Lucerito Mijares suffers a spectacular accident hours before his theatrical premiere: he ends up with a fracture

Lucerito Mijares she suffered an accident that left her with her broken right ankle just a few hours before its expected official premiere this Tuesday, July 11 in the musical play “The Magician” in Mexico City.

What happened to Lucerito Mijares in his theater debut?

According to the newspaper Reforma, the 18-year-old had an accident last sunday 9 July only “shortly before the performance began” that day at the Hidalgo Theater.

The daughter of Lucero and Manuel Mijares said his accident “was pretty stupid”: It was a stumbleI was on the stairs here in the theater,” he said in statements published by TVyNovelas.

“The service started at 5 (in the afternoon) and at 4:50 I fell. My foot slipped, went to the sideI heard a ‘crack’ and said ‘it’s worth it'”, he said.

“I couldn’t support him well. it hurt a lot“, he admitted, “but then I had to try to pretend that everything was fine.

” We thought it was a sprain or sprain because I think few can stand a bill, especially a two-hour show and the whole job is running, running, running.’

Despite the severe injury, Lucerito Mijares introduced himself and gave a performance this Tuesday July 11th at the official premiere of the show which marks his professional musical theater debut.

She managed to perform the character of Dorothy supported by a tricycle and crutches that allowed her to move around the stage, according to the review in the newspaper Reforma.

After the accident, they insisted that the premiere be postponed, but the young woman rejected the idea and preferred to continue as planned and went on stage with part of her leg in a cast.

“This girl (Lucero Mijares), who has already debuted, with this talent and power He told me he wasn’t going to cancel the function” said producer Juan Torres.

“This is Lucero Mijares, and she learned it very well from her theater teachers. We took her to the emergency room after the show and the doctor didn’t think he would make itHe said, according to the statements published by Reforma.

“Literally, he had his ‘break-a-leg’ (‘break your leg’) and in the emergency room he said “the show must go on”“.

Lucerito Mijares did not walk the red carpet before the show to avoid further consequences to the fracture. At the end of the performance, he received the applause of the audience.

Inside the theater she offered a press conference in which she narrated what happened to her and was accompanied by the producer and His famous parents, Lucero and Manuel Mijares“who were the ones who applauded him the most as soon as he went on stage,” the Mexican newspaper reported.

The events will continue as planned and will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.