After the accusations that Christian Nodal received for including an actress with traits similar to those of his wife, Ángela Aguilar, and his ex-girlfriend, Cazzu, The director of the audiovisual production spoke out and took responsibility for the error.
“It was our mistake not to realize that this could happen”said Juan Antonio Barbazán in a virtual press conference that he offered from Madrid to some media outlets, including Billboard Español.
According to the director, The production company carried out the casting, looked for Mexican actresses in Spain and, when they were shown the profile of Dagna Mata, the actress in question, they liked her and chose her..
“We always choose the acting actors. Christian didn’t see it. What is being said about the resemblance to Cazzu and Ángela happened to us. At no point was there a strategy or anything like that. We didn’t think it was relevant to show it to Christian. At the end of the day, other people come out. It is a very big process and not everything is consulted with the artist. “It was our decision,” he said.
He added that The video was approved by JG Music, a label that belongs to Jaime González, the singer’s father.but not directly by Christian Nodal.
The controversy over the video began immediately after its publication on different platforms, where users pointed out that the actress has a haircut hair similar to that of Ángela Aguilarwhile her neck tattoos and nose piercing They make her look like Cazzu.
Although Nodal had assured that he had no control over the creative decisions of the recording, it was revealed that it had been produced by his production company Ladon Productions, which increased the scandal.
Even the family of Angela Aguilar He would have been upset with the artist, considering that it would have been “a move” to generate a media effect that would impact his career.at the expense of his wife Ángela, who would have been “humiliated.”
For his part, Nodal said: “I do not own my name, my image, or my music, and what happened with the video is proof of that… But my voice, which is the only thing I have left, will always be yours,” through their Instagram stories.