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 Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III(Desi Arnaz)

Role added by kamsismith on July 29, 2023

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Description of Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (Desi Arnaz):

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III was a Cuban-born American actor, bandleader, and film and television producer. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his then-wife Lucille Ball. Arnaz and Ball are credited as the innovators of the syndicated rerun, which they pioneered with the I Love Lucy series.