress and singer, a song writer and best known for her leading roles in popular Telenovelas.- Biography :...
). He dies suddenly, but returns to Earth through transmigration: (the passing of a soul into another body after death), in the body of Salvador Cerinza (Mario Cimarro
Mario Cimarro
Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz is a Cuban actor.-Biography:Cimarro was born in Havana, Cuba to Antonio Luis Cimarro and Maria Caridad Paz. He has one sister, Maria Antonia Cimarro Paz...
), a handsome (yet poor) family man. Pedro José searches for everything he lost, uncovering secrets, truths and deceptions. Ultimately, he must set things straight and save those who truly loved him, and reclaim the heart of beautiful Isabel.
This melodrama about wealth, youth and power was filmed in Miami. It is a remake of Julio Jimenez's En Cuerpo Ajeno ("In a Foreign Body"), a 1992 RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana , is a Colombian television production company. It aired 14.5 per week of programming each week in 1993....
serial. In 2006, NBC commissioned Cuban author Erick Hernandez Mora to write a follow-up novel, El deseo ajeno (Possessed By Desire), which was published by Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
.
Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
released an abridged 720-minute version of the saga on DVD in 2006. Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
announced an encore of the complete run beginning May 29, 2007 on its daytime lineup, but decided not to air it.
El cuerpo del Deseo aired on Telemundo weekdays from 12pm to 2pm, starting on September 15, 2008.
Proposed English version
In early 2006, NBC announced plans to develop Body of Desire, an English-language version of the series, with Julio JimenezJulio Jimenez (writer)
Julio Jiménez is a Colombian writer of telenovelas for RTI Colombia.-His telenovelas:Julio Jiménez has written numerous telenovelas including:...
as executive producer. That same year, it inked a two-year deal with Los Angeles-based production company Galán Entertainment to adapt Deseo and other Spanish serials for use on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, Bravo and USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
. None of the productions have aired. In 2007, NBC announced another try at adapting the genre: Without Breasts There Is No Paradise
Without Breasts There is No Paradise
Without Breasts There Is No Paradise was the working title of an NBC drama series produced by Universal Media Studios which was to be adapted from a 2006 Colombian telenovela called Sin Tetas No Hay Paraíso...
.
Main Cast
| Actor | Character | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| Andrés García Andrés García Andrés García is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He is known throughout Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States.... |
Don Pedro José Donoso | Husband of Isabel, father of Ángela, killed by Isabel and Andres |
| Mario Cimarro Mario Cimarro Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz is a Cuban actor.-Biography:Cimarro was born in Havana, Cuba to Antonio Luis Cimarro and Maria Caridad Paz. He has one sister, Maria Antonia Cimarro Paz... |
Salvador Cerinza / Pedro José Donoso | Protaginst. Husband of Cantalicia, father of Moncho / Husband of Isabel, father of Ángela |
| Lorena Rojas Lorena Rojas Lorena Rojas is a Mexican actress and singer, a song writer and best known for her leading roles in popular Telenovelas.- Biography :... |
Isabel Arroyo | Protagonist & main villain.Daughter of Nina, wife of Pedro José, Dies when car goes in water |
| Martín Karpan Martin Karpan Carlos Martín Karpan is an Argentine actor, notable for playing a heartthrob in the telenovela El Cuerpo del Deseo.- Television :* El secretario - Félix Armando Segura... |
Andrés Corona | Villain. Employee of Don Pedro Jose, lover of Isabel,isabel murderer as hitting him with a paddle |
| Vanessa Villela Vanessa Villela Vanessa Quiñones Romo , better known as Vanessa Villela, is a Mexican actress and singer known for her roles in Mexican TV series "Romántica Obsesión", "Ellas, inocentes o culpables", "Súbete a mi moto", "Un nuevo amor", "El cuerpo del deseo", "Decisiones", "Amores de mercado" and "Eva Luna"... |
Ángela Donoso | Daughter of Pedro José, in love with Antonio |
| Anna Silvetti Anna Silvetti Analía Silvetti Riera is a Spanish-Mexican actress. Daughter of the notable musician Bebu Silvetti. Famous by notable roles in Mexican Telenovelas of the 1980s and 1990s and in Latin Telenovelas of Miami in the 2000s.- Telenovelas :... |
Abigail Domínguez | Housekeeper at Donoso mansion, mother of Antonio and Simón |
| Erick Elías Erick Elias Erick Elías is a Mexican actor, model and singer.Erick Elias began his studies in acting, music, dance, and modeling at a very young age. He moved to Mexico City, soon after graduating from high school... |
Antonio Domínguez | Son of Abigail and Rodrigo, in love with Ángela |
