DESCRIPTION: (from HBO's press release, December 2023) Filming has wrapped for the new HBO Original series LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE, based on the novel by Laura Esquivel. Production began in September in Mexico City and in Haciendas (ranches) in the State of Tlaxcala, involving approximately 1,200 people from the cast and crew. Bringing to life the endearing characters from the story, LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE cast is led by Irene Azuela as Mama Elena and Azul Guaita as the beloved character Tita. Ari Brickman is Don Felipe and Ana Valeria Becerril portrays Rosaura, Tita's sister and love rival. The young Andrea Chaparro interprets Gertrudis and Andrés Baida will play Pedro, Tita and Rosaura's romantic interest; the great Ángeles Cruz will be Nacha, the ranch cook and Tita's mentor, and Louis David Horné, is Juan Alejandrez. |