The actors maintained a very close friendship from the beginning of their careers, but they rarely showed it in public
Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante used to spend at least a few minutes together when it came to celebrating some important day (Photo: Twitter/@limberopulos_)
Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete became very close friendsfrom the beginning of their careers, even in the best moments, which is why on several occasions they saw each other on their birthdays or special days to celebrate them and took the opportunity to give each other a gift.
< p class=”paragraph”>Although there are versions that the Charro Cantor and the Idolo del Pueblothey had a very bad relationship, because supposedly they considered each other rivals, in reality they felt a great appreciation and mutual admiration, something that made them get to live together in special moments.
The relationship began due to that Pedro Infante asked Jorge Negrete for help to be able to enter the world of cinema with the best producers. From their first meeting there was a good chemistry and soon the relationship progressed from colleagues to friends.
Infante and Negrete became friends when the “Idol Immortal” He decided to dedicate himself to the cinema and asked the “Charro Cantor” for help. (Photo: INAH)
Both Diana Negrete, the Guanajuato native’s only biological daughter, as well as the co-workers who came to live with them, witnessed how friendship and the respect they felt for each other allowed them to work together only once, but off-camera they enjoyed several emotional moments.
According to Diana, on one of her father’s birthdays, shortly after they had already filmed the tape together Two types of care, the man from Sinaloa called Jorge to tell him that he was not in the country’s capital to accompany him on such an important day, but he was preparing his gift.
Upon his return, he came to visit the Charro Cantorto his house, and with him he brought a large steamer full of tamales, so they could eat them alone. Diana was present to see how they shared food all day and laughed at the anecdotes they had to tell each other.
Jorge’s daughter explained that Infante used to bring her different kinds of food to the charro, because those kinds of gifts were the ones that he felt had real value and, furthermore, both of them could enjoy them.
Pedro and Jorge did not want to work together in a film because they feared that the roles would not be proportionate and that this would cause a distance between them (Photo: Twitter/@DeMemoria)
On another occasion, the protagonist of Tizoc: Indian love bought a unique firearm to give it to Negrete on his saint’s day. Although it was not a day that the singer celebrated, the Sinaloan came to the National Association of Actors to congratulate him and gave him the silver-lined pistol.
On that occasion, the secretaries who accompanied the interpreter of Mexico Lindo y Querido witnessed how Pedro never forgot the days when his friend had to celebrate something.
In her book of anecdotes about her father, Diana recalled when Infante brought her friend a toy train while he was hospitalized.
The Idol of Guamúchil wanted to give him that toy because they were his favorites and he collected them. The train was one of the most sophisticated of the time and as soon as the Charro Cantor returned to his house, he called Pedro so that they could both assemble the small rails.
Pedro Infante was one of Jorge Negrete’s greatest admirers, to the point where he composed a song as a tribute to him (Photo: Facebook/Jorge Negrete Forever)
That day, according to Diana, they both got down on the floor and played all day, as if they were children.
On the other hand, Jorge preferred to give another type of gifts, which were not physical. One of the most significant details that the protagonist of El peñón de las ánimas gave Infante was accompanying him to dedicate a serenade to Irma Dorantes.
Despite the fact that the native of Guanajuato did not like to serenade any of his conquests, only the most important women in his life, he agreed to sing Get up to his friend’s girlfriend at the time, as a sign of the appreciation he had for Pedro.