| Pablo Azar Pablo Azar Pablo Alberto Azar Olagaray is a Mexican actor. He is married to Colombian actress Claudia Caicedo.-Telenovelas:* 2012 - El Talismán * 2010-2011 - Aurora .... César Lobos... |
Simón Domínguez | Son of Abigail and Rodrigo, in love with Valeria |
| Roberto Moll Roberto Moll Roberto Moll Cárdenas born in Lima, Peru is actor who is best known for his work on telenovelas. He was born on 19 July 1948 in Lima, Peru. Moll first starred with little roles in many telenovelas, but in 1988 he got a bigger role in the telenovela Abigail... |
Walter Franco | Villain. Butler at Donoso mansion, goes to jail |
| Jeannette Lehr | Gaetana Charry | Witch, friend of Pedro José |
| Martha Picanes | Rebecca Macedo | Villain. Aunt of Isabel and Valeria, she dies |
| Diana Osorio | Valeria Guzmán | Cousin of Isabel, in love with Pedro José |
| Yadira Santana | Victoria | Maid at Donoso mansion |
| Rosalinda Rodriguez | Cantalicia Muñeton | Wife of Salvador, mother of Moncho |
Secondary Cast and Special Participation
| Actor | Character | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| Alcira Gil | Doña Lilia | |
| Alvaro Ruíz | Ronderos | Lawyer |
| Antonio Miguel Suárez | Husband of Tomasa, father of Clara | |
| Anthony Álvarez | Ramón | |
| Arianna Coltellacci | Consuelo Guerrero | Lover of Simón |
| Carmen Olivares | Fatima | |
| Claudio Giudice | Livorio Sierra | |
| Eduardo Serrano Eduardo Serrano (actor) Andrés Eduardo Serrano Acevedo is an actor, best known as the evil patron Rogelio Vivas in Coral International telenovela Juana la virgen.... |
Felipe Madero | Artist, friend of Cantalicia, uncle of Father Jacobo |
| Emanuel Castillo | Salvador Alonso 'Moncho' Cerinza | Son of Cantalicia and Salvador |
| Ernesto Molina | Doctor | |
| Esteban Villareal | ||
| Evelin Santos | Magnolia | |
| Felipe Santos | ||
| Félix Loreto | Dr. Duarte | Doctor, friend of Pedro José |
| Fidel Pérez Michel | Dr. Alejandro Robledo | Doctor |
| Gabriel Morales Gabriel Morales Gabriel Morales is an actor and freestyle dancer born in Hialeah, Florida . He is best known for his role as Ricardo Trevino in the 2009 Hollywood movie, The Perfect Game.-Life and career:... |
Tommy | Son of Clara |
| Gabriel Traversari Gabriel Traversari Gabriel Traversari is a Nicaraguan American actor, director, writer, singer, songwriter, painter and photographer.-Early life:... |
Dr. Valencia | Doctor |
| Geraldo Ramírez | ||
| Giovanni González | ||
| Gonzalo Madurga | Carlos Alfonso de la Onda | Lawyer |
| Ilse Pappe | Indira Fernández | Lover of Andrés |
| Iván Hernández Iván Hernández Iván Hernández Soto is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón in the Spanish first division, as a central defender.-Football career:... |
Polonio | |
| Johnny Acero | Jaime | Police officer |
| Johnny Nessy | El Lobo | |
| Jorge Hernández Jorge Hernández Jorge Hernández is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division by defeating North Korea's Li Byong-Uk in the final... |
Evaristo Canales | |
| Juan Rodríguez Juan Rodríguez Juan Rodríguez may refer to:* Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara del Padrón , Spanish writer* Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca , Spanish religious leader & government administrator... |
||
| Juan Troya | Nevelio Arturo Ramírez | |
| Julieta García | Clara | Daughter of Tomasa, mother of Tommy |
| Julio Enrique Arredondo | ||
| Lidia Montes | Tomasa | Mother of Clara |
| Lis Coleandro | Nina Macedo de Arroyo | Mother of Isabel, aunt of Valeria |
| Manolo Coego | Dr. Duarte 2. | Doctor, friend of Pedro José |
| Marcela Serna | Nora | Maid at Donoso mansion |
| Marela Mata | Juanita | Maid at Donoso mansion |
| Michelle Jones | Paola Jiménez | |
| Raúl Izaguirre | Garces | |
| Riczabeth Sobalvarro | Chulita | |
| Rubén Camelo | Father Jacobo | Priest |
| Rubén Dario Gómez Rubén Darío Gómez Rubén Darío Gómez is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. He won the two most important stage races in Colombia, the Vuelta a Colombia and the Clasico RCN two times.- References :... |
Fermin | |
| Sabrina Olmedo | Matilda Serrano | Employee of Gaetana |
| Silvestre Ramos | Camilo | |
| Sonia Noemí Sonia Noemí Sonia Noemi, "Sonia Noemí González" July 14, 1941, born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, is an actress and singer, who is one of the pioneers of Puerto Rican television.-Early years:... |
Pilar | Friend of Rebecca |
| Steve Roth | Ibáñez | Lawyer |
| Vicente Passariello | Police officer | |
| Víctor Corona | Police officer | |
| Vivian Ruiz | Guadalupe | Friend of Gaetana |
| Xavier Coronel | Rodrigo Domínguez | Father of Antonio and Simón |
- Hector Eduardo Gonzalez Sinforoso, drunk man in Gaetana's Bar
- Jonathan Pirie - Extra
- Michael Hayek - Extra
- Jeff Diotte - Extra
External links
- El Cuerpo del Deseo at ABS-CBNABS-CBNABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
- El Cuerpo del Deseo at Telebisyon.net