MARILYN MONROE DAYS IN MEXICO CITY (PHOTOS)
In 1962 the diva toasted Mexico, she drank a tequila with Indio Fernández and went to a filming of Buñuel ...
The last public trip she made of Marilyn Monroe was to the Mexican capital ...
Marilyn Monroe was much more than "the sexual icon of all time", she was also a consecrated actress who appeared in such iconic films as One Eve and Two Adams, she was John's secret lover. F. Kennedy, and a tormented soul who ended her life one fateful August day in 1962.
However, before her famous and mysterious suicide, the emblematic beauty born in California visited Mexico City for a week in February 1962 and although it was the third time that the Hollywood star came to our country, this trip was marked in the history not only of the Mexican capital, but of the planet.
When Marilyn's plane touched down at Benito Juárez International Airport, she gave a famous press conference at the Continental Hotel. There a Mexican photographer named Antonio Caballero captured with her camera some photographs of the actress without underwear. At some point during the meeting, the blonde raised a glass and shouted "toast to Mexico."
After appearing before the cameras, the actress visited Indio Fernández's house and had a glass of tequila with him. Later, the blonde went to see the pyramids and she bought an embroidered honeycomb sweater in a typical store that was in Teotihuacán for 130 pesos. After her death, the garment was sold for more than $ 160,000.
During her stay in the capital, Marilyn Monroe fulfilled a personal wish, and she went to visit the forum where the famous movie The Exterminating Angel was filmed. There she met one of the best directors of all time: Luis Buñuel, she chatted with the legendary photographer Gabriel Figueroa and took pictures with the Mexican actress of the moment, Silvia Pinal.
Among all the places where the celebrity ate during his stay in Mexico City, El taquito stands out, a restaurant located on Calle de Carmen, where Marilyn had the opportunity to taste the best of Mexican cuisine and Mexican cuisine. listen to a group of mariachis.
It should be noted that the gossip magazines of the time claimed that one of the reasons why the diva decided to visit our country was because she was romantically involved with a Mexican heartthrob named José Bolaños. This man, who was a famous film producer, was apparently the last lover the tormented actress had.
When Marilyn Monroe left the Mexican capital, she took a little part of the ancestral Mexican culture with her in her suitcase. Unfortunately for everyone, five months later Marilyn took her own life and that news shook the world and also the citizens of the sixties, who for seven days adopted her and gave her a bit of all the warmth she needed.
