2023-07-14 09:35:27
Karol Sevilla (Mexico City, 1999) believes in his dreams, celebrates them and pursues them until he achieves them. Under the tent of a circus he began to dream of being an artist. He was 6 years old. “It was the first stage I stepped on. I sang for three or sometimes ten people”, he recalls. Seventeen years later, the star of the international phenomenon “Soy Luna” reunites with his artistic beginnings. He returns to a circus tent. This time in Peru. Led by Ernesto Pimentel, he joins the cast of actors from El Circo de la Chola Chabuca. “Returning to this space following so many years is like a gift from the heart. Dreams come true, ”he assures.
Karol Itzitery Piña Cisneros, real name of the Mexican figure, and Pimentel Yesquén coincided in December 2022, at the Clown Festival of the International Congress of Latin American Circuses, in Mexico. In this event the Peruvian artist was decorated following participating as a jury.
“I met Ernesto when he approached me to ask for a photo. We talked a lot, there was chemistry. We became fast friends because he has a very nice energy. The next day, following eating together, I took him to the theater. He told me regarding his projects, especially regarding this show. He asked me if he wanted to participate. Obviously, I said yes. For me it is a true honor that he took me into account ”, highlights the actress.
Ernesto Pimentel and Karol Sevilla in Lima. (Photo: Ernesto Pimentel)
In this circus show with more than 40 artists on stage, Karol will give life to Alicia, a young dreamer who through her songs will show us a magical world, a Wonderland, which is Peru. An exciting installment of fantasy that will have the actress Haydée Cáceres as The Queen of Hearts.
“It’s a spectacular show that talks regarding dreaming big, flying and going very far… It’s beautiful. Visually it is not unlike what you see in a theater or a concert. Here we are going to see a bit of everything, but in a magical way”, agrees the Mexican artist.
The Circus of the Chola Chabuca Presents Maravillas will premiere this July 21 in Plaza Norte. Tickets are currently on pre-sale at Teleticket.
Karol Sevilla arrived in Peru to join the cast of artists from the La Chola Chabuca circus. (Photo: Alessandro Currarino)
unconditional love
Karol’s grandmother, Berta Hernández Sevilla, played a decisive role in the career of the young actress. It was she who discovered her talent for her acting and was the one who, hidden from her parents, took her to her first castings.
“My grandmother knew that I had to dedicate myself to this. She brought me into this world because it was her dream. And although she is no longer with us, I feel her presence all the time, especially in the most important and decisive moments of my life. The day she died, they called me from Televisa’s CEA Infantil to tell me that she had been selected. She had taken me to that casting, I’m sure she was very happy, ”he agrees.
─Is it true that she chose your stage name?
The day I had to register it I dreamed of her. I always dream of her. She told me that she had to call me Karol Sevilla. Karol by name and Sevilla by her maternal surname. She also told me that she would be a great artist and that she should keep her feet on the ground. In difficult moments, in which I lose patience, which are quite a few, I kind of see it. In my shows a strange house happens to me, like I feel it next to me and I see it out of the corner of my eye.
─When the success of “Soy Luna” arrived, did fame ever destabilize you?
Of course. I came to believe myself untouchable, I even disliked myself (Laughs). She was fifteen years old. She was not prepared for such a big, international fame. But there came a time when I went once morest the wall and the blow was strong. I lost many things. Luckily, my mom was always by my side, asking me to relax. Otherwise, the blow would have been harder.
─What did you lose with fame?
I lost my essence. I started to be a 24/7 character. I stopped being the outgoing Karol, the one who tells jokes. I lost my smile. When I looked in the mirror, I saw a black cloth, I did not exist. And that lives many people today in networks. They live the fact of being perfect and doing what people want.
─How did you manage to recover your essence?
I left my projects. I stopped acting for a long time because I got pretty overwhelmed by acting. I dedicated myself to making music. Little by little I was rediscovering this version of me, which is more honest and happy.
─In your life was there a before and following “Soy Luna”?
Completely. Starting a career as an independent artist, following experiencing such great fame at the hands of a company like Disney, costs a lot. I started knocking on doors and starting my own projects. And in that I am. In the circus they will see a completely different Karol because I grew acting and vocally. Ernesto Pimentel is like my fairy godmother. My dream of returning to the circus in a country I love is coming true.
─ Is it true that you had episodes of depression?
I found out what it is to be unhappy. I realized that I was living a beautiful story, but I was not enjoying it. She kept crying, depressed, especially in the last years of “Soy Luna”. She needed to breathe, to do something else. When I arrived in Mexico, I felt that I was still on paper. The character literally consumed me. At that moment, just when the Que Se Pare El Mundo Tour was regarding to start, my first solo tour, I asked my mom to cancel everything. She mightn’t get me on stage, much less sing. She wasn’t ready. My mom supported me even though there were paid dates.
─Are you tired of fame?
From the exhibition, from the fact that people were behind me all the time. I told my mom that she wanted to be a normal girl. She no longer wanted to be an artist. The plan was to upload a statement on the networks announcing my resignation, so to speak, from the artistic medium. I was going to close my social networks and become a normal girl. I was going to study photography at university.
What convinced you to return to acting?
When I was at that stage where I didn’t want anything anymore, I went to a coffee shop with some friends. A girl came to that place with a polo shirt that had a print of my face on it. She sat across from me. I thought she would ask me for an autograph; but that did not happen. I kept thinking regarding what had happened. And when I got home I asked my mom to resume the tour. That pause did me good. I came back with much more love and delivery.
─How long was the break you took?
It lasted like a month. Being realistic, I think I mightn’t have done anything else either because my thing is artistic. I was never good at school. I took high school virtual. I don’t have good memories of my student days.
─Is it true that in elementary school you suffered bullying for being famous?
Some classmates did not like that she missed school because of the recordings of “La rosa de Guadalupe.” One day they hit me so hard that I was wearing a neck brace for regarding a month and a half. They also cut my hair with scissors and tore up my notebook. It was an aggression that marked me. That’s why I didn’t want to do face-to-face high school. Until now when I see a school, I feel afraid. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get over it. It was very strong.
─You also suffered cyber bullying.
That’s how it is. And thanks to those bad comments I received on social networks, I discovered many insecurities that I have. Currently, I am working on them to be happy, to accept myself and my body. If I lose weight, let it be because of my work and not because people tell me that I have to be skinny.
─What does music represent in your career?
I didn’t like to sing. My thing was acting. But I gave myself the opportunity to make music and found a space to express my feelings and emotions. For example, through “Fear of Feeling” I was able to express that vulnerability that is always difficult to show to the public. I took vocal techniques and now I can tell you that I learned to love my voice. Achieving it has been a dream come true.
─What dream do you have pending to fulfill?
I like to dream big because those are the ones that require the most effort and dedication. I want to win an Oscar and a Grammy. And go on stage to receive the trophies with a photo of my family because thanks to them I am who I am today.
Karol Sevilla achieved international fame by starring in the Disney series “Soy Luna”. (Photo: Alessandro Currarino)
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