Fan CastingFind Me in Havana

by Serena Burdick

Story added by kamsismith on July 24, 2023

Cuba, 1936: When Estelita Rodriguez sings in a hazy Havana nightclub for the very first time, she is nine years old. From then on, that spotlight of adoration—from Havana to New York’s Copacabana and then Hollywood—becomes the one, true accomplishment no one can take from her. Not the 1933 Cuban Revolution that drove her family into poverty. Not the revolving door of husbands and fickle world of film. Not even the tragic devastation of Castro’s revolution that rained down on her loved ones. Thirty years later, her young adult daughter, Nina Rodriguez, is blindsided by her mother’s mysterious, untimely death. Seeking answers no one else...read more

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#motherdaughter #cuba #hollywood #actress #trauma

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Fan Casting Chu-Chu Martinez

Role added by kamsismith on July 24, 2023

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Description of Chu-Chu Martinez:

Mexican singer and Estelita’s first husband. He's also Nina's father. He married Estelita when she was eighteen years old and she moved to Mexico to be with him. When Estelita becomes pregnant, he forces her to choose between him or her career and refuses to have his wife be the center of attention from men who are not him, causing their relationship to strain. While he wasn't in Nina's life, he decides to spend time with her in Mexico City only to kidnap her and leave her alone with an alcoholic and his wife.