Eduardo Zucchi, one of the twins born to Itatí Cantoral and Eduardo Santamarina, has already started his career as an actor, which is why he chose to use his late grandmother’s last name instead of his famous parents.
The young man, 23, shared that his decision is a tribute to his maternal grandmother: “This is my official name, Eduardo Zucchi, precisely because my grandmother was always by my sidethat of my sisters and mother, who accompany her in all the calls,” she shared with the press, Despierta América reported on September 7.
Was Eduardo Santamarina bothered by his son’s decision?
The 55-year-old Mexican actor, who is one of the most sought-after actors in Mexican soap operas, shared his opinion on his son’s stage name.
“No, how can I be angry? On the contrary, it gave me great joyit’s a great detail from my son for the Cantoral family,” he shared with the press, journalist Edén Dorantes reported on YouTube.
Eduardo Jr. will continue with the acting tradition of his maternal family, since in addition to his mother, an actress in her native Argentina, his grandmother, Itatí Zucchi Desiderio, was also an actress.
Santamarina was proud that his son paid tribute to his late former mother-in-law, because he knows how important she was to his children.
“It’s about her grandmother who’s up there, she beat us up, but she’s watching over us. It’s nice that she’s paying tribute to her grandmother, because she’ll keep that name until she dies, and it’s a way to thank her for how loving she is.” and what a good person he was to my children,” the actor explained.
“I think it’s wonderful. When she told us, almost in tears and everything, because the grandmother was For Roberto and Eduardo, a very important character in their lives.So when he told us he wanted to honor her by being Eduardo Zucchi, it was great,” he added.
The actor emphasized that his son’s social networks already appear under his stage name.
Eduardo Zucchi reveals Santamarina’s reaction
The young actor shared how his father reacted when he told him he would drop his last name for his acting career.
” My dad was the happiest of all because he idolized my grandmother, his relationship with my grandmother was amazing, whenever we were together we laughed, he always loved her. “She told me what a nice detail, because she knows that my grandmother is like a mother to me,” she told the press.
Source: univision
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