Salvador Montenegro from Laguna has worked with great national and international stars, such is the case of actor Brendan Fraser.
After being blacklisted by Hollywood, for denouncing abuse and in addition to having health problems, Brendan returned with everything, so much so that on Sunday he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his work in The Whale, a film that is still Find it on local billboards.
Montenegro had the opportunity to work with Brendan on the recordings of the History Channel series, Texas Rising.
“I worked as his assistant wrangler at Texas Rising, about five, six years ago. I got to be with him, on set. I was in charge of his horse and helping him train with the animal, especially for his action scenes.
“I really am very pleased to have worked with Brendan, he is a great person and a great actor, he had to win the Oscar, because he did a great job in The Whale and in several other projects”he stated in an interview with El Siglo de Torreón.
Salvador recalled that Texas Rising had locations in various places in the state of Durango.
“It was recorded in different locations such as the Delgado Canyon, Laguna Salda de Santiaguillo, this site was used a lot to perform several scenes.”
According to Salvador, Texas Rising is set in 1836. At that time, the Republic of Texas was the Mexican territory home to thousands of American settlers.
“It occurs at the time when the states of Texas and California were lost, in those famous battles of Santa Anna”external Montenegro.