Is Chespirito Season 2 Coming? HBO Star Pablo Cruz Hints at What's Next – INTERVIEW

Pablo Cruz Guerrero is clear: playing Roberto Gómez Bolaños changed his life. He says this with gratitude, with humility, and with a gaze that, unintentionally, seems to imitate the melancholic tenderness of the man who gave life to El Chavo del 8 , El Chapulín Colorado , and a gallery of characters that defined the childhoods of millions of Latin Americans. From Mexico City, the Mexican actor talks withENSTARZ about the phenomenon generated by Sin querer queriendo , the Max series that propelled him to the center of cultural conversation.

And yes, there's also talk of a possible second season.

"The first thing I saw was his gaze," Cruz recalls. "His eyes had tenderness, but also a degree of sadness that spoke to how he saw the world. And his childlike smile... his desire to change it." That was his gateway to a complex character: a comedy icon who, like all geniuses, also lived trapped between his lights and shadows.

The series "Sin querer queriendo ," created by Perla Martínez and directed by Mario Monroy, has shown a Chespirito who is more human than mythical. Not just the brilliant creative, but the man with personal conflicts, emotional weaknesses, and controversial decisions. "We knew he was going to revive the gossip," Pablo says, laughing. "We were fully prepared. Not only because of his cultural importance, but because of everything that was said at the time. He was going to return. And he did."

And the second season?

Although the Max platform hasn't made an official announcement, Cruz's words suggest the project has already been greenlit. When asked if he'll be able to keep the "Chipote Chillón" as a souvenir from the shoot, he jokes: "Well, we don't know yet... but we do know." His smile speaks volumes more than any press release.

In the United States , the series has remained in Max's top 10 since its premiere, and has sparked conversation among both nostalgic fans and new generations discovering Chespirito for the first time. "I know this character marks a before and after for me," Cruz admits. "It's already changed my life."

The emotional weight of being Chespirito

For Cruz, one of the greatest challenges was embodying the creator while also acting as his characters. "It's an actor acting an actor acting. And in the midst of that, there's a tremendous emotional charge," he explains. The most difficult scenes, he says, weren't the comedic ones or the television reenactments, but the intimate ones. "The ones that show the conflict between the two families, the biological and the artistic. Justifying his time, his love, his absence. That's where the most emotional nuances were involved."

Although Pablo Cruz isn't short, he managed to convey Roberto's physical vulnerability. How? "I lost weight, I stopped exercising, I wanted the body to be more ethereal," he explains. "That skinny man, almost floating in his thoughts, with his loose clothes... that was Roberto."

Of course, the physical sacrifice had its exceptions. "I stole some pants from the set," he confesses with a laugh. "I really liked them, I wore them, and they were all my faults. Then I wrote to the wardrobe team: 'If you can't find them, they're already at my house.'"

The True Legacy: Empathy and Play

Beyond fame, Cruz says that playing Chespirito taught him something profound: "Genius is inconsequential if it's not accompanied by empathy." For him, Gómez Bolaños's greatest asset wasn't just his rigor as a writer and director, but his ability to make people laugh without mocking, to play without harming.

"He played, dressed in funny ways, made us laugh. But he was also very rigorous. That made me think about how many great directors there are today who make brilliant works... but mistreat their team. And I wondered: what would have happened if that team had been motivated, cared for, happy? Maybe the result would be even more powerful," he reflects.

Chespirito, the endearing passive-aggressive

For those of us who grew up watching El Chavo del 8 , it's almost heretical to say so, but Cruz suggests it affectionately: "El Chavo was tender, yes. But he knew how to make people uncomfortable, to provoke. He scored goals without you seeing them coming." That duality, she says, is what made him so real. "He wasn't just innocent. He was also mischievous. And that connected."

After Sin querer queriendo , Pablo Cruz wants to direct. His previous experience as a producer on La nave , a film that took a decade to make, encouraged him. But it was Chespirito who lit the final flame. "He inspired me to search for more, to explore. He taught me that you can be demanding without stopping playing. And that balance... is what I want to achieve as a director."

Meanwhile, keep waiting for that Chillón Chipote